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BBC, November 20, 2003

 

Many die in Istanbul blasts

 

Bomb attacks on the British consulate and the HSBC bank headquarters

in Istanbul have left at least 25 dead and more than 300 injured.

The explosions come just days after 23 people died in suicide

bombings on two synagogues in the city.

 

UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw condemned what he described as

an " appalling act of terrorism " saying it had all the hallmarks of

al-Qaeda and associated organisations.

 

Istanbul, TURKEY

 

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Kirkuk car bomb blast kills three

 

A suicide bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk has

killed three people and injured at least six.

 

The target was an office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party,

whose leader Jalal Talabani heads the US-appointed Iraqi Governing

Council.

 

Witnesses said a car bomb set off a huge explosion that sent a cloud

of black smoke into the air.

 

The attack happened hours after a car bomb exploded near a pro-US

leader's home in the central city of Ramadi.

 

Kirkuk, IRAQ

 

 

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Army officer dies in Kashmir battle

 

An Indian army officer has been killed in a gun-battle in Indian-

administered Kashmir.

 

A Indian defence spokesman said Major Navneet Vats was killed early

on Thursday, as an ongoing siege entered its third day.

 

Soldiers are battling suspected militants near the Indian army

headquarters in the capital Srinagar.

 

Srinagar, KASHMIR

 

 

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Pakistan bans more Islamic groups

 

Three more Islamic groups in Pakistan have been banned for

involvement in extremist politics and spreading religious hatred.

Members of one of the groups, Jamiat-ul Furqan, have been linked to

last year's murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl.

 

This is the second such ban in less than a week - on Saturday three

illegal organisations that had changed their names were banned

again.

 

Officials have hinted that more Islamic groups will be banned soon.

 

Islammabad, PAKISTAN