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June 13, 2002 Thursday Rabi-us-Sani 1, 1423 German forces clash with Afghans KABUL, June 12: Four bodyguards of the brother of Afghan national hero Ahmad Shah Masood were arrested at gunpoint by German troops on Wednesday after an altercation near the site of... Israel to start work on West Bank fence AL QUDS, June 12: Israel is start work soon on a massive fence around the West Bank to bottle up Palestinian would-be suicide bombers, but critics doubt the project will go... Rich nations ‘stole’ Sahel’s rain: study PARIS, June 12: A swathe of countries south of the Sahara suffered crippling drought for decades because of pollution by power stations and factories in North America and Europe, a team... UK women tired of ‘superwoman’ role model: survey LONDON, June 12: An overwhelming 94 per cent of Britain’s working women are tired of Superwoman role models, according to a survey released on Thursday.... France to mediate in African affairs PARIS, June 12: France’s newly-appointed Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin has just made a surprise visit to Libreville, the capital of the West African state of Gabon, to go ask that... Palestinians want state to replace Israel: poll AL QUDS, June 12: A majority of Palestinians believe the goal of their intifada, or uprising, should be their own state including all of what is currently Israel, according to a... Infra-red cameras, sophisticated radar over LoC? NEW DELHI, June 12: If a suggestion by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to Indian leaders is acceptable to both Islamabad and New Delhi, satellites and sensors sophisticated enough to pick... Castro leads 1m Cubans in anti-US march HAVANA, June 12: Hundreds of thousands of Cubans led by President Fidel Castro marched along Havana’s waterfront on Wednesday in a show of revolutionary fervor against US pressure for political change... RSF protests arrest of Kashmiri newsman PARIS, June 12: International journalists’ rights organisation Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has protested to Indian authorities over the arbitrary arrest of Iftikhar Ali Geelani, the New Delhi bureau chief of the... Osama is alive: Omar MOSCOW, June 12: Taliban leader Mullah Omar told a Russian weekly published on Wednesday that Osama bin Laden was still alive and vowed that the “fire” of war will burn down... Bush signs bioterror bill WASHINGTON, June 12: Calling biological arms “potentially the most dangerous weapons in the world,” US President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed a bill aimed at thwarting and responding to bioterrorist... Fear has usurped Bush govt’s reason LONDON: By their words and actions, George Bush and senior US administration officials may be doing more to terrify American citizens than the Al Qaeda terrorists they have vowed to destroy.... Karzai manoeuvres to reign supreme KABUL: Hamid Karzai apparently succeeded in winning a second term as Afghanistan’s leader on Tuesday after the loya jirga, the grand tribal council, finally opened a day late. The former king,... Israeli device to detect cell phones acting as bugs TEL AVIV: Imagine your company is holding secret talks to buy another firm when your main competitor suddenly snaps it up from under your nose, apparently aware of all the details... Rightists enthroned in France PARIS: Already ensconced in the Elysee Palace and key French state institutions, President Jacques Chirac’s right will have unprecedented power to launch promised reforms if Sunday’s elections confirm its grip on... Britons learn Europe’s oldest tongue CARDIFF (UK): Forty children sit cross-legged on the white and brown tiled floor of a primary school room in northwest Cardiff.... UN must go hi-tech or risk losing authority GENEVA: The United Nations runs the risk of losing control over the major decisions of the future if it does not incorporate a scientific and technological focus into its diplomatic operations,... Kissinger may face extradition to Chile LOS ANGELES: Henry Kissinger may face extradition proceedings in connection with the role of the United States in the 1973 military coup in Chile....

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