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November 30, 2001 Friday Ramazan 14, 1422 Maoists attack soft drink plant in Nepal KATHMANDU, Nov 29: Maoists on Thursday bombed a Coca-Cola factory on the outskirts of Kathmandu in their first attack on the capital since Nepal’s government declared a state of emergency this... Australia refuses to relax immigration curbs CANBERRA, Nov 29: Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday pledged to continue Australia’s hardline against asylum seekers in the face of international condemnation.... N.Korea warns US of ‘counter-measures’ SEOUL, Nov 29: North Korea on Thursday threatened to take unspecified counter-measures unless the United States changed its “hostile” policy toward the communist state.... Four white SA cops jailed for using dogs on blacks PRETORIA, Nov 29: A South African judge on Thursday jailed four white policemen for up to five years for setting their dogs on three black Mozambicans in an animal training exercise... Diana’s butler to stand trial for thefts LONDON, Nov 29: The former butler to Princess Diana, once described by her as her “rock,” was on Thursday committed to stand trial by jury accused of stealing hundreds of items... 100 feared dead in BD ferry accident BARISAL (Bangladesh), Nov 29: Some 100 people are missing and feared drowned after a passenger ferry sank in southern Bangladesh on Thursday, local officials said.... Senators meet Palestinian survivor BRUSSELS, Nov 29: Four Belgian senators met on Thursday a survivor of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camp massacres in a show of support for a Belgian law under... Briton loses right-to-die court fight LONDON, Nov 29: A terminally ill woman lost a high-profile court battle on Thursday to take her life by assisted suicide in a test case for British euthanasia laws.... Aid drops suspended after package kills woman WASHINGTON, Nov 29: The US military on Thursday suspended parachute drops of large containers of humanitarian supplies into Afghanistan after a package crashed into a house and killed an Afghan woman,... US warplanes target Taliban, Al-Qaeda leaders in Kandahar KABUL, Nov 29: US forces turned up the heat on Osama bin Laden and Taliban leaders in Afghanistan on Thursday, bombing the militia’s capital, Kandahar, but failing to shake its will... US to cut refugee resettlement WASHINGTON, Nov 29: The United States, the world’s largest resettler of refugees, is likely to slash the number it accepts next year by tens of thousands due to new security procedures... Al-Qaeda men holed up in Spin Boldak CHAMAN, Nov 29: Talks with the Taliban on surrendering the border town of Spin Boldak have stalled over the fate of foreign fighters trapped inside, a tribal commander said on Thursday.... China says war should not be ‘expanded at will’ BEIJING, Nov 29: China on Thursday warned that the war on terrorism should not be expanded at will, reacting to speculation that the United States might add Iraq to its list... Pentagon examining report on execution WASHINGTON, Nov 29: The Pentagon said on Thursday it was looking into reports that anti-Taliban Pakhtoon forces in southern Afghanistan last week executed 160 captured Taliban fighters.... 15 Saudis, 13 Yemenis killed in Afghanistan RIYADH, Nov 29: At least 15 Saudis and 13 Yemenis fighting alongside the Taliban militia have been killed since the start of the US-led war in Afghanistan on Oct 7, the... Sabra, Shatila: web of Sharon’s untruths LONDON: A web of evasions and untruths concocted by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), sent 200 Lebanese militiamen into Sabra and Shatila on Sept 16, 1982 to “mop up” 2,000 “terrorists”... Afghanistan: mission impossible for UN NEW YORK - As the Northern Alliance solidifies its military hold on Afghanistan, pressure is mounting for the United Nations to fill the political vacuum created by the Taliban’s retreat and... Deadlocked anti-terror pact UNITED NATIONS: The UN remains deadlocked on a major international treaty against terrorism because of sharp political divisions among member states.... Cash-strapped Asia facing environmental reform crisis PHNOM PENH: Asia-Pacific countries have a $30 billion financial gap to bridge annually in order to adequately invest in the development and environment needs of a region already strapped for resources,... Eccentric inventor’s humorous brainwave SAN DIEGO: Ted VanCleave should have been in tears. His brilliant invention - inflatable greeting cards - had just been shot down in flames by the US Patent Office. Instead he...

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