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December 5, 2001 Wednesday Ramazan 19, 1422 Refugees suffer from US bombing CHAMAN, Dec 4: Refugees trying to flee the relentless US bombing in Kandahar city on the back of a tractor became victims of American warplanes themselves, a witness said Tuesday.... Outlines of draft agreement BONN, Dec 4: Following are details of the agreement reached after eight days of talks near Bonn.... 1,300 Marines on the prowl in desert WASHINGTON, Dec 4: More than 1,300 US Marines have begun prowling the desert around their new base in southern Afghanistan to watch for and attack enemy Taliban and al Qaeda forces,... US to pursue war even after govt formation NEW DELHI, Dec 4: A top US diplomat said on Tuesday the military campaign against the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban would go on even as an interim government is created... Stingers cause worry to Pentagon WASHINGTON, Dec 4: The Pentagon is worried that US-made Stinger missiles, so successful in downing Soviet aircraft in the 1980s, could now be aimed against US forces fighting in Afghanistan.... Tribes to fight Taliban at Tora Bora KABUL, Dec 4: About 2,000 Afghan tribesmen set out on Tuesday to chase Taliban forces from eastern mountains where Osama bin Laden may be hiding, a spokesman said.... Saudi women getting ID cards RIYADH, Dec 4: Saudi women are being issued separate civil identity cards for the first time. Some 1,300 cards have already been issued until now.... Six shaven Afghans maltreated ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Gunmen waylaid six men in eastern Afghanistan and cut off their noses and ears, apparently for having shaved off their beards, an Afghan news service said on Tuesday.... US ignored Sudan offers over Osama, says weekly WASHINGTON, Dec 4: An American magazine has charged that the United States had ignored several offers of cooperation from Sudan in the 90s that would have led to the capture of... Helicopter intercepted near Space Center CAPE CANAVERAL, Dec 4: An F-16 jet on Tuesday intercepted a helicopter flying inside the 55-kilometre zone over Kennedy Space Center here, the center’s security chief said.... Mahathir slams call to boycott US products KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed has denounced a religious ruling calling for the boycott of US products in retaliation for its bombing in Afghanistan.... Osama making radiological bomb: paper WASHINGTON, Dec 4: Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network may be closer than previously thought to obtaining plans or materials to make a crude radiological weapon, according to the Washington... Kyrghyzstan allows use of airbase BISHKEK, Dec 4: Kyrghyzstan said on Tuesday it was ready to accommodate warplanes from the US-led anti-terrorism coalition at one of its airbases, but a senior official said the Western presence... Israeli reprisals endanger Arafat LONDON: The missiles that slammed into Yasser Arafat’s sprawling seafront compound made a nightmare scenario for the Palestinians seem dangerously real on Monday night: that Israel was bent on the personal... US vs Osama: is a trial the real option? WASHINGTON: Some day, the military tribunals of Guam or Guantanamo could ring with as much historical resonance as the Nuremberg trials. That assumes, of course, that Osama bin Laden and other... Afghan schools need assistance JALALABAD: Five years of shutdown and neglect have taken their toll on Jalalabad’s Girls’ School No 2. There are no books to read, no lesson plans to teach from, no furniture... Scant evidence to prove Somalia has terrorists NAIROBI: The US is fuelling speculation that Somalia, the second most war-torn corner of the Muslim world, will become the next target in the war against terror. “Somalia has been a... Flesh-eating plants in Borneo’s jungles NEW YORK: On the north coast of the island of Borneo, in a steaming, fetid place called the Pantu peat-swamp forest grow various species of Nepenthes, carnivorous pitcher plants whose natural... ‘Wrath of gods’ killing people in Swaziland MBABANE (Swaziland): A rash of deaths caused by lightning accompanying early summer storms in Swaziland has inspired beliefs that the incidents cannot be coincidental. ... Horrors of plague may ravage Earth again NEW YORK: On Oct 2, 1980, a 47-year-old woman from south Lake Tahoe, California, lost her 9-month-old pet cat to an acute infection. Three days later, the woman’s own temperature shot...

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