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| May 22, 2002 | Wednesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 8,1423 |
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Bush was not told of FBI warning: White House acknowledgment
WASHINGTON, May 21: The White House acknowledged on Tuesday that President George W. Bush was probably told only recently of an FBI memo last July warning that extremists could be training... 
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Iraq attack not planned: Bush
BERLIN: President Bush reiterated on Tuesday that the United States had no firm plans to attack Iraq but said he would inform European leaders during a visit this week of the...
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US Senate leader calls for inquiry into Sept 11
WASHINGTON, May 21: US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, setting up a possible showdown with President George W. Bush, voiced support on Tuesday for an independent commission to investigate events leading...
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Sharon govt in trouble as hardliners revolt
TEL AVIV, May 21: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was facing a meltdown of his ponderous coalition on Tuesday after a revolt by ultra-religious ministers triggered a political showdown over planned...
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Firm claims making high-security cockpit door
PARIS, May 21: Airbus, which is the world’s largest producer of commercial aircraft, said on Tuesday that it had produced a high-security cockpit door that will soon equip all the airliners...
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Anthrax scare at WB building
WASHINGTON, May 21: About 1,200 employees of the World Bank were evacuated on Monday and will remain home for the next couple of days after a machine testing mail for anthrax...
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British troops caught in land dispute: paper
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21: British-led forces sweep through the mountains of eastern Afghanistan in the current Operation Condor looks another tragic case of mistaken identity as a local land dispute turned...
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Protests in Berlin on eve of Bush visit
BERLIN, May 21: Thousands of pacifist and anti-globalisation demonstrators gathered in Berlin on Tuesday on the eve of a visit by US President George W. Bush to protest his plans for...
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Israel’s political crisis leaves options open
JERUSALEM: With his dramatic firing of four ministers and seven deputy ministers who bucked coalition discipline in a parliamentary vote on Monday, Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon has left all options open,...
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Suicide bombers may hit US: Ridge
WASHINGTON, May 21: Officials have no specific credible evidence of a threat of suicide bombings in the United States, but Americans would be “somewhat naive” if they felt immune from such...
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China sets its sights on moon landing
SHANGHAI: Chairman Mao, like the British and the Americans, was stunned when the Soviet Union launched the space age in 1957 with Sputnik 1. “How can we be considered a great...
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Bush plans searching questions for Putin
WASHINGTON: President Bush goes to Moscow this week intent on cementing a move from conflict to cooperation with Russia but also determined to press Russian President Vladimir Putin on arms transfers...
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Bush not yet off the hook: Pre-Sept 11 warnings
LONDON: Last week was almost as bad for the president of the United States as for the American Catholic church. Leak after leak from “informed” sources of the “what did the...
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Indian MPs criticize US role in stand-off
NEW DELHI: Fortified by the approval unanimously given to it by the Congress to deal with the issue of ‘terrorism’ in Jammu & Kashmir, the government has decided for the time...
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Irish vote clouds EU future
DUBLIN: Electoral gains by opponents of the Nice European Union enlargement treaty have complicated the Irish government’s task of convincing voters who rejected the treaty last year to change their minds...
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Osama to exploit water reservoirs in 2005, says novel
PARIS: A new French novel — Maudite soit ta source — (Damned be your Source, published by Editions Michalon in Paris) — authored pseudonymously by a high-level member of the French...
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