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October 4, 2001 Thursday Rajab 16, 1422 Swissair collapse leaves 39,000 travellers stranded GENEVA, Oct 3: About 39,000 passengers around the world were left in the lurch on Wednesday following the collapse of Swissair, aviation officials said, while the Swiss government and banks faced... Hasina threatens to boycott parliament DHAKA, Oct 3: Bangladesh was braced for fresh instability on Wednesday as the outgoing government angrily announced a parliamentary boycott after suffering a humiliating defeat to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).... Europe to standardize asylum policy STRASBOURG, Oct 3: The European Parliament approved on Wednesday controversial proposals to standardize asylum and immigration procedures across the 15-nation European Union.... Remains of 255 exhumed in Bosnia SARAJEVO, Oct 3: The remains of 255 people, believed to be Muslim civilians killed by Bosnian Serb forces at the outbreak of Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, have been exhumed from a mass... Macedonian govt planning to deploy troops in Albanian areas SKOPJE, Oct 3: Macedonia’s hardline interior minister said on Wednesday police would re-enter areas where ethnic Albanian rebels have been disarmed on Thursday, a move a former rebel commander said would... Corruption threatens forests: FAO GENEVA, Oct 3: Forests are disappearing at a rapid rate in tropical countries but are on the increase in Europe where they help to protect biodiversity and provide jobs, said a... US forces preparing to launch missions from Uzbekistan: Newspaper report TASHKENT, Oct 3: US special forces have spent 10 days in the Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan preparing for combat missions in Afghanistan, military sources in the capital Tashkent said on... Russia ready to rethink stand on Nato: Putin BRUSSELS, Oct 3: Russia and the European Union vowed on Wednesday to strengthen anti-terrorism cooperation after the attacks on the US, and Russia said it might rethink its opposition to NATO... US S. Asia policy turned on its head WASHINGTON: How the September attacks on New York and Washington have temporarily turned America’s South Asia policy upside down, bringing Pakistan to centre stage and putting parts of the US-India agenda... Work on bio warfare vaccine expedited LONDON, Oct 3: With the world fearing biowarfare after the US suicide attacks, scientists said on Wednesday they have mapped all the genes in the plague bacterium which could speed up... 80 diamond diggers killed in Angola LUANDA, Oct 3: Angolan rebels gunned down more than 80 diamond diggers in an attack in the gem-rich northeast of the country, Voice of America (VOA) radio in Luanda reported on... Office on Muslim, Christian ties mooted ROME, Oct 3: Representatives at a religious conference here have proposed the creation of an office to oversee Christian-Muslim relations, as tensions grow following attacks on US targets.... Afghans make deadly foes, says British trainer LONDON, Oct 3: Special forces veteran Tom Carew fears that Afghan guerillas will make redoubtable foes for the Americans. He should know — he trained them back in the 1980s.... Commandos already in Afghanistan, says Rabbani TEHRAN, Oct 3: Burhanuddin Rabbani, president of the internationally recognised Afghan government, said Western special forces were already operating inside Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan, an Iranian newspaper said on Wednesday.... Attacks ‘offspring of globalization’ SANTIAGO: The Sept 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, as well as the US response, have raised questions about the future of globalization and of the anti-globalization movement.... Fundamental shift in Asian geopolitical map ISLAMABAD: Driven by US resolve to deal with terror, the geopolitical map of Asia is fundamentally shifting. Crucial Asian fault lines between secular and religious views, elites versus the poor, and... High-tech weapons no match for intelligence WASHINGTON: Having mustered the most impressive array of firepower in Asia since the 1991 Gulf conflict, the United States is finding that all the hi-tech super-lethal weapons in the world count... Hasina loses more than polls DHAKA: Outgoing Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina may have to pay a highly personal as well as a political price for Monday’s overwhelming election defeat. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of... Arabs wary of Bush’s new Palestine stance CAIRO: The Arab world has reacted with a mixture of surprise, joy and mistrust to the latest turn-about in American policy on the Middle East... Howard likely to win elections CANBERRA: The government of Australian Prime Minister John Howard, its standing boosted by its tough handling of asylum seekers ahead of elections due next month, has been tapping into the unease...

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