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| January 6, 2002 | Sunday | Shawwal 21, 1422 |
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Saarc leaders flay terrorism, differ on definition
KATHMANDU, Jan 5: South Asian leaders opened a summit here Saturday all backing the international coalition against terrorism, but with some calling for a careful study on the root causes of... 
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Zinni upbeat on truce bid, but tension high
AL QUDS, Jan 5: US peace envoy Anthony Zinni met Palestinian officials on Saturday, emerging still optimistic about truce prospects despite heightened tensions over Israel’s seizure of a shipload of smuggled...
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World’s oldest man dies in Italy
ROME, Jan 5: The world’s oldest man, 112-year-old Antonio Todde, who swore the secret of his longevity was a daily glass of red wine, died overnight on the Italian island of...
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Hustler wants to cover Afghan war
WASHINGTON, Jan 5: Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt wants his magazine to cover the war in Afghanistan, or perhaps uncover it....
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US frees 12 Saudis held after Sept attacks
RIYADH, Jan 5: The United States has released 12 Saudi nationals detained for questioning after the Sept 11 attacks on US cities, Saudi Ambassador to the US Prince Bandar ibn Sultan...
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Singapore arrests 15 suspected terrorists
SINGAPORE, Jan 5: Singapore has arrested 15 suspected terrorists, including several who had been trained in al Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan, the government said on Saturday....
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Minister flays lack of control of activists
KUWAIT, Jan 5: Islamic groups in Kuwait were promoting a “terrorism culture” in the Gulf Arab state and breeding a generation of violent youth, a former Kuwaiti cabinet minister said in...
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Pentagon plays Afghan card to sell warplanes
WASHINGTON, Jan 5: After losing bids to supply warplanes to two of NATO’s newest members, the Pentagon played its Afghanistan card on Friday, reminding shoppers — including Poland and South Korea...
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UK probes reports of jailed Britons
LONDON, Jan 5: The British Foreign Office is investigating ICRC reports that three British nationals who fought alongside the Taliban and al-Qaeda are in an Afghan prison....
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Japanese scientists grow eyeballs
TOKYO, Jan 5: Japanese scientists have succeeded in growing artificial eyeballs for the first time in the world, Kyodo news agency said on Saturday....
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First African pays $20m for trip to space
CAPE TOWN, Jan 5: IT whiz Mark Shuttleworth plans to carry his country’s flag with pride when he becomes the first African in space in April, but he will not make...
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Nukes help defuse S. Asian tensions
WASHINGTON: The current crisis in South Asia has been profoundly affected by the mere presence of India’s and Pakistan’s nuclear arsenals....
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Need for common Arab policy on Middle East
BEIRUT: Palestinian Authority Information Minister Yasser Abed-Rabbo urged the Arab governments to discuss ways of extending support to the Palestinians, to “be more pro-active and send out a more coherent political...
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Living on edge in Australia’s tinder box
LONDON: Australia’s largest fire has so far scorched 65,000 hectares of bone-dry forest and farmland near Singleton. But Australians were learning the hard ecological fact that what is happening is not...
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Pakistan, India war to cost US heavily
LOS ANGELES: A terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament on Dec 13 killed 14 people, including the five attackers. The same two groups that attacked the Parliament carried out a similar...
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‘Pacifist’ Japan under scrutiny
TOKYO: Reports of spy ships and last week’s fatal clash with an alleged North Korean vessel around Japanese territorial waters are threatening to change Japan’s much-touted image of a pacifist nation....
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Bush’s latest ‘culture war’
WASHINGTON: US opinion remains at odds about the root causes of the terror attacks that triggered the military action and how to address those causes in the future....
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Controversial field of cloning faces further jeering
LONDON: The shock of the new became the shock of the old on Friday when Dolly, the world’s most closely watched sheep, hobbled back into the limelight, aged before her time....
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