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April 11, 2002 Thursday Muharram 27, 1423 Amnesty terms US a safe haven for torturers WASHINGTON, April 10: At least 150 suspected torturers from other countries are living in the United States, despite a US law that allows for prosecution for committing torture anywhere in the... Egypt defies US call to condemn bombing AMMAN, April 10: Defying a US request, Egypt declined to condemn a suicide bombing that killed eight Israelis on Wednesday and instead said Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation was justified.... Anti-US protest in Bahrain teargassed MANAMA, April 10: Bahrain police fired teargas to disperse about 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters trying to march on the heavily fortified US embassy on Wednesday.... LTTE refuses to drop state demand KILINOCHCHI (Sri Lanka), April 10: The mastermind of Sri Lanka’s 19-year ethnic war on Wednesday pledged to pursue peace, but stopped short of removing the biggest obstacle to a settlement —... Weird stars show evidence of new form of matter WASHINGTON, April 10: Two weird stars — one too cold, the other too small to fit known astronomical models — show evidence for a completely new form of matter, astronomers said... EU MPs propose suspending Israel pact STRASBOURG, April 10: The European Parliament called on the 15 EU member states on Wednesday to suspend an agreement on trade and political ties with Israel to protest the military offensive... BJP rejects calls for Modi’s dismissal NEW DELHI, April 10: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday rejected demands of its allies and the opposition to dismiss the chief minister of Gujarat state, saying he had done... Polluting buses allowed to ply in Delhi NEW DELHI, April 10: Scores of diesel-run buses, banned from New Delhi roads, paid a collective penalty on Wednesday for operating illegally and offered to resume services in the transport crisis-hit... Powell says he must meet Arafat MADRID, April 10: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday it was important that he see Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during a Middle East peace mission this week but... 700,000 armed in Afghanistan, says official KABUL, April 10: As many as 700,000 people in Afghanistan possess deadly weapons and disarming them is a top priority of the multinational security operation there, the head of French troops... Heyerdahl has gone home to die, says son OSLO, April 10: Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian explorer famed worldwide for his 1947 Kon Tiki raft expedition across the Pacific, has abandoned cancer treatment in hospital and gone home to his... 800 women, kids expelled TEL AVIV, April 10: The Israeli army expelled some 800 women and children from the Jenin refugee camp on Wednesday while conducting sweeps in the northern West Bank region, UNICEF officials... CIA tried to obtain military secrets: Russia MOSCOW, April 10: The Russian security services said on Wednesday that they had foiled a bid by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to obtain military secrets.... Karzai tries to rebuild without money, army KANDAHAR: It was cold and dark when Hamid Karzai, the head of Afghanistan’s interim government, stepped off a plane with six close advisers at Bagram air base on Dec 13, 2001,... Israel’s selective policy annoys EU BRUSSELS: Keeping up appearances is an important part of diplomacy, but it was hard for Europeans to take the crude rebuff by Ariel Sharon when he refused to let a high-ranking... US fears second front in ME WASHINGTON: The Bush administration is increasingly concerned about a possible second front in the Middle East conflict opening along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. In the latest of a series of... Britons put in harm’s way LONDON: The first combat mission of British commandos and paras in Afghanistan’s Zawar valley evokes admiration tinged with apprehension. This initial operation inside a cave complex used by Al Qaeda terrorists... Rwanda’s genocide victims await justice after eight years LONDON: It is eight years this week since Rwanda was engulfed by genocide. Prosecutors at the international court trying Hutu extremists who started the slaughter planned to mark the anniversary by... Does anybody care for UN resolutions? UNITED NATIONS: Like a drumbeat, the UN Security Council has adopted no less than 200 resolutions on the Arab-Israeli conflict in the last 50 years, many of them ignored but others... Somalia’s deadly nexus of guns, clans MOGADISHU: His blood slowly staining a pillow red, Somali merchant Ali Moumin explains how a business dispute landed him in hospital with a bullet wound in the head....

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