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December 31, 2001 Monday Shawwal 15, 1422 Snow, floods batter Europe STRASBOURG, Dec 30: Heavy snow and flooding has hit western and central Europe resulting in at least two deaths, as well as causing major damage and travel disruption.... Oxford again insults Thatcher LONDON, Dec 30: Oxford University has once again been unkind to Margaret Thatcher, the Sunday Times reported.... Six reformist MPs resign in Iran TEHRAN, Dec 30: Six reformist members of the Iranian parliament submitted their resignations on Sunday to protest the jailing of a colleague for insulting the conservative judiciary, the state IRNA news... Daggers, razors smuggled aboard planes LONDON, Dec 30: Two reporters successfully brought concealed daggers and razor blades aboard two British Airways internal flights, the Sunday People reported.... US softens hiring criteria at airports WASHINGTON, Dec 30: The US government has backpedalled on a plan to toughen standards for its airport screeners, now saying it will allow thousands of unskilled airport workers who have not... Saudis open debate on dowries RIYADH, Dec 30: The Saudi Consultative Council has invited 50 women to debate the high cost of dowries which has become a major obstacle to marriage in the kingdom, secretary general... Protein behind mad cow disease found TOKYO, Dec 30: Japanese researchers have discovered a protein closely linked to an abnormal prion that causes mad cow disease and its human variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), a report said on... 3 Palestinians killed near settlement TEL AVIV, Dec 30: Israeli troops killed three Palestinians on Sunday near the Jewish settlement of Elei Sinai in the northern Gaza Strip, the army and settlers said.... SAARC summit in jeopardy: Pakistan-India tension NEW DELHI: Yet another summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has been jeopardized by hostilities between India and Pakistan, the two largest members of the seven-nation regional... Death penalty to sour US foreign policy LOS ANGELES: Will the United States have to choose between its war on terrorism and its addiction to the death penalty? With the Justice Department’s indictment of French national Zacarias Moussaoui... Depression: the silent killer NEW YORK: Depression is the number one cause of disability in the world and the 11th leading cause of death among adults. And it is especially prevalent among women, striking up... Score on US war objectives: nil LONDON: Osama Bin Laden is looking ‘haggard’. A videotape broadcast on al-Jazeera TV showed the Most Wanted Man in the Known World looking haggard. And in case we did not notice... Euro coins may cause allergy LONDON: It has been accused of crushing national identity, pushing up prices and being the best friend of fraudsters and drug barons. But now the euro - Europe’s new single currency... Pyramids made of concrete PARIS: Millions of tourists, from the Ancient Greeks on may have been victims of one of the world’s oldest confidence tricks when they walked round the Pyramids on holiday trips to... Afghan women slow to take off burqa KABUL: Nouria Anwari took off her burqa on Saturday. She says she will not put it back on again. She is not alone. With a thousand other women of the women’s... Cuban MPs oppose US plan to use base: Al Qaeda prisoners HAVANA, Dec 30: Cuban legislators are opposing US plans to use its Guantanamo Bay naval base as a site to hold prisoners from the war in Afghanistan.... Rugova to testify against Milosevic BELGRADE, Dec 30: Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova is one of about 200 witnesses to be called to give evidence against Slobodan Milosevic on charges related to Kosovo, sources close to... India will not bow to US dictates, says Advani NEW DELHI, Dec 30: Indian Home Minister Lal Krishan Advani on Sunday said his government would not take decisions under pressure of any country, including the United States.... Russia defends use of force in Chechnya MOSCOW, Dec 30: Russia responded firmly on Sunday to US criticism of its military intervention in Chechnya, saying that Western powers should not set double-standards in the pursuit of alleged terrorists.... Afghan govt retracts plea for halt to US bombing KABUL, Dec 30: Afghanistan’s foreign minister signalled a disagreement with the defence minister over the halt or otherwise of the US bombing as he said on Sunday the campaign should continue...

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