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to Azerbaijan named The new Norwegian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mr. Steinar Gil, is expected to arrive in Baku at the beginning of the next year.
According to available information, the Norwegian diplomat was born in 1943 and worked as the first secretary in Norwegian Embassies to Poland and Russia. He heads the Norwegian Foreign Affairs Ministry's department for CIS states.
*The last issue of the newspaper has contained incorrect data regarding the new Ambassador. Thus, we apologize for that information provided by some sources.
Tripoll al Tumour 16/Jana
The leader of the Revolution has given the following statement to Jana on the spread of Anthrax in America.
He said: If it is confirmed that Anthrax has spread in America by a deliberate act, which seems almost certain, then the matter is highly serious in this case, it is useless to over-react, get angry, cover-up, engage in coveting or even take the semblance of patience. All that is futile. We are facing real terrorism this time. This is the worst form of terrorism, physically and psychologically. This weapon is the most vicious form of mass-destruction. It is not restricted to any peculiar time or place.
The atom bomb, despite its huge destruction, is far more benign in comparison. It is usually dropped in a certain place and a certain time. It effects could be measured by the circles of diffusion. The one who uses the atom bomb is safe once he is out of its effect.
As for Anthrax, its viciousness comes from the fact that its is uncontrollable and can not be monitored. It could affect its own user. I can not imagine that a human being could use germs against other human being, no matter the degree of hostility was between them. It is in fact a cowardly, satanic and irresponsible use. It is highly serious for the whole humanity.
The matter requires an international meeting to represent the wisdom and conscience of the world, far from any moral or sentimental considerations, as all this is of no use in such hour.
The international responsibility and reason require that all aircraft and all guns should fall silent, to listen to the voice of reason and to solve the problems of nations, which as a result of their problems produced such rebellious people of this kind.
We have to acquire moral courage, not military courage. This is totally useless. All human hostilities or animosities have to end and disappear in the face of this real danger. This danger should be terminated at any cost. All military aircraft or cruise missiles must be placed inside museums. The best solution is to address the economic, political and medical bases. It is more viable.
TAnthrax Testing Expanded
for D.C. Postal Workers With two Washington, D.C., postal workers dead from suspected anthrax inhalation and two seriously ill with the disease, U.S. authorities expanded anthrax testing on Tuesday to 36 post offices in the capital.
Amid a deepening threat of germ warfare following the Sept. 11 aerial attacks on America, officials said they were also monitoring nine other people, not believed to be postal workers, who had shown "suspicious symptoms."
House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt said after a meeting between President Bush and congressional leaders on Tuesday that "we all suspect" a link between the Sept. 11 attacks and the wave of anthrax attacks.
"I don't think there's a way to prove that but I think we all suspect that," Gephardt told reporters, demonstrating an increasing willingness by government officials to link the attacks with the anthrax scare.
He also called the anthrax used in a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle last week "weaponized," saying the small size of the particles was evidence it had been "milled," indicating it was a dangerous form of the bacteria.
Lawmakers returned to work in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday but their offices remained closed pending final results of tests for anthrax contamination.
A well-placed House aide said there had been some earlier concern about preliminary tests of one room on the Senate side of the Capitol, but that more thorough testing had shown that the Capitol -- including that room -- was safe.
"The Capitol is safe. The tests are all done," the aide told Reuters.
On Monday, D.C. health authorities announced the deaths of two postal workers, most likely from anthrax, who worked at the Brentwood postal facility, the main sorting office for mail destined for Capitol Hill, and the Washington area in general.
Pakistan Says It Cannot Absorb More Afghan Refugees  Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's chaotic southwestern Chaman border crossing was closed on Tuesday as Islamabad refused to bow to U.N. demands and stuck to its policy of keeping out rising numbers of Afghans seeking asylum.
The flow of Afghans toward Chaman, in Baluchistan province, has risen significantly in the past week as people flee the U.S.-led military onslaught against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and fugitive militant Osama bin Laden.
Pakistan, already home to more than two million Afghans who fled their country since 1978, says it is unable to take more, a position that runs contrary to U.N. wishes for new refugee camps to be established where emergency aid could be provided.
"This is a cause of great concern to us. Hundreds of thousands of refugees want to cross over into Pakistan and our dilemma is that we already have about two and a half million refugees here in Pakistan," military ruler General Pervez Musharraf told CNN's Larry King Live show.
"Pakistan cannot really accept refugees over this great figure of 2- million," he said.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has asked Islamabad to open its borders to impoverished and starving people seeking refuge from U.S.-led attacks or the worst drought in 30 years.
But the scene at Chaman has become chaotic, as thousands of Afghans press up against the border demanding sanctuary. Border guards from both sides have opened fire in recent days in bids to control the masses.
Faced with increasing disorder, Pakistan and the Taliban reached an agreement on Monday for asylum-seeking Afghans to be kept back in Afghanistan and away from the border post.
"Yes, a Taliban minister agreed to establish camps for Afghan refugees in border areas within Afghanistan," said a senior Pakistani border guard.
Witnesses say that since the weekend thousands of Afghans have either been admitted to Pakistan, bribed their way across or slipped through holes in border fences.
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