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| June 26, 2002 | Wednesday | Rabi-us-Sani 14, 1423 |
Palestinian election may backfire on Bush: Annan
 UNITED NATIONS, June 25: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned on Tuesday that US President George W. Bush’s call for Palestinian elections could backfire by producing a more hardline leadership than was...
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Nasa grounds fleet after finding cracks
MIAMI, June 25: NASA has grounded the US space shuttle fleet indefinitely after finding small cracks in propellant lines on the main engines of two shuttles, US space agency officials said...
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Bush asks Syria to shut down camps
WASHINGTON, June 25: US President George W. Bush called on Syria on Monday to choose “the right side” in the “anti-terror war” by shutting down camps for Hamas, Hezbollah and other...
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Abdullah set to replace Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s chosen successor who will take over the post next year, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, is often called “Mr Nice Guy”....
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Main points of Bush’s speech
WASHINGTON, June 25: Herewith are main points of US President George W. Bush’s Monday speech, outlining his vision of Middle East peace....
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Pakistani truck art on display at Smithsonian
WASHINGTON, June 25: American truckers might sit around truck stops bragging about the newest air brake or high-powered horn....
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Alarming rise in US crime rate
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25: For the first time in a decade, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reporting the number of thefts, assaults, murders, and rapes is up across the...
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Blimps could replace phone satellites, says expert
LONDON, June 25: Huge airships hovering miles above major cities could replace satellites as providers of telephone and Internet services in as little as five years, Britain’s Meteorological Office said on...
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Aga Khan slams Muslim extremists
LOS ANGELES, June 25: Prince Karim Aga Khan on Monday condemned Muslim extremists for tarnishing the community’s image around the world....
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UK pressing France to close refugee camp
LONDON, June 25: British Home Secretary David Blunkett is holding meetings with senior French authorities in the latest bid by the British government to close a controversial refugee camp....
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30,000 evacuated as wildfire nears US town
SHOW LOW (USA), June 25: Firefighters struggling to save a small Arizona town from one of the most ferocious wildfires ever to scorch the U.S. West reported slow but steady progress...
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US signals green as Sharon weighs blow against Syria
LOS ANGLES: While public attention in the United States and elsewhere is riveted to the latest manoeuvres in the stalemated Israeli-Palestinian conflict, something far more significant might be brewing on Israel’s...
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Putin spells out moves to join WTO
MOSCOW: President Vladimir V. Putin, in a wide-ranging news conference Monday, spelled out his aim to join the World Trade Organization by 2004, and said his overarching priority is to grow...
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Bush ends hesitation, sides with Sharon
WASHINGTON: In the race for the heart and soul of US President George W. Bush, the odds-on favourite, Ariel Sharon, won....
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Junk food is now the new tobacco
LONDON: There was a fashion in the early 1980s to label those who argued that junk food was making us ill and that we needed to stop eating so much of...
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US ruling upends over 150 death sentences
LOS ANGELES: The US supreme court has overturned the death sentences of more than 150 people awaiting execution, in a ruling that has added to the debate across America on capital...
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Business as usual in Bangladesh politics
DHAKA: In the world of Bangladesh politics, the more things change the more they seem the same....
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‘Upper class’ blood available in India
NEW DELHI: India’s notorious social distinctions based on caste and class have spilled into the blood donation sector that even reputable blood banks now advertise blood that is guaranteed not to...
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