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| October 16, 2001 | Tuesday | Rajab 28, 1422 |
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Chinese warlord who changed history dies at 100
TAIPEI, Oct 15: Former Chinese warlord Chang Hsueh-liang, who kidnapped Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and changed the course of Chinese history, died in Hawaii on Monday, Taiwan’s Central News Agency said.... 
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Japan apologizes to Koreans for past rule
SEOUL, Oct 15: Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday apologized to the Korean people for their suffering under Japanese rule between 1910 and 1945....
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Abkhaz ’copters bomb Georgians
ZUGDIDI (Georgia), Oct 15: Abkhaz helicopters attacked Georgian and Chechen rebels in the disputed Kodori gorge on Monday after Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze appealed to Russia to help prevent the latest...
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AL still undecided on oath-taking
DHAKA: The Awami League, which suffered a humiliating defeat in the Oct 1 general election, is yet to take a firm decision whether to take the oath and attend the parliament...
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Germans file lawsuits
DUESSELDORF, Oct 15: Seven German students have filed lawsuits against a government sweep of data bases to find terrorist suspects, their lawyer said on Monday in the western city of Duesseldorf....
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Riyadh, Jakarta slam US bombing
 RIYADH, Oct 15: Saudi Arabai and Indonesia on Monday came out with stinging criticism of the US air strikes on Afghanistan....
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Sharon faces revolt over dual approach
TEL AVIV, Oct 15: International backing for a breakthrough in the Middle East swelled Monday, with calls from Britain, France, Jordan and the United States to capitalise on a drop in...
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Kandahar turning into ghost town
QUETTA, Oct 15: The Taliban’s southern capital of Kandahar is virtually empty as thousands of refugees dodge US bombs and missiles in their flight to safety, UN officials said on Monday....
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US sets sights on elite brigade
WASHINGTON, Oct 15: US military targets in Afghanistan now include troops, specifically the Taliban’s Brigade 55, an elite unit that includes Arab fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden, officials and experts...
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Media giants facing brunt of anthrax scare
NEW YORK, Oct 15: The bio-terrorism fear continued to grip the United States in the wake of letters laced with Anthrax virus received by several media outlets in the United States,...
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Rudy acted at Zionist behest, says Alwaleed
RIYADH, Oct 15: Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal of Saudi Arabia, the sixth wealthiest entrepreneur in the world as per Forbes listing with a personal fortune of 20.3 billion dollars, has said...
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US may need Iran: official
LONDON, Oct 15: Iran is willing to set aside reservations about US attacks on Afghanistan and work with Washington in its campaign against terrorism, a senior Iranian official told the Financial...
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Another Hamas man shot dead
NABLUS, Oct 15: A member of Hamas was blown up on Monday in an explosion which the hardline Palestinian group immediately called the second Israeli assassination of its activists in 24...
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Billionaire on US list ‘shocked’
RIYADH, Oct 15: Saudi businessman Yassin Abdullah Al-Qadi, whose name appeared on the list circulated by the FBI for alleged links to the Al Qaeda organization, told the local press here...
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Afghan opposition not trustworthy
LONDON: As an Afghan, I was heartened by the British prime minister’s promise, in his speech to the Labour party conference, that the present crisis in Afghanistan would be tackled with...
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Osama’s trial under Shariat to remove Muslims’ doubts
LONDON: Amid the clamour for Osama bin Laden: wanted dead or alive”, the question of what will happen to Osama if he is captured alive remains to be answered. Under present...
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Palestine can’t wait until war is over
BEIRUT: Tony Blair says that both he and George Bush are ”completely seized of the need to push forward” the Middle East peace process, because the Arab-Israeli conflict helps ”terrorists who...
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India: a major destination for anti-ozone chemicals
NEW DELHI: Environmental investigators say transit facilities provided to landlocked Nepal are being misused to smuggle vast quantities of ozone-unfriendly chemicals into neighbouring India, undermining a phase-out programme mandated under the...
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American-Afghan clash of cultures
ISLAMABAD: Imagine a world without television, or music, or dancing, or plays, or pets, or hobbies — without leisure of almost any kind. Welcome to Afghanistan. Now imagine a world where...
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Baboons capable of abstract thought
WASHINGTON: Baboons are capable of performing complex tasks that involve abstract reasoning, a mental ability that only humans and some chimpanzees were thought to possess, researchers reported on Sunday....
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