DAWN - International; September 10, 2002

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September 10, 2002	Tuesday	Rajab 2, 1423

Maoists kill 58 soldiers in raid on Nepal town KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Maoist rebels killed at least 58 people, most of them policemen, when they overran a town in western Nepal in the second major attack in as many days,...		Governor claims foiling attack: Evacuate Khost, warlord tells residents KABUL, Sept 9: The governor of the eastern Afghan province of Khost said his forces remained in control of the provincial capital on Monday after foiling a counter-attack by renegade warlord...

NY airport terminal evacuated after alert NEW YORK, Sept 9: A terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was evacuated for two hours on Sunday night, causing flight delays after a security incident involving a...		Israel allows US to use bases for Iraq invasion TEL AVIV, Sept 9: Israel has authorized the United States to stockpile military hardware at its army bases, in view of a possible US-led offensive against Iraq, the daily Maariv reported...

We won’t click heels for US: Schroeder COLOGNE, Sept 9: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Monday his country would not “click its heels” and follow the United States into war with Iraq, and denied that his position...		Fatah chief seeks no-trust vote on cabinet RAMALLAH, Sept 9: The acting head of Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement in the West Bank on Monday called for deputies not to back the Palestinian leader’s new cabinet in a vote...

Arafat ready to relinquish power RAMALLAH, Sept 9: Palestinians leader Yasser Arafat informed the parliament on Monday he was ready to relinquish his executive power if the Palestinian Legislative Council wanted him to step down.—AFP...		Inventor of Uzi dies TEL AVIV, Sept 9: Uziel Gal, the inventor of the “Uzi” submachinegun used in countless wars, commando missions and action films, has died of cancer at the age of 78....

Iraq capable of making nuclear bomb: IISS LONDON, Sept 9: The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) says in a report on Iraq that Baghdad possesses almost all the technology needed to build a nuclear bomb....		Neanderthal ‘family’ bones found BONN, Sept 9: Scientists working at the famed Neanderthal cave site in Germany on Monday announced the discovery of bones of a large Neanderthal male, a “petite” Neanderthal adult and a...

Steps in countdown to attack on Iraq LONDON: Amid all the rhetoric over the coming war in Iraq are three key questions, and their answers....		No new evidence from gulag in America GUANTANAMO BAY: Nothing quite embodies America’s transformation since Sept 11 as the orderly array of metal roofs on the cell blocks at Camp Delta gleaming in the Caribbean sun....

Military build-up in Gulf area LONDON: The United States has begun the massive military build-up required for a war against Iraq, ordering the movement of tens of thousands of men and tonnes of materiel to the...		Arrests compromised civil rights in US SAN DIEGO/NEW YORK: In the days after September 11, the FBI responded to America’s mood of rising panic by launching a nationwide round-up of suspects. Over several weeks, as every possible...

Crackdown becomes poll issue in Germany HEIDELBERG: The issue of how to balance national security and civil liberties shot onto the Germany’s election agenda on Sunday after the arrest last week near the US army headquarters in...		Public ‘wary of wonders of science’ after recent alarms LONDON: Science — more powerful than at any time in history — has paradoxically made the world seem a more uncertain place, according to Sir Howard Newby, president of the British...