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January 31, 2002 Thursday Ziqa’ad 16, 1422 Israel offers to hold talks with Syria SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt), Jan 30: Israel offered on Wednesday to resume peace negotiations with Syria “immediately without conditions” while asking Egypt to pressure the Palestinians to stop a new wave of... C’wealth rejects UK call for Zimbabwe suspension LONDON, Jan 30: Eight Commonwealth foreign ministers here on Wednesday decided against recommending Zimbabwe’s suspension from the organization over President Robert Mugabe’s crackdown on opposition ahead of March elections.... Israel to cut off holy city from W. Bank TEL AVIV, Jan 30: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon late on Tuesday approved a plan to strengthen occupied Al Quds’s security with a series of new defensive measures, including stretches on... Muslim woman beaten in Canada TORONTO, Jan 30: The ugly bruises under her eyes still bear witness to what Fatema Hussain says was an unprovoked beating on a city bus, one she says only provoked laughter... Investigators set to sue Bush govt over Enron WASHINGTON, Jan 30: Congressional investigators are poised to file a historic lawsuit against the US government amid suspicions that energy companies like Enron had undue influence over the Bush administration’s energy... US airport evacuated as explosive sparks alarm SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 30: The United Airline domestic terminal at San Francisco International Airport was evacuated for 90 minutes on Wednesday after explosive residue was discovered on a man’s shoes, and... Frenchwoman weds wartime sweetheart WOIPPY (France), Jan 30: Fifty-seven years after being separated by war, oceans and the twists and turns of fate, a former soldier in the German army and his one-time French sweetheart... Britons accuse Saudi police of torture LONDON, Jan 30: Saudi secret police tortured British suspects whilst seeking confessions to a bombing campaign against fellow westerners last year, according to testimony the Daily Guardian says it has obtained... BNP, Awami League playing hide-and-seek over conventions DHAKA: The mainstream opposition Awami League (AL) is apparently finding it difficult to fix a date for its two-day national convention on “crimes against humanity” by the BNP government for lack... Crop-wrecking bacterium unmasked PARIS, Jan 30: A devastating bacterium that causes millions of dollars in crops losses every year has been unmasked by genetic scientists.... Polls play key role in India’s war footing AYODHYA: India’s test last week of a new short-range ballistic missile and its continued massing of troops on the border with Pakistan are keeping tensions and a war of words alive... China poses challenge for Bush in East Asia LONDON: Ancient Chinese maps invariably placed the celestial kingdom at the centre of the known world. Viewed from Beijing today, the horizon of the map is studded with stars and stripes,... Paris, CIA differ on ‘French Taliban’ PARIS: CIA representatives at the US Embassy in Paris have told their contacts in the French government that they are concerned, indeed angered, over release to the French press Tuesday of... It’s in US interest to follow Geneva Convention NEW YORK: Secretary of State Colin Powell has added his voice to the chorus: It is in the best interests of the United States, he says, to initially treat combatants captured... Promises on Environment fall short of performance UNITED NATIONS: The international community has fallen short of promises to prevent deterioration of the global environment, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday. Annan said in a 69-page report released... Blair under attack at home LONDON: British Prime Minister Tony Blair was not pleased when a Labour Party MP welcomed him o