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            | Gurgaon/Faridabad, August 31Nearly a month after the police busted a human trafficking racket in Hathin block of Faridabad district, the trade in sale of girls continues unabated in this region of the state.
 
 Sixteen-year-old Sabeena Begum who was sold off to Hanif of Chaiyyansan village in Hathin block of Faridabad for Rs 5000 last month.
         Photo by writer
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 Secretary tampered with Taj
        files, says 
        CBI
 New Delhi, August 31
 The Secretary in the Union Environment and Forest Ministry,
        K.C. Mishra, has been accused by the CBI of tampering with files pertaining to start of work at the controversial Taj Heritage Corridor project at Agra.
 
 
 
          
            |  | World
              page 
  Russia
              backs UN force under US control Najaf (Iraq), August 31
 US Forces has said that three persons had been detained over a
              bombing that killed a top Iraqi cleric and scores of followers, as
              Russia backed sending a UN-sponsored force to Iraq  even under
              US Command.
 
 
  Editorial:
              Blast
              in Najaf 
 Iraqis attend the funeral of Muslim Shia leader Ayatollah Mohammad
              Baqer al-Hakim in Baghdad on Sunday. According to hospital
              officials, over 100 persons, including the Shia leader, were
              killed in a car bomb attack in front of a mosque in the Iraqi holy
              city of Najaf after Friday prayers.  Reuters photo
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        |  | Steep hike in prices of petrol, diesel New Delhi, August 31
 In one of the steepest hike in one go, national oil companies today increased petrol and diesel prices by up to Rs 2.28 and Rs 1.49 per litre, respectively, saying that it was in line with the global market.
 Pak to release 16 Sikh youths on Sept 6Islamabad, August 31
 In a goodwill gesture aimed at improving the bilateral relations between the neighbours, Pakistan will release tomorrow 269 Indian fishermen, arrested for illegal entry into its territory, while 16 Sikh youths would be released on September 6.
 
 
 
            
                | India to take up case of its national on death row in PakBhikhiwind (Amritsar), August 31
 
          
            | The Government of India has decided to take up the case of Sarbjit Singh, a resident of this border town who has been awarded death sentence by the supreme court of Pakistan for a crime which he did not commit. |  |  
            | Mr Sital
              Kaler, case coordinator of the South Asian Human Rights Group of Canada, shows the documents of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to the family of Sarbjit Singh  of Bhikhiwind (Amritsar) who has been awarded death sentence due to mistaken identity on Sunday.
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              | Tyre industry outlook positive, says Onkar S. Kanwar, Chairman and Managing Director of Apollo Tyres, in an exclusive interview which appears on
                the  Business page.
 
 
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                |  | Mastermind of Parliament attack Gazi Baba killed August 31, 2003
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                |  | 582-cr package for J&K August 30, 2003
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                |  | Article
        356 to be used only with safeguards August 29, 2003
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                |  | 39
        killed in Nashik stampede August 28, 2003
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                |  | Mayawati resigns, Mulayam
                  stakes claim August 27, 2003
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                |  | Mumbai
        panics as twin blasts kill 46 August 26, 2003
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                |  | Mufti for
        opening of border posts August 25, 2003
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                |  | Centre
        clears new pension scheme August 24, 2003
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                |  | Sushma Swaraj clears the air August 23, 2003
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                |  | Sushma Swaraj gives clean chit to
                  colas August 22, 2003
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