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June 21, 2002 Friday Rabi-us-Sani 9, 1423 4 Israelis killed in attack on settlement: Hamas, Jihad reject Arafat call AL QUDS, June 20: At least one Palestinian gunman killed four Israelis in an attack on a house inside a Jewish settlement in the northern West Bank on Thursday, a medical... Asteroid gives earth closest shave in years PARIS, June 20: An asteroid capable of razing a major city came within a whisker of hitting the earth on June 14, scientists announced on Thursday.... US threatens to quit peacekeeping: Discord over criminal court UNITED NATIONS, June 20: Irritating its allies, the United States warned UN Security Council members on Wednesday it would not take part in peacekeeping operations unless its troops were excluded from... Israelis warn CNN of ‘reprisals’ TEL AVIV, June 20: Israeli officials lashed out on Thursday at CNN founder Ted Turner and threatened reprisals against the global all-news network for his remarks accusing Israel of practising state... UK to slash troops in Afghanistan LONDON, June 20: The United Kingdom has decided to reduce the number of its peacekeeping forces from 1,300 to only 400 in Afghanistan.... Four die in US attack on Iraq BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, June 20: Iraq said four people were killed on Thursday when Western warplanes launched a raid in the south of the country. The US military said the attack was prompted... US heard ‘tomorrow is zero hour’ on Sept 10 WASHINGTON, June 20: US intelligence intercepted two messages the day before the Sept. 11 attacks that indicated an event was planned the following day, but the communications were not translated until... Powell asks Arab FMs to pressure Palestinians WASHINGTON, June 20: The United States strove on Thursday to allay global concerns over US President George W. Bush’s delayed plan to lay out a vision for creating a Palestinian state... BNP forces BD president to resign DHAKA, June 20: Bangladesh President Badruddoza Chowdhury resigned on Thursday after Prime Minster Khalida Zia’a ruling Nationalist Party (BNP) demanded that he step down as head of state, officials said.... US investigation into memory chip industry turns global SEOUL, June 20: A US antitrust investigation into the 12 billion dollars global memory chip industry that has swept up the world’s four biggest players, widened on Thursday to include smaller... Karzai gambles by embracing warlords: Jirga delegates feel let down KABUL: Hamid Karzai adopted a risky political strategy with the Afghan leader’s decision to include several warlords in his inner circle and retain several key ethnic Tajiks in top government posts.... Iraq back to business as US vows to attack BAGHDAD: Iraqis are getting back to business in the face of uncertainty over what the US plans to do next. They ask every foreigner in town whether Iraq will be bombed... Asylum seekers shrink Australia’s map CANBERRA: When is a part of Australia suddenly not part of Australia? Whenever it looks like a place that a boat load of asylum seekers might make landfall.... Plan to fight hunger is clueless ROME: “Failure to reach the goal should fill every one of us with shame.” United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan could hardly have been more blunt. He was speaking to world leaders... Congo faces severe crisis LONDON: A humanitarian catastrophe more overwhelming than Afghanistan grips the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). United Nations figures suggest that two million people are displaced, and estimates of the number killed... EU warned over closing of borders BRUSSELS: European Union leaders have been bombarded with warnings not to overdo their planned crackdown on illegal immigration at Friday’s (today) Seville summit.... Medieval prejudice still influences West’s view of Islam LONDON: On July 15 1099, the Crusaders from western Europe conquered Jerusalem, falling upon its Jewish and Muslim inhabitants like the avenging angels from the apocalypse. In a massacre that makes... Qanooni turns down new post KABUL, June 20: Yunus Qanooni, a prominent figure in Afghanistan’s powerful Northern Alliance, has refused the post of education minister offered to him by transitional president Hamid Karzai, sources close to...

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