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December 2, 2001 Sunday Ramazan 16, 1422 Rebels kill politician, blow up court: Series of attacks in southern India HYDERABAD (India) Dec 1: Maoist guerrillas killed a local political leader and blew up a court in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh in a series of attacks in the past... Nationalists lose Taiwan election TAIPEI, Dec 1: Taiwan’s Nationalist Party was swept from its last bastion of power on Saturday in a landslide defeat in parliamentary elections at the hands of the Democratic Progressive Party... Army besieges Nepal’s Maoists KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Nepalese security forces were advancing towards Maoist strongholds after at least two more rebels were killed in a government offensive, officials said on Saturday.... Israeli blockade on West Bank towns AL QUDS, Dec 1: Israel re-tightened its grip on West Bank towns on Saturday following a suicide bombing two days earlier, as US envoy Anthony Zinni prepared to tour the Gaza... Rejoicing in Japan as baby is born to princess TOKYO, Dec 1: Japan’s Crown Princess Masako gave birth to a girl on Saturday, bringing cheer to a nation stuck in the economic doldrums but also renewing the debate over changing... Rallies, media campaign force Aids back into limelight PARIS, Dec 1: Rallies and media campaigns around the world forced the AIDS scourge back into the international limelight on World AIDS Day Saturday in a bid to maintain awareness of... Fatal errors that led to Qala-i-Jangi massacre LONDON, Dec 1: A single, horrific, atrocity has provided a defining moment in every war of the modern age. America is still facing demands to apologize for the 1968 My Lai... War of words erupts over peacekeepers ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The possible deployment of a peacekeeping force in Afghanistan has triggered a growing debate, with the various Afghan groups, humanitarian organizations and US forces all pursuing different agendas.... Osama on the move: Alliance KABUL, Dec 1: Osama bin Laden is probably on the move, preparing for guerilla war in southern Afghanistan and not holed up underground in the east, Northern Alliance “foreign minister” Abdullah... Lone guerilla holding out MAZAR-i-SHARIF, Dec 1: An extraordinary twist to the bloody battle of the Qala-i-Jangi emerged on Friday with the revelation that at least one of the Taliban prisoners there was still alive,... University admits women KABUL, Dec 1: Kabul University flung open its doors to women for the first time in five years on Saturday, doing away with the ban on female students imposed by the... Coalition under fire ISLAMABAD, Dec1: The US-led coalition fighting in Afghanistan and the Northern Alliance came under fire on Saturday for ruling out an inquiry into the killing of hundreds of Taliban prisoners.... Bush using attacks to justify power grab LOS ANGELES: Moments of crisis do not merely create emergencies. They also create temptations. Many see the central issue before the US as how to balance civil liberties and national interests.... Bombing errors rain death on innocent KABUL: The people of Bibi Mahru had come to believe in American surgical strikes and precision bombing. Before the US military campaign in Afghanistan started, many families fled the village, afraid... Harrison’s art of being a Beatle LONDON: We do not expect pop stars to die in their beds after a long fight to survive into old age. Belonging to a profession and generation in which many took... Russia checkmated US in Afghanistan LOS ANGELES: Many Americans, grown cynical of government pronouncements, have been asking whether the real war goal of the United States in Afghanistan is to gain access to Central Asia’s oil... World balks at widening war PARIS: European and other world leaders are firing public warning shots across Washington’s bow, urgently seeking to forestall any move to make Iraq the next target in the US war on... Relatively small threat of anthrax WASHINGTON: The anthrax scare has energized millions of Americans to protect themselves from this frightening disease. Some have bought gas masks, and others have obtained antibiotics over the Internet. Some have... Door on cloning should not be closed forever LOS ANGELES: Short of sending an anthrax-filled letter, the best way to rattle Congress is to announce a breakthrough in human cloning. The latest example is the carefully orchestrated claim by... Bid to stage anti-Jewish march in Berlin BERLIN, Dec 1: Anti-Nazi activists began gathering in Berlin Saturday to try and prevent an anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi party from marching through Berlin’s traditional Jewish neighbourhood, police said....

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