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| April 18, 2002 | Thursday | Safar 4, 1423 |
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New mly command to be created this year: Defence against attacks inside US
WASHINGTON, April 17: Responding to the Sept. 11 attacks with the military’s biggest structural change in decades, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday said a new military command would be... 
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BJP drops plans for polls in Gujarat
NEW DELHI, April 17: The embattled Bharatiya Janata Party sought to win over its secular coalition partners on Wednesday by deferring plans for early elections in riot-torn Gujarat state, and firmed...
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Rally for release of Barghouthi
GAZA, April 17: Hundreds of Palestinians rallied in Gaza City on Wednesday to demand the release of top activist Marwan Barghouthi, detained by Israel on suspicion of leading militants blamed for...
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France becoming a hub for illegal arms
PARIS, April 17: France has become a major international marketplace in illegal arms, with many of the armaments brought in from such places as Serbia and ex-Eastern Europe, often to be...
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Israeli tanks fire at Jenin camp
JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, April 17: Israeli tanks fired heavy machineguns inside Jenin’s refugee camp on Wednesday and the army warned residents combing the rubble of their homes that a curfew remained...
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No mistake made in Tora Bora: Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, April 17: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday dismissed a report that a US decision not to put ground troops at Tora Bora last year let Osama bin Laden...
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Madagascar general assassinated in hospital
ANTANANARIVO, April 17: Gunmen assassinated a Madagascan general in his hospital bed after he was wounded in the first firefight between soldiers since the island’s leadership crisis began in January, hospital...
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Featherweight computer coming soon
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17: A fully functioning computer weighing only about 250 grams (nine ounces) debuts at a trade show Wednesday, in what its developers say will be the next wave...
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Women-only language
BEIJING, April 17: China has launched a nine million yuan (1.08 million dollar) bid to save what is believed to be the world’s only women-only language, which is rapidly heading for...
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Muslims file suit against Ashcroft
NEW YORK, April 17: A lawsuit alleging widespread abuse of hundreds of Middle Eastern men detained on immigration violations in a sweep following the terror attacks of September 11 was filed...
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Stuff of legend in the making: Jenin resistance
LONDON: Jenin camp looks like the scene of a crime. Its concrete rubble and tortured metal evokes another horror half a world away in New York, smaller in scale but every...
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Evidence of Israel’s contempt for Geneva Convention
JERUSALEM: The accusation from British and Palestinian politicians that Israel has been involved in war crimes raises questions about the extent to which its military incursion into the occupied territories may...
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Mideast distracts US from Iraq
WASHINGTON: The sudden immersion of the Bush administration in the Middle East has quieted speculation — at least for now — of an imminent US military assault on Iraq....
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EU’s tough stance on trade
LONDON: The European Union is demanding full-scale privatization of public monopolies across the world as its price for dismantling the common agricultural policy in the new round of global trade talks,...
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Washington ‘gave the nod’ to Venezuelan coup
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration is under intense scrutiny for its role in last weekend’s abortive coup in Venezuela, after admitting that US officials had held a series of meetings in recent...
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Lessons from Dili for Tamil Tigers
BANGKOK: Sri Lankan Tamils have every reason to feel envious of the East Timorese: While the Timorese are savouring their journey to independence on May 20, the Tamils are a many...
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