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HOUSTON, Texas, 19 August — Crystal (Ayesha) Ali Khan, a devout Muslim, has been targeted by Texas officials despite being a victim of a vicious assault by two women, according to DawaNet chapter i

TEL AVIV, 19 August — Israel and the Palestinians held their highest level security talks in two weeks last night, with discussions focusing on a possible Israeli withdrawal from re-occupied lands.

JEDDAH, 19 August — Prince Abdullah, the regent, held talks here yesterday with Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh on major regional and international issues including the Middle East.

PARIS, 19 August — French magistrate Isabelle Prevost-Desprez has admitted in exasperation that the more indictments she issues with regard to a major money-laundering scheme between France and Isr

CHICAGO, 19 August — A handful of protesters held placards at the Indian Independence Day Parade in Chicago, denouncing the anti-Muslim holocaust in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

NEW DELHI, 19 August — Direct Haj flights from Jaipur in Rajasthan to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, benefiting nearly 5,000 Haj pilgrims from Rajasthan, would be introduced from next year, announced Civil

SRINAGAR, 19 August — Kashmir Committee leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani yesterday urged for a postponement of the September-October assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir to allow "w

NEW DELHI, 19 August — The government yesterday said it would seek the Supreme Court’s advice on the validity of the Election Commission’s order against early elections in Gujarat.

JEDDAH, 19 August — Pakistan’s Export Promotion Bureau has released the export data for the fiscal year 2001-2002 (July-June).

ISLAMABAD, 19 August — The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) leader Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan said yesterday that there are no chances for fair, free and transparent elections in the count