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February 8, 2002 Friday Ziqa’ad 24, 1422 Arafat names Ahmed Qurei as successor, till polls held RAMALLAH, Feb 7: Advisers to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat declined to comment on Thursday on reports quoting Arafat as naming his possible successor.... Bush mulls action on Iraq anyway: Powell WASHINGTON, Feb 7: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday Iraq would likely not develop weapons of mass destruction capability soon but made clear President George W. Bush was... HK attempts to halt bird flu panic HONG KONG, Feb 7: Hong Kong health officials on Thursday sought to allay fears over a wave of potentially deadly chicken flu sweeping the territory, saying early tests on the virus... Australia, Indonesia sign pact on terror JAKARTA, Feb 7: Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday witnessed the signing of a counter-terrorism agreement between his country and Indonesia, demonstrating the two neighbours could cooperate on international issues... ‘Afghan warlords were paid $200,000’ WASHINGTON, Feb 7: A US newspaper charged on Thursday that dozens of Afghan warlords were given $200,000 payments and satellite phones to secure their cooperation in the war against the Taliban... Portugal to open largest dam amid outcry LISBON, Feb 7: Portugal will close the floodgates to the giant Alqueva dam project in the country’s parched south on Friday, in the face of objections from environmental groups, creating Europe’s... Indian state elections promise political spice and colour NEW DELHI, Feb 7: Key Indian state elections which begin next week and could test the stability of the central government, promise a heady political mix of caste, religion and nationalism,... Man beats horse in race DUBAI, Feb 7: Tom Johnson, an intrepid 42-year-old distance runner from the United States, achieved the rare feat of winning a “man versus horse” endurance race over 80 gruelling kilometres in... Moscow attacks CIA report on ties with Iran MOSCOW, Feb 7: The Russian government on Thursday savagely attacked a CIA report linking Russia to sales of sensitive technologies to Iran and other states, declaring the accusations “categorically unacceptable.”... Bush blurred about right & wrong : ‘Axis of Evil’ WASHINGTON: As a born-again Christian, George W. Bush is the most overtly religious president since Jimmy Carter. For him, that includes a very clear, very sturdy, almost joyful certainty about what’s...