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January 11, 2002 Friday Shawwal 26, 1422 US begins sending prisoners to Cuba: Military base attacked WASHINGTON, Jan 10: The US military started transporting prisoners of the Al Qaeda network and Taliban on Thursday to a US naval base in Cuba, CNN reported.... Saudis defy US pressure to revise curriculum RIYADH, Jan 10: Saudi Arabia has ruled out making changes in its curriculum in the wake of criticism and pressure by the US and some other Western countries to alter its... Advani upbeat after meeting Bush WASHINGTON, Jan 10: India’s Home Minister L.K. Advani on Thursday met US President George W. Bush, and said he had received an assurance that the United States expected Pakistan to “abandon... Riyadh dismisses Ankara’s protest RIYADH, Jan 10: Saudi Arabia has shrugged off a Turkish protest over demolition of the Ottoman-era Ajyad Fort in Makkah, telling Ankara not to meddle in its internal affairs.... W. Bengal paralysed by strike; 1,300 held CALCUTTA, Jan 10: Police in India’s West Bengal state arrested over 1,300 people as a one-day strike by socialists and ultra-leftists against the state’s communist rulers brought the province to a... US attitude to Arafat hardens WASHINGTON, Jan 10: The seizure of a ship loaded with arms allegedly meant for Palestinians has hardened even further Bush administration attitudes to President Yasser Arafat.... UK is home to 100 Al Qaeda men: paper LONDON, Jan 10: Over 100 terrorism suspects and activists belonging to organizations connected with Osama bin Laden are based in Britain, the Guardian reported on Thursday.... Muslim scholars define terrorism MAKKAH, Jan 10: Muslim scholars meeting in Makkah stressed on Thursday that terrorism is alien to Islam, which the West has often associated with terror since the September 11 attacks on... Scientists find key pain protein BOSTON, Jan 10: Researchers have identified a key protein that controls severe pain, a discovery that might someday allow more relief for those who suffer intractable pain from terminal cancer, chronic... ‘Pakistani hackers’ under probe TAIPEI, Jan 10: Investigators from Taiwan and the United States are probing a group of hackers that broke into a computer system in Taiwan and are suspected of supporting the Al... Eurosceptic Italy and radioactive euros PARIS, Jan 10: With the departure of his Foreign Minister Renato Ruggiero, considered as too euro-friendly, Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi has lost no time in affirming to his european partners that in... Israel offers to help India fight ‘terrorism’ NEW DELHI, Jan 10: Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres offered India more “constructive cooperation “ to tackle global terrorism on Thursday.... US jingoists itching for strike on Iraq LONDON: Gung-ho talk in Washington of making Iraq America’s next target after the war in Afghanistan alarms pro-Western Arab rulers and many European governments.... Afghans seeking better bombing coordination KABUL: US bombing raids in Afghanistan should be better coordinated with Kabul’s interim administration now that targets in the war against terrorism are becoming ever harder to find, Foreign Minister Abdullah... UNHR body begins year without America GENEVA: The UN Commission on Human Rights will meet this year without the US, for the first time in 56 years - a fact that augurs new conclusions in the commission’s... Somalia, Ethiopia’s war of words KHARTOUM: Somalia’s fledgling government accused Ethiopia on Thursday of blocking attempts to further a reconciliation process for the splintered country at a regional summit this week. Information Minister Zakaria Mohamud Abdi... Russia concerned about US presence in C. Asia MOSCOW: The US military build-up in the former Soviet republics of central Asia is raising fears in Moscow that Washington is exploiting the Afghan war to establish a permanent, armed foothold... Choosing words carefully LONDON: Some words are better not uttered. One is nigger, another is Paki. In normal use, both denote a nasty racism that modern society loathes....

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