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January 16, 2003

Kalpana Chawla blasts off on second space mission
She is part of the crew of US space shuttle Columbia, which took off from Cape Canaveral at 1039 (EST, 2119 IST).

January 11, 2003

Kiran Bedi named 1st woman UN Police Adviser
She will take over from Acting Civilian Police Adviser Antero Lopes in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

Pakistani immigrant saves synagogue
Syed Ali, a gas attendant, called the cops when he saw a man pour gas on the Young Israel of Kings Bay synagogue in Brooklyn.

January 9, 2003

Pakistani community leader shot dead in Vancouver
Khan was shot several times as he was getting out of his car in his driveway in suburban Surrey, near Vancouver. Police have rejected suggestions of hate crime.

January 3, 2003

Second woman of Indian origin for NASA mission
Sunita Lyn Williams follows in the footsteps of Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian American to go into space.

January 1, 2003

Clash between Pak and US forces leaves 2 dead
The Americans ended a skirmish with their Pakistani counterparts by dropping a 500-pound bomb on a seminary where the latter had taken refuge.

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