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August 31, 2002 Saturday  Jamadi-us-Saani 21, 1423 Ex-US generals oppose Iraq action WASHINGTON, Aug 30: Several retired US generals, in a departure from tradition, have begun speaking out publicly urging caution over the idea of unilateral US military action to to topple Iraqi... EU plan eyes Palestinian state next year ELSINORE (Denmark), Aug 30: Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said on Thursday he plans to travel to the Middle East next week to present a new EU peace plan, notably... US executive wanted in Bhopal case seen: body NEW YORK, Aug 30: Greenpeace said on Thursday it had tracked down a former chairman of Union Carbide who faces homicide charges in India over the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster that... Putin says Muslims must uncover head MOSCOW, Aug 30: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday backed a decision by a top court in Russia’s Volga region of Tatarstan to refuse Muslim women the right to cover their... Sena invokes snakes as scare tactics NEW DELHI, Aug 30: A rightwing Hindu group in the state of Rajasthan threatened on Friday to let loose venomous snakes in theatres screening a Bollywood flick because the film has... Wreck from 1898 sea tragedy found BOSTON, Aug 30: The wreck of a passenger ship that went down during a fierce gale in one of New England’s worst maritime disasters has been identified off the coast of... Massacre: Dostum ready for probe KABUL, Aug 30: Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum has rejected accusations that some 1,000 Taliban prisoners suffocated while in his custody and pledged to cooperate with any investigation into the deaths.... Koizumi to visit N. Korea in Sept TOKYO, Aug 30: In a move that could end decades of Cold War enmity, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Friday he would make an unprecedented visit to Pyongyang next... Thai man sleeps with pet crocodile BANGKOK, Aug 30: “I sleep with my crocodile,” 42-year-old Prayoon Thongjon was quoted on Wednesday as saying about the unusual pet he found as a hatchling in a local pond.... US Muslims afraid to contest elections LOS ANGELES, Aug 30: Two years ago, 700 Muslim Americans across the United States ran for office in local, state and national elections.... Koreas sign railway accord SEOUL, Aug 30: Rivals South and North Korea on Friday put rapprochement firmly back on track by agreeing to resume work next month to relink cross-border railways and roads cut for... Arctic link for Asia, Europe a possibility LONDON: The fabled north-west passage — the shortest sea link between Europe and east Asia, across the Arctic ocean — could be open for business this century. It would cut 11,000... Palestinian factions agree to back Arafat GAZA CITY: Rival Palestinian militant groups, after six months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, have come close to a breakthrough that could alter the course of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Thirteen factions, including Fatah,... Jordan set to support attack on Iraq AMMAN: Jordan might have deep misgivings about a US attack on Iraq but the kingdom which sat on the fence in the 1991 Gulf War would have no choice but to... Dovish Powell silent in Iraq debate WASHINGTON: In the noisy public debate over whether the United States should attack Iraq, one prominent voice has hardly uttered a word.... Balkans’ Nato hopes hang in the balance BUCHAREST: Joining NATO is no small deal for Balkan candidates Romania and Bulgaria, but while many eagerly await the Western bloc as a saviour, others fear membership will bring disaster.... EU urged to resist US BRUSSELS: European Union governments are being urged to stand firm against United States demands for exemptions from the rules of the international criminal court amid signs that Britain is seeking a... German prosecutor outlines how Sept 11 plot was hatched BERLIN: One of the pilots who crashed a jet airliner into the World Trade Centre on September 11 vowed more than a year earlier that there would be “thousands of dead”....

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