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| May 23, 2002 | Thursday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 10,1423 |
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High alert in New York after threats
NEW YORK, May 22: The US authorities and New York Police put the city on a high alert on Tuesday following unverified reports of threats against two of city’s landmarks -... 
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Nepal king dissolves parliament; polls in Nov
KATHMANDU, May 22: Nepal’s King Gyanendra on Wednesday dissolved parliament and called new elections for November as the house seemed set to defeat an extension of emergency rule in the insurgency-wracked...
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Bush draws 20,000 protesters
BERLIN, May 22: US President George W. Bush arrived on Wednesday in Berlin, where thousands of anti-war demonstrators have taken to the streets, at the start of a European tour to...
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US House approves bioterror defence bill
WASHINGTON, May 22: The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on Wednesday a bioterrorism bill designed to thwart diabolical germ warfare attacks by what one bill sponsor called “the most evil...
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US bombs positions near Pakistan
BAGRAM AIR BASE, May 22: US warplanes bombed suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters who were seen setting up a mortar position overlooking a coalition base in southeastern Afghanistan, a spokesman...
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Thousands attend Lone’s funeral
 SRINAGAR, May 22: Thousands of supporters of slain Kashmiri leader Abdul Gani Lone on Wednesday poured on to the streets of occupied Kashmir to take part in his funeral procession....
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Israeli army divides Gaza Strip
GAZA, May 22: The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that its forces had divided the Gaza Strip into three separate areas after accusing the Palestinians of carrying out several armed attacks...
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Identity cards
The Israeli army plans to issue magnetic cards to control the comings and goings of the 6,000 Palestinian residents of the southern Gaza Strip coastal enclave of Mawasi, a Palestinian security...
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12 Palestinians fly off to EU states
ATHENS, May 22: Palestinian fighters banished by Israel began arriving on Wednesday in EU states where they are being granted “temporary” refuge under an internationally-brokered deal hatched after much wrangling over their fate....
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Heatwave claims 16 lives in BD
DHAKA, May 22: A blistering heatwave originating in the northeastern Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal has been hitting Bangladesh for the last few days, claiming 16 lives....
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Washington, Moscow finalize disarmament treaty
MOSCOW, May 22: Russia and the United States finalized the text of their first disarmament treaty in a decade on Wednesday, slashing their nuclear arsenals by two-thirds, on the eve of...
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Attack on Iraq an irritating issue: US-Russia summit
MOSCOW: Can the United States get Russia on board for a war against Iraq if UN sanctions fail to drive Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from power?...
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Cuban dissidents say ‘no’ to Bush
HAVANA: Dissident organizations in Cuba say they do not want the financial aid offered by United States President George W. Bush, who at the same time ruled out an easing of...
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Lankan ‘peace’ still murky
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s promising peace process hits another milestone on Thursday, pushing along a timetable that has given the island its best chance to end nearly 20 years of war and...
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Kabul swamped by tide of returnees
KABUL: In a vacant lot behind a car dealership, grimy children peek out from patched tents as squalid as any refugee camp. Flies swarm thickly around piles of garbage, men chop...
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Sudan comes out from the cold
CAIRO: Outcast Sudan is inching its way back to the international fold, winning hard-won praise from Washington for efforts to leave “terrorism” behind....
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