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December 17, 2001 Monday Shawwal 1, 1422 US mulls anthrax vaccine for 3,000: Match between army, terror samples WASHINGTON, Dec 16: US officials are considering offering the anthrax vaccine to more than 3,000 people recently exposed to the deadly bacteria, out of concern that hibernating spores could outlast antibiotics... Mahathir asks Manila to take rebel back PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia) Dec 16: Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday said Malaysia will deport rebel leader Nur Misuari to a third country if the Philippines declines to take him back.... Lord Nazir Ahmed in phone row LONDON, Dec 16: Lord Nazir Ahmed, a member of Britain’s House of Lords, has alleged his telephone was tapped and transcripts passed to a minister after he said he could no... Hunt for Osama hits another dead end ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The caves of Tora Bora have turned into another dead end in the desperate hunt for Osama bin Laden.... No proof of Saudis involvement: Nayef HAMBURG, Dec 16: The Saudi interior minister has said there was no proof that Saudis took part in the Sept 11 suicide attacks, in an interview to be published in the... Plot to bomb London unearthed: paper LONDON, Dec 16: Plans for a major bomb attack on London have been discovered in a terrorist base in Afghanistan, British newspapers claimed on Sunday.... Anti-US graffiti SPIN BOLDAK, Dec 16: Graffiti warning Afghans against cooperating with the United States have appeared on the walls of the southern Afghan town of Spin Boldak, bordering Pakistan, witnesses said on... Film shows Westerners fighting at Qila-i-Jangi LONDON, Dec 16: British television has shown video footage of Westerners firing machineguns and rifles alongside the Northern Alliance fighters, but the defence ministry refused to confirm they were special forces... EU differs with US over ME strategy LONDON, Dec 16: The United States and the European Union have potential differences over the strategy for ending the crisis in the Middle East, EU external affairs commissioner Chris Patten said... US embassy in Sweden sealed off STOCKHOLM, Dec 16: The US embassy in Stockholm was sealed off on Sunday after a car bomb alert triggered by a man trying to park a car nearby in a suspicious... Amnesty again calls for inquiry LONDON, Dec 16: The Amnesty International has renewed its call for an inquiry into the massacre at Qila-i-Jangi after unprecedented video footage showed British SAS troops fighting alongside anti-Taliban forces at... Europe refuses to oblige US on extradition ROME, Dec 16: US Attorney General John Ashcroft flew back to Washington on Sunday after drawing a blank with European allies on extraditing suspects who face a possible death penalty, even... Afghans celebrate Eid KABUL, Dec 16: Mujahideenn fired their guns as they joined the people of Kabul to celebrate the first Eid since the fall of the Taliban on Sunday.... Palestinians remain sceptical of US BEIRUT: Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council said that Israel greeted the arrival of US envoys General Anthony Zinni and William Burns with a major military escalation against the... New attempt to bridge UK’s race divide LONDON: In a controversial recommendation aimed at making immigrants to Britain more British, a government inquiry report wants all immigrants to vow “clear primary loyalty” to Britain. The report ordered in... Smog has adverse effects on babies: study LOS ANGELES: A growing body of research from around the world indicates that smog is exacting a much greater toll than previously known on infants and unborn babies. Scientists have long... Danger ahead for Afghan secularists LOS ANGELES: While many people are optimistic about the outcome of the UN-sponsored meeting on Afghanistan in Bonn, Germany, there could be trouble ahead.... Mechanical heart has slim chance of survival WASHINGTON: After the recent death of Robert Tools, the first recipient of the AbioCor artifical heart, and the death Wednesday of a 74-year-old man who was the third recipient of the... ABM withdrawal may spark political fallout for Putin MOSCOW: President George W. Bush’s decision to withdraw from the 1972 Antiballistic Missile treaty, announced on Friday, will deal a severe blow to his new friend Vladimir Putin, Russian experts say.... West turns blind eye to plight of asylum-seekers BRUSSELS: The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders has strongly criticized governments’ attitudes to asylum-seekers accusing them of failing to meet their international obligations and endangering lives. The international community has become...

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