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| May 24, 2002 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 11,1423 |
Fire destroys Israeli embassy in Paris
 PARIS, May 23: The Israeli Embassy in Paris was completely destroyed by fire on Thursday. The fire began on the second floor of the structure, which was undergoing renovation....
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Bush asks Europe to fight terror with US
BERLIN, May 23: US President George W. Bush called on Europe on Thursday to fight terrorism alongside the United States and said NATO needs “a new strategy”, in an address to...
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Anti-war demos in Berlin after Bush visit
 BERLIN, May 23: Several hundred anti-war demonstrators disrupted traffic and stormed a railway station in central Berlin on Thursday to protest the visit of US President George Bush....
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US mayor honoured for supporting Muslims
WASHINGTON, May 23: Among recipients of this year’s John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage awards is the mayor of a small American town who might have lost his re-election bid because...
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Canadian Muslims assured of equal rights
TORONTO, May 23: Canada’s frontline leader Alexa McDonough has claimed that there could be no discrimination against Muslims in her country and said, “Muhammad, Fatima and Osama are Canadian names”....
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Letter from Omar says he & Osama are alive
ISLAMABAD, May 23: A letter purportedly signed by Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, and handed to a Pakistani journalist, said he and Osama bin Laden are “alive and safe with the...
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UK troops in firefight
LONDON: British soldiers were involved in an exchange of gunfire in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said....
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France may ask embassy staff to quit Pakistan
PARIS, May 23: France said on Thursday it was studying the possibility of emulating Britain and evacuating its diplomatic personnel from Pakistan, but that for the moment no decision hads been...
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Portable nuclear shelter on offer to Indians
NEW DELHI, May 23: With the threat of war rumbling ominously on the horizon, India’s jittery public has been offered the chance to buy a portable nuclear shelter....
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Australian leaders ignore Dalai Lama
SYDNEY, May 23: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama says he is not disappointed by the decision taken by Australian leaders, Prime Minister John Howard and opposition leader Simon Crean, not to...
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Suicide bombings may spread to Europe: experts
TEL AVIV, May 23: International security agencies are concerned suicide bombings will spread to Europe and the United States much in the way airliner hijackings proliferated across the globe in the...
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Presidential election next year: Arafat
RAMALLAH, May 23: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said in an interview on Thursday he would hold presidential and legislative elections for the Palestinian Authority by early next year....
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Effort for ME peace slips into impasse
RAMALLAH: The US-led effort to arrange a ceasefire and restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians has slipped into an impasse, undermining hopes that last month’s Israeli offensive in the...
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US asks France to back its new ‘axis of evil’ list
PARIS: France is being asked by the Bush administration to give its support to a new list of “Axis of Evil” countries that adds four more names, bringing the list to...
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Life on Europa: ice is thicker than water
SAN FRANCISCO: The thought is almost too frustrating to bear: the possibility that the solar system’s most promising spot for extra-terrestrial life is beyond the reach of modern science....
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US losing out on drug war in Colombia
BOGOTA: The war on drugs is being lost. Despite more than one billion dollars in aid from the United States to fight the drug-trafficking industry, hundreds of tons of Colombian cocaine...
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Al Qaeda: an ‘exaggerated enemy’
MONTEREY (USA): News reports indicate that Al Qaeda, ousted from its camps in Afghanistan, is now on the loose, spreading terror around the world....
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With Mideast uncertainty, US turns to Africa for oil
NAIROBI: In the search for alternative sources of oil outside the politically volatile Middle East, the US is increasingly turning toward a place not normally seen as a major energy producer:...
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