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The Midnight File
Saddam sought asylum in India
NEW DELHI. Mar 3 President Swddam Hussein had wanted to seek asylum in India. but the government rejected two 'secret overtures' last month, a newspaper reported
Saddam s half-brother Barzan Ibrahim had been in touch with Indian Commerce Minister Subramaniam Swamy far the asylum. the newspaper said quoting uhnamrd sources tn the
Swamy was not available for comment, reports AP.
Boat with 650 Somalis capsizes
NAIROBI. Mar 3 : More than 100 H refugees are believed dead after their boat capotaed ta Kenya's Indian Ocean coast last night, reported the Kenya news agency yesterday. The boat with about 660 Snraak refajpea capatoed on Its way from Somalia's southern port town of Kiamayu to Mombasa, southeastern Kenya, when it hit a rock. report* Xinhua.
Seven killed in copter crash
BRISBANE. Mar 3: A helicopter crashed Sunday on a beach near Brisbane, killing all seven people on board, polk* said It was the second fatal helicopter crash in Queensland state ' over the weekend, reports AP.
Bomb blast in Manila
MANILA. Mar 3: A bomb exploded outside a Jewish temple In a Manila suburb before dawn Sunday, shattering windows but causing no injuries, police said. The blast occurred at 2 05 a.m. near a temple In Suburban Makati which holds services for the Jewish Association of the Philippines, said Patrolman Gerry Dino, reports AP.
France unblocks Kuwaiti assets
PARIS. Mar 3: France on Sunday became the first country to unblock Kuwaiti holdings frozen tn August al the start of the Gulf crisis. The Finance Ministry said the order frees an estimated 7.5 billion francs (1.5 billion dollars) of Kuwaiti capital In French banks as well as shares in French concerns, reports AP.
China expels high official
BEUING. Mar 3: China's former top representative in' Hong Kong has been expelled from the Communist Party one year after he fled to the United States, the official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday. Xu Jtatun lx the highest level party member to flee China In the wake of the crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy movement, and the moat senior person to be expelled from the party, reports AP
Tremor rocks western Turkey
ISTANBUL. Mar 3: A medium-strength earthquake rocked western Turkey on Sunday, causing no casualties or damage, the Kandllli Observatory reported. It said the tremor at 10.40 a.m. (0840 GMT) measured 4.6 on the Richter Scale and lasted a few seconds, reports AP.