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April 27, 2002 Saturday Safar 13, 1423 Bush asks Israel to end offensive: Follow-up to meeting with Abdullah CRAWFORD, April 26: US President George W. Bush on Friday said the time had now come for Israel to end its military offensive in Palestinian areas, after a fresh Israeli raid... Nepal king escapes brush with death KATHMANDU, April 26: Nepal’s King Gyanendra escaped a brush with death when security forces detected two bombs planted by Maoists guerillas on his convoy route as more people defied a strike... Greenpeace men penetrate N-plant MADRID, April 26: Six Greenpeace environmentalists scaled the dome of the Jose Cabrera nuclear plant at Zorita, 50kms northeast of Madrid, on Thursday, and hung a banner demanding “Close now!”.... Israelis hint at storming church BETHLEHEM, April 26: Israeli soldiers besieging Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity shot and wounded two Palestinians inside on Friday and the army said a “military option” could end the 23-day-old standoff.... US troops come under fire in Afghanistan BAGRAM AIR BASE, April 26: A forward operating base for US troops came under rocket attack in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, a US military spokesman said.... UN chief refuses to delay mission UNITED NATIONS, April 26: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan wants his fact-finding mission on the Jenin refugee camp to be in the region by Saturday, as planned, a spokesman said on Friday,... Aga Khan plans Islamic centre in London LONDON, April 26: The Aga Khan outlined plans on Friday to build the English-speaking world’s biggest Islamic academic centre in the historic heart of London.... Hezbollah attacks Israeli posts KFAR SHOUBA (Lebanon), April 26: Hezbollah fighters attacked Israeli troops in the disputed Shebaa Farms border zone on Friday, injuring three soldiers and breaking a two-week lull in the area.... Yoga guru Indra Devi dies at 102 BUENOS AIRES, April 26: Russian-born Indra Devi, known to followers as the “First Lady of Yoga” who taught Hollywood how to stretch its limbs in the 1940s, died at 102 on... Le Pen proposes ‘transit camps’ for immigrants PARIS, April 26: French extreme right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has proposed that illegal immigrants be put in “transit camps” and then expelled, added heat to mounting protests over his bid... Pro-Israel tilt a threat to US interests : Abdullah tells Bush RIYADH: The extended five-