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January 3, 2002 Thursday Shawwal 18, 1422 US to press for Omar’s handover: Airborne troops arrive WASHINGTON, Jan 2: The United States will ask for Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar to be handed over if he surrenders to anti-Taliban forces, a Pentagon official said on Wednesday.... Mandela reviews support for US JOHANNESBURG, Jan 2: Former South African president Nelson Mandela is to inform US President George W. Bush he has modified his “unreserved support” for the bombings in Afghanistan, his office said... Body repairs heart damage: study BOSTON, Jan 2: Using the male chromosome as a marker, researchers studying eight cross-gender heart transplants from New York Medical College have discovered that the body can actively reshape the heart... US body seeks ban on VHP, Bajrang Dal SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 2: The Pakistan American Democratic Forum (PADF) has urged the US administration to declare India’s extremist groups, Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, as terrorist organizations for their... ‘Curse of the summits’ haunts SAARC heads KATMANDU, Jan 2: South Asian leaders are preparing for a summit here on Friday amid tight security against assassination, but for some a threat may come from an unexpected quarter —... Palestinian leader roughed up by Israeli army TEL AVIV, Jan 2: Israeli army border guards on Wednesday beat a leading Palestinian rights activist just after he had been released by Israeli police at a checkpoint outside occupied Al... Detention in US angers Canada TORONTO, Jan 2: Canada, in a rare move, sent a diplomatic note to protest the treatment of a Canadian citizen detained in the United States since Sept 20 without any charges... UK mooted Afghanistan’s division: files LONDON, Jan 2: British diplomats in the 1950s secretly discussed dividing up Afghanistan between Pakistan and Russia, according to official files made public for the first time on Wednesday.... Taliban spy chief killed in US bombing ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: The former chief of the intelligence department during the Taliban rule, Qari Ahmedullah, was killed by US air strikes in Paktika province last month, the Afghan Islamic Press... Central Europe hit by worst blizzards in years WARSAW, Jan 2: The Slovak president was among thousands who fell victim to snow chaos on Wednesday as the worst blizzards in years paralysed much of central Europe, blocking roads and... Duhalde sworn in as Argentine president BUENOS AIRES, Jan 2: Peronist Eduardo Duhalde formally took office as Argentine president on Wednesday after being elected by Congress to run the country until Dec 10 next year.... Blair due in Dhaka today DHAKA, Jan 2: British Prime Minister Tony Blair is due here on Thursday apparently to request Bangladesh to contribute its troops for Afghanistan.... S.Asia crying for urgent diplomacy WASHINGTON: While Americans are understandably preoccupied with events in Afghanistan, tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan have rapidly escalated. Should war break out, the conflict in Afghanistan could quickly become... Power struggle may split Fatah RAMALLAH: A power struggle between a more radical, younger generation and old guard leaders threatens to splinter Yasser Arafat’s Fatah, the most important faction in the Palestinian fight against Israeli occupation.... Hawk tells why US might is right LONDON: It is far too early in the morning to be interviewing General Vernon A Walters and I am woefully under-prepared. The night before he had gone 10 tough rounds with... 2002: year of the right LONDON: The left, almost everyone agrees, is on the run. George Bush’s seizure of power has dragged governments everywhere still further to the right. Most of the world’s media are deeply... Nuclear list exchange eases tension NEW DELHI: Pakistan and India exchanged information about each other’s nuclear facilities on Tuesday, continuing an annual cooperative practice even as both nations have severed transportation links, limited diplomatic contacts and... Harry Potter’s ‘deception’ LONDON: He has bewitched 124 million readers, vanquished the forces of evil and transformed his creator into Britain’s highest-paid woman.... Asylum-seekers’ plight worsens after Sept 11 WASHINGTON: An Afghan medical student spent three months behind bars in a New York detention centre in 1998. She was strip-searched, shackled, then kept in one room for 23 hours a... Taiwan, India cooperating in defence TAIPEI, Jan 2: Taiwan and India are secretly developing military cooperation despite the lack of diplomatic ties, a Taiwanese newspaper reported on Wednesday....

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