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March 2, 2002 Saturday Zilhaj 17, 1422 Georgia mobilizes against suspected Al Qaeda hideout PANKISI GORGE (Georgia), March 1: Georgian security forces began to mobilize on Friday against Al Qaeda fighters in the remote and mountainous Pankisi Gorge, with US military instructors to start training... NATO botches second raid to catch Karadzic SARAJEVO, March 1: NATO troops again swooped on a remote Bosnian village on Friday in a bid to capture top war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, but for the second day running... US relents over Prison turbans MIAMI, March 1: A hunger strike by nearly 200 Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appeared to be winding down on Friday after... Qadhafi to reveal his own ME peace plan TRIPOLI, March 1: Libyan leader Moamer Qadhafi will reveal on Saturday the details of a Middle East peace proposal he made at last year’s Arab summit in Amman but which were... Germany’s immigration law fails to win support BERLIN, March 1: A controversial German immigration law to let in skilled foreign workers passed its first hurdle on Friday but looked set to stall in the upper house as the... UN court under attack at delicate moment THE HAGUE, March 1: The UN war crimes tribunal for the ex-Yugoslavia is coming increasingly under fire, including a fierce broadside by the United States at a time when the court’s... Constitutional experts warn against changes KATHMANDU, March 1: In an attempt to ease the present political confusion, Nepal’s top constitutional experts have challenged a latest move to amend the 1990 constitution at a time when the... Shadow govt in USA ‘working’ since Sept 11 WASHINGTON, March 1: A “shadow” US government has been living and working in secret bunkers outside Washington since Sept 11 in case of a catastrophic attack on the nation’s capital, administration... Skilled Afghan refugees plan to return home LONDON, March 1: Many Afghan refugees in Britain are planning to return home following the end of Taliban regime and establishment of an interim government in Kabul.... Karzai without support for bigger ISAF PARIS, March 1: Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai ended his first official visit to Europe with mixed results Friday, leaving Paris without support for a larger peacekeeping force.... Poland to sell India weapons worth $147m WARSAW, March 1: Poland plans to sell India an arms package, including tank systems and technical assistance vehicles, worth 147 million dollars Polish Deputy Defence Minister Janusz Zemke said on Friday.... Zimbabwe tops agenda at CHOGM moot SYDNEY, March 1: Commonwealth foreign ministers meeting in Australia on Friday kept mum on possible sanctions against Zimbabwe over the rolling back of democracy in the troubled African country.... Saudi peace offer gathers support AL QUDS: By spelling out a straightforward deal in which the Palestinians get their state and the Arab countries make peace with Israel, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler has infused a... India’s increasing communal violence LONDON: There is no more ominously evocative symbol of communal conflict in the sub-continent than the corpse-packed train. Scenes like that in Godhra, in Gujarat, this week were typical of partition... Resentment against UN relief workers UNITED NATIONS: The death of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl has revived debate here about who bears responsibility for the safety and psychological well-being of aid workers, peacekeepers, and media... Asia may face waves of youth unrest BANGKOK: Asia-Pacific governments may face waves of youth unrest, crime and vandalism if they fail to reduce the number of unemployed youngsters, which has rea