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| June 9, 2002 | Sunday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 27,1423 |
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Reforms in PA must precede statehood: Bush openly takes Sharon’s side
WASHINGTON, June 8: US President George W. Bush hedged his bets on Middle East peace on Saturday, ruling out any calendar for establishing a Palestinian state despite a plea from his... 
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China calls for end to Pakistan-India stand-off
SAINT PETERSBURG, June 8: China called on Pakistan and India on Saturday to settle the Kashmir dispute through direct talks after the standoff in the sub-continent dominated the Central Asian leaders’...
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‘Big fish’ in Sept 11 attacks caught: Paris
PARIS, June 8: French police say they have come up with a big fish with the arrest in Paris on May 4 of a Franco-Algerian Islamic extremist....
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Fresh WB grants for Afghanistan
PARIS, June 8: The World Bank on Saturday announced additional grants for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, bringing its total support for the first year of reconstruction to 100 million dollars....
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Strikers take cops hostage in Kyrghyzstan
BISHKEK, June 8: Hundreds of opposition activists in the central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan briefly held several police officers hostage as they went on hunger strike as part of a wave...
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During air raids hit the cinemas
SRINAGAR, June 8: With fear of war constantly on the minds of Kashmiris, the government of the Indian-held state is recommending ways they can survive an air raid. The best bet:...
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Rumsfeld refuses to comment
 TALLINN, June 8: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld refused to be drawn on whether US diplomacy was succeeding to calm India-Pakistan tensions before being briefed on Saturday by Deputy Secretary of...
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Bush seeks help over new dept
WASHINGTON, June 8: US President George W. Bush plugged his proposal for a new Department of Homeland Security in his weekly radio address on Saturday, urging listeners to contact their legislators...
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Lankan FM to contest top UN post
COLOMBO, June 8: Sources in the government confirmed on Saturday that Lankan Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando is likely to be a candidate for the United Nations top post when Secretary General...
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Indian border guards kill three Bangladeshis
DHAKA, June 8: Three Bangladeshi men were shot dead by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) along the country’s western frontier with India, security officials said on Saturday....
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Chinese study casts new doubt on GM crop technology
LONDON: Scientists were on Friday embroiled in an international row over Genetically Modified (GM) cotton after a study in China suggested, for the first time, that the crop was permanently damaging...
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Arab-US gap on ME yet to be bridged
RIYADH: As efforts are intensifying to resolve the Palestine issue, gaps between the Arab and the US positions on certain key areas are becoming evident....
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Putin boots communists from coalition
MOSCOW: Two years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin cut an unorthodox deal with the Communists. He would rule, but they would have real power to help him govern on the inside:...
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EU reforms endanger rights, warn activists
MADRID: The human rights of immigrants in the European Union are in danger, in light of recent statements by several of the bloc’s leaders and moves to reform the related legislation,...
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India ditching small farmers
NEW DELHI: Food security activists who campaigned ceaselessly to enact into law India’s farmer-friendly Plant Varieties Protection Act, passed last year, are aghast at the government’s attempt to reverse the gains...
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Who foots the bill to ease world poverty?
BALI (Indonesia) The failure of a preparatory meeting for the upcoming Johannesburg Earth Summit to resolve the key issue — who foots the bill for the related issues of environmental protection...
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