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| April 15, 2002 | Monday | Safar 1, 1423 |
Chavez re-assumes presidency as coup fails
 CARACAS, April 14: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez formally re-assumed the presidency early on Sunday after he returned to the capital in the aftermath of a failed coup against him....
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VHP casts shadow on Sri Lanka: LTTE, RSS hidden agenda
NEW DELHI, April 14: India’s rightwing Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) is galvanizing Sri Lanka’s Hindu Tamils against the country’s powerful Christian church with its global arm, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad...
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Loya Jirga elections today
KABUL, April 14: Elections to select representatives to the Loya Jirga, traditional grand assembly, that will choose Afghanistan’s next government are due to begin today (Monday), a United Nations official said....
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Nepal toll may top 300: police
KATHMANDU, April 14: More than 300 people may have been killed after Maoists launched two of the deadliest attacks of their six-year campaign to topple Nepal’s monarchy, police said on Sunday....
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‘Bin Laden’ gets $16,000 in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, April 14: An Arab man in Sweden has been paid 165,000 crowns (16,000 dollars) in compensation after being called “Osama bin Laden” by colleagues, a newspaper reported on Sunday. The...
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9,500 chickens perish in Japan
TOKYO, April 14: Police said some 9,500 chickens were charred to ashes in a fire started by a short-circuit at a poultry farm near Tokyo on Sunday....
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Arafat bows to US pressure in vain
LONDON: Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, on Saturday bowed to American demands to condemn ‘terrorism’ in a dramatic move that raised hopes of a breakthrough in the Middle East....
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Sharon ‘must’ listen
LONDON: US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s mission to the Middle East hangs by a thread. His critics at home are questioning his judgment in exposing himself to what has seemed...
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Bush taking America for a ride: Gore
ORLANDO (USA): Former vice president Al-Gore plunged back into the political arena with a sharply worded attack on the domestic priorities of President Bush, asserting that on issues from the economy...
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Somalis seek US ‘re-engagement’
MOGADISHU: You might think Abdi Hassan Awale had witnessed enough US muscle-flexing in Somalia, after watching in horror as anti-tank missiles smashed into his office in a surprise strike that killed...
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Tamil Tigers hide their claws in gesture for ‘peace’
JAFFNA: At the northern end of Sri Lanka’s epic, ruined A9 Road, the jungle suddenly disappears. The frangipani trees give way to dry, brown grass. The road then narrows to its...
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Racists in UK wage campaign for power
BURNLEY (BRITAIN): At first glance it looks like any ordinary English street. But the brightly coloured election posters plastered in the windows carry a starkly different message: ‘Vote British National Party...
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