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December 25, 2001 Tuesday Shawwal 9, 1422 Vatican chides Israel over ban on Arafat: Visit to Bethlehem VATICAN CITY, Dec 24: The Vatican on Monday led criticism of Israel’s ban on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat attending Christmas services in Bethlehem and pushed for the Jewish state to reverse... Fear, economic gloom dampen Christmas cheer BETHLEHEM, Dec 24: Deserted streets in the birthplace of Jesus as a new crisis rocks the Middle East, world governments on edge for fear of a repeat of Sept 11, and... ‘Democracy deficit’ in Muslim states: study WASHINGTON, Dec 24: Muslim countries are suffering from an acute “democracy deficit”, with only 23 per cent of them enjoying the benefits of democratically-elected governments compared to 75 per cent for... UAE plane makes emergency landing ADEN, Dec 24: An Emirates Boeing 777 carrying 287 people made an emergency landing in Aden, southern Yemen, on Monday after one of its two engines closed down, the airport’s director... Al Qaeda fighters resist capture KANDAHAR, Dec 24: Shooting broke out at a hospital in Kandahar late on Sunday when Afghan fighters backed by US soldiers tried to flush out eight wounded Al Qaeda members holed... US troops arrest Taliban official ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: US forces in Afghanistan have arrested the deputy head of the ousted Taliban regime’s intelligence department, Abdul Haq Wasiq, the Afghan Islamic Press said on Monday.... New ministers slow off the mark KABUL, Dec 24: Afghanistan’s new ministers, charged with rebuilding a nation shattered by 23 years of war, were slow off the mark on Monday, with many failing to turn up at... Uranium for ‘dirty bomb’ found: paper LONDON, Dec 24: Uranium 238 and other material that could be used to make a radiological bomb has been found in an underground Al Qaeda base near Kandahar, Britain’s Daily Telegraph... Japan accuses N. Korean ship of firing rockets TOKYO, Dec 24: Japan said on Monday it sank a suspected North Korean spy ship that had fired rockets at its patrol boats over the weekend in the most dangerous mission... Laughter clubs help people bear pain BANGALORE, Dec 24: Sitalakshmi Dayanand, a former manager of a state-run bank, religiously breaks into peals of laughter for half-an-hour every morning in this southern Indian city and attributes her near... Nigerian minister shot dead LAGOS, Dec 24: Undentified gunmen on Sunday murdered Nigerian Justice Minister Bola Ige, a close aide and friend to President Olusegun Obasanjo, who on Monday called an emergency meeting of his... Dostum assures Karzai of support KABUL, Dec 24: Powerful warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum said on Monday he supports Afghanistan’s new leader Hamid Karzai, but wants his tens of thousands of fighters incorporated into a future national... Battle lines blurred in intifada-II GAZA: When the first Palestinian uprising began 14 years ago, Imad Falouji was a young Muslim activist who did not hesitate to urge Palestinians onto the streets to try to drive... West’s most elusive terrorist organization ATHENS: Twenty-six years to the day after the emergence of the Nov 17 group, when it assassinated Athens’s CIA station chief as he returned from a Christmas party, the Greek authorities... Pakistan, India’s explosive rhetoric NEW DELHI: The year that began with a truce in Kashmir to end 54 years of armed hostilities is ending with the threat of war between Pakistan and India. The Dec... Skyscrapers still in popular demand LONDON: Watching those monstrous television images of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre collapsing, a lot of architects speculated about the unknowable question of how this horrific event... Argentina’s protracted crisis BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s new caretaker president, Adolfo Rodrmguez Saa, designated by Congress for a three-month term, announced a moratorium on foreign debt payments Sunday, along with measures to create jobs and... Legality of anti-terror law challenged LONDON: Lawyers are preparing to challenge the arrest of eight men in Britain on the ground that a new law on terrorism under which they are held is itself illegal....

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