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Tehran denies Osama arrest
FEB 23: Iran has denied suggestions that it has arrested Osama bin Laden on the border with Pakistan. Some Iranian websites quoted American officials as saying Osama had been arrested two weeks ago by Iranian forces.

However, at a weekly press briefing in Tehran, spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh said: "This information is wrong and (Osama) bin Laden has not been arrested by our security forces."

One senior US diplomat in Pakistan also told Adnkronos International last week that he believed Osama might have been intercepted and detained against his will by Iranian agents while traveling along the border between eastern Iran, Pakistan's Balochistan and Afghanistan. He also suggested that Iran might be considering using him as a bargaining chip to stave off possible military action from the United States

FEB 22, 2005

'ICE' OF MARS
A huge, frozen sea lies just below the surface of Mars. A team of European scientists think a catastrophic event flooded the landscape five million years ago and then froze out..

SLAP: CHIRAC SPEAKS FRENCH AT BUSH DINNER...

Avian Flu World's No. 1 Threat, CDC Head Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Avian flu poses the single biggest threat to the world right now and health officials may not yet have all the tools they need to fight it, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday..

Bush Suggests Chirac Is 'Good Cowboy'...

FEB 21, 2005

Mystery illness shuts Australian airport terminal for hours, 50 affected
MELBOURNE, Feb 21: One of Australia's main airport terminals was shut down for eight hours as emergency crews hunted in vain for the cause of a mystery illness which struck down nearly 60 staff and passengers in the building, officials said.

Paramedics, firefighters and hazardous materials crews in full protective clothing rushed to Melbourne airport early today after staff in a domestic terminal began suffering nausea and vomiting, dizziness, headaches and shortness of breath.

Up to 2,000 staff, passengers and their friends were evacuated and the terminal shut down around 10:00 am while emergency crews tested air conditioning units and other facilities in an unsuccessful search for what was causing the illness.

Ambulance service spokesman James Howe said 47 people were taken to hospital and another 10 were treated at the scene for the symptoms.

Most of those hospitalized were released later in the day. "They were certainly quite distressed ... so whatever substance this has been has certainly caused a physiological response," said another ambulance service official, operations manager Paul Holman.

Those affected were mostly security and airline staff working in the departure area for domestic carrier Virgin Blue, officials said. The shutdown of the terminal caused chaos around the airport, forcing the cancellation or postponement of scores of Virgin Blue and other domestic flights.

In all, airline officials said, up to 20,000 people -- passengers and those dropping or picking up travelers -- were affected by the prolonged closure. (AFP)

Secret Tapes Show Bush's Concern Over Past

Stop assaulting your husband, judge tells wife..

Afghanistan to export gas to India, Pakistan
Afghanistan plans to export its abundant gas resources to India and Pakistan through the proposed gas pipeline project linking Turkmenistan with the Indian subcontinent...

Chavez: US wants me assassinated

Mobile-phone virus Cabir found in US

Bush tells Europe 'no power on earth will ever divide us'

Why was the Israeli diplomat really deported from Australia?

Young boy reads namaz on fire on Muharram
A 12-year-old boy in Lucknow read namaz while sitting on fire on the occasion of Muharram.

White House closed to Camilla

President George W Bush has reportedly banned Camilla Parker-Bowles from the White House, as she is a divorcee. The unprecedented snub has effectively sabotaged Prince Charles� plan to take his bride on a royal tour of America later this year. The trip would have been the pair�s first official tour as a married couple.

�But the US President � a notoriously right-wing Christian and reformed alcoholic � told aides it was �inappropriate� for him to be playing host to the newlyweds, who are both divorc-ed,� claims a report in the Sunday Mirror. �It was relayed to us from Washington that Camilla Parker-Bowles would not be welcome at the White House. It�s now uncertain if the visit will even go ahead,� a UK insider said.

Hosting a lavish dinner for Charles and Camilla would be bad PR for Bush because while Princess Diana is still much loved by many Americans, her ex-husband is seen as dull and aloof � and both he and Camilla are widely blamed for the breakup of his marriage. Bush�s shock decision is the latest in a sting of crises to hit the couple.

FEB 20, 2005

PARIS HILTON PHONE HACKED; PRIVATE NUMBERS OF STARS FLOOD INTERNET; FBI INVESTIGATES

FEB 20: Private telephone numbers of celebrities have been unleashed on the Internet after an apparent hacking into Paris Hilton's T-MOBILE SIDEKICK Address Book, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

The FBI has opened an investigation into the hack, a government source said.

The DRUDGE REPORT has confirmed the authenticity of many of the unlisted and super-secret numbers: Private phone numbers and email addresses of Eminem, Lindsay Lohan, Christina Aguilera, Andy Roddick, Ashlee Simpson, Victoria Gotti, Vin Diesel, Anna Kournikova and many others!

One top star reached Sunday morning expressed total outrage at Paris.

"I gave her my number after we met in Miami, I did not know she f**king kept it on her cellphone!" the star explained.

A website posted the digits over the weekend, with the message: "I'm Sorry Bitch :) GG FGT SLT BTCH! HACKED BY THE NIGGAS AT DFNCTSC"

Also splashed in the hack, Paris Hilton's private notes, listed by date.

From Hollywood to Vegas to New York -- and back, Paris Hilton's notes, road directions, hotel and airline preferences are exposed. (Drudge Report)

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