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February 14, 2002 Thursday Zilhaj 1, 1422 Warlord challenges Karzai’s nomination: Governor for Paktia KABUL, Feb 13: Afghanistan’s interim administration on Wednesday named Taj Mohammad Wardag as the new governor of eastern Paktia province, despite threats of violence from a local warlord who wants the... Victims demand compensation KABUL, Feb 13: Grieving and injured victims of the ongoing US bombing campaign in Afghanistan gathered outside the American embassy in Kabul on Wednesday to demand compensation for their pain, misery... Hitler’s last secretary dies at 82 BERLIN, Feb 13: Adolf Hitler’s last secretary, who was in the Nazi leader’s bunker when he committed suicide in 1945, has died just days after publishing her memoirs and making a... OIC, EU vow to fight terror ISTANBUL, Feb 13: Foreign Ministers from the European Union and the Organization of the Islamic Conference on Wednesday urged greater dialogue between Christian and Muslim states and pledged to fight terrorism,... British PM favoured Indian trader: daily LONDON, Feb 13: British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave his support for the purchase of a Romanian steel firm by an Indian billionaire and Labour Party donor just as a French... Saddam to be toppled, says Powell WASHINGTON, Feb 13: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday dropped the strongest hint yet that Iraq, rather than Iran or North Korea, could be Washington’s next target in the... Eiffel Tower’s expansion approved PARIS, Feb 13: The Eiffel Tower, France’s most popular paid tourist attraction, is desperately in need of space, in part to handle an important influx of visitors, notably from Asia and... E. Punjab goes to the polls NEW DELHI, Feb 13: Millions of people voted on Wednesday in the first leg of make-or break elections which could be a referendum on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s government.... Cardboard loudspeakers developed PARIS, Feb 13: British engineers are on the way to devising ultra-thin, cardboard loudspeakers that will make cereal packets and detergent boxes blare out advertising jingles and cut-price offers to passing... Pilot sacked for ‘me too’ Sept 11 remark HANOVER, Feb 13: A pilot who said he had thought of emulating the Sept 11 plane hijackers was sacked by his employers, a labour court in Hanover heard on Wednesday.... HR groups alarmed over surveillance in Washington NEW YORK, Feb 13: Washington police are building what will be the nation’s biggest network of surveillance cameras to monitor shopping areas, streets, monuments and other public places in the US... US posing threat to world peace LONDON: Never was victory so bitter. Those liberals who supported the war in Afghanistan, and so confidently declared that their values had triumphed in November, must now be feeling a little... ME strongly against Bush’s campaign CAIRO: The United State’s campaign against terrorism has started to generate strong resistance in the Middle East. The shift comes amid new accusations that Lebanon may be harbouring Al Qaeda members... Iraq questions validity of weapon inspectors LOS ANGELES: The past week has seen an unprecedented diplomatic offensive on the part of Iraq. This appears to be driven by the harsh rhetoric emanating from the Bush administration since... Australia’s refugee policy flayed CANBERRA: The opening of the Australian parliament here on Tuesday has been overshadowed by thousands protesting against the government’s hardline policy on asylum seekers, and claims that the government used its... Hardline Washington alienating own allies WASHINGTON: At the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, the delegation of French athletes went further than any other to express solidarity with the post-Sept 11 United States: They carried small... Invisible enemy in Kashmir JAMMU: Just five years after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the use of landmines continues to be a divisive issue. But India, which... Cries of ‘Death to America’ echoing anew in Iran TEHRAN: The first home-made American flag put to the torch took awhile to light on Tuesday, as tens of thousands Iranians celebrated the 23rd anniversary of their Islamic revolution with renewed...

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