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| June 23, 2002 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 11, 1423 |
Mahathir offers, withdraws resignation
 KUALA LUMPUR, June 22: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday offered and rapidly withdrew his resignation from party and ruling coalition posts, throwing the last day of his party’s annual...
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EU calls for state based on ’67 borders: Israel asked to cease mly operation
SEVILLE, June 22: European Union leaders, alarmed by the rapid escalation of Middle East violence, on Saturday called for a quick return to talks and the establishment of a Palestinian state...
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Bangladesh in crisis after president’s ouster: Al
DHAKA, June 22: The main opposition leader said on Saturday Bangladesh was in a “national crisis” after the unprecedented resignation of the president under pressure from the ruling party....
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LTTE accuses navy of harassment
COLOMBO, June 22: Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Austin Fernando said on Friday that his ministry has received complaints of an attack on two LTTE workers in Valani, a village in Jaffna...
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Summit opts for tougher border controls
SEVILLE (Spain), June 22: European Union leaders on Saturday dropped planned aid sanctions on countries failing to curb illegal immigration, opting instead for toughened border controls and negotiation of readmission pacts...
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Israelis admit mistake in Jenin
TEL AVIV, June 22: Israeli Defence Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer on expressed sorrow on Saturday over the killing of Palestinian civilians by Israeli fire in the West Bank town of Jenin...
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US varsities oppose move to fingerprint Muslims
LOS ANGELES, June 22: Several US universities are planning to join hands in opposing the rules proposed by the justice department to fingerprint, photograph and compile detailed background information on visitors...
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US opposes Israeli arms for China
TEL AVIV, June 22: The United States has recently warned Israel against selling arms to China, for fear it could harm US interests, the Haaretz daily reported on Friday....
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Suit filed against Fallaci book
PARIS, June 22: Oriana Fallaci’s Anger and Pride, released in France two weeks ago in spite of its rejection by several major publishing houses, is the subject of a major lawsuit,...
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Inevitable but unpredictable: the heavy toll of earthquakes
PARIS, June 22: Earthquakes have occurred regularly throughout history, often taking a massive toll in human life....
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EU enlargement battle begins
SEVILLE: European Union leaders fly home on Saturday after their Spanish summit to start a potentially rocky six months’ haggling over the biggest and most ambitious expansion in the club’s history....
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Time may be ripe for peace in Chechnya
WASHINGTON: A number of recent indications suggest that the time is ripe for a political settlement of the war in Chechnya. A respected Russian polling firm says that 62 percent of...
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Threat to BD press freedom
PARIS: Warning that the escalating violence against the Bangladeshi Press “threatens press freedom” in that country, two major media watchdog organisations — Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) and the Bangladesh Centre for...
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Exercise more, avoid junk food, says Bush
WASHINGTON: Fitness buff George W. Bush called on Americans on Saturday to fight the urge to forgo exercise and feast on fatty foods, insisting that even minor changes to their daily...
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Italian police ‘framed G8 protesters’
ROME: Italian police have been accused of fabricating evidence against anti-globalisation protesters at last year’s G8 summit in Genoa by planting petrol bombs at their headquarters and falsely accusing them of...
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Clinton plan is no longer relevant, says Israel
LONDON: Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, on Friday belatedly accepted a Middle East peace plan put forward 18 months ago by the then US president, Bill Clinton. But the Israeli government said...
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Chirac to sack spy chiefs for probing him
PARIS: President Jacques Chirac plans to fire the heads of France’s intelligence and counter-intelligence services on suspicion they launched inquiries against him, the daily Le Monde reported on Saturday....
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West ignoring Nepal’s civil war at its own peril
KATHMANDU: China last week reiterated that it has nothing to do with Nepal’s Maoists, who call themselves followers of Chairman Mao Tse-tung, the long-deceased Chinese communist ruler. Indeed, China’s leaders told...
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Egypt trying to make nuclear bomb: paper
BERLIN, June 22: Egypt is hoping to extract uranium from the Sinai peninsula with Chinese help with the aim of enriching it and making long-range missiles, Die Welt reported on Saturday...
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US leaders flay blasphemous remarks
WASHINGTON: June 22: Muslims have been joined by mainline Protestant groups and Jewish leaders in a chorus of protests over the blasphemous remarks about the Holy Prophet (PBHU), made by a...
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