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| September 15, 2002 | Sunday | Rajab 7, 1423 |
Khatami stresses unity to face US threats
 JEDDAH, Sept 14: Saudi Arabia and Iran pledged on Saturday to work together for stability in the region as it faces the possibility of a US-led attack on Iraq....
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Karzai’s pleas fail to move donors: More troops for Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14: Calls by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Afghan President Hamid Karzai for a larger international force in Afghanistan went unheeded at a high-level meeting of donor...
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Paris slated over extradition move
PARIS, Sept 14: French rights organizations and leading intellectuals are protesting France’s decision to allow the extradition of political dissidents back to Italy in spite of a rule according to which...
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US cautioned over unilateral move
LOS ANGELES, Sept 14: Several US Muslim groups on Thursday, soon after President George Bush’s address at the United Nations, expressed their dismay against any unilateral action against Iraq, and said...
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UK first choice for refugees: UNHCR
LONDON, Sept 14: A UN report has revealed that Britain is the first choice of asylum seekers with the number of new arrivals reaching to one hundred thousand in a year....
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3 Kashmiris recount torture at the hands of Indian forces
SRINAGAR, Sept 14: A freedom fighter, a human rights activist and a former guerilla, Farooq, Ibn and Manzour all share similar stories — torture at the hands of Indian forces in...
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Congress following Musharraf: Gujarat CM
NEW DELHI, Sept 14: The chief minister of India’s border state of Gujarat, widely accused of masterminding the recent anti-Muslim pogroms there, accused the Congress party on Saturday of following President...
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France to step up battle against Al Qaeda
PARIS, Sept 14: France has decided to step up its battle against the Al Qaeda, the French counter-intelligence official responsible for its “war against terrorism” told the press this week....
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Afghan leader meets Bush
NEW YORK, Sept 14: US President George Bush discussed the security situation in Afghanistan with Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai in New York, a White House official said on Friday....
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Iraq asks India to use influence with US
NEW DELHI, Sept 14: Iraq on Saturday said India was in a good position to advise US not to carry out any attack on it....
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Artificial heart patient ‘taking easy’
CHICAGO, Sept 14: For Thomas Christerson, the only person living with a self-contained artificial heart, just “taking it easy” is really living....
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BD protests to India over killings
DHAKA, Sept 14: The foreign ministry of Bangladesh late last week asked its high commission in Delhi to immediately lodge an official protest with the Indian foreign ministry against the continued...
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Congressman visits Iraq
BAGHDAD, Sept 14: US representative Nick Rahall launched on Saturday a mission in Iraq in a bid “to give peace a chance”....
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Bomb Iraq & allow us to bomb Georgia: Russia offers ‘deal’ to US
MOSCOW: Russia refused to budge on Friday in its opposition to an attack against Iraq, arguing that President Bush has yet to exhaust all options for a political solution even as...
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Can Tigers change their stripes?
SATTAHIP (Thailand): Can the Tamil Tigers, the world’s most prolific suicide bombers, change their stripes?...
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Temporary members of UNSC hold the key
WASHINGTON: If, in a few years time, you should find yourself in Conakry, capital of the west African republic of Guinea, and notice that the airport terminal seems unusually luxurious or...
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Were the moon landings faked?
LONDON: In 1968, the film director Stanley Kubrick was secretly approached by Nasa officials. They asked him to direct the first three moon landings from a special set. As a result,...
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Ancient warrior grave unearthed
BEIRUT: Archaeologists have unearthed several Bronze Age graves, including that of an ancient warrior interred with his axe, in the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, an excavation team said....
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US military squares up invasion plan in Gulf
WASHINGTON: As George Bush was displaying his grasp of diplomatic vocabulary in front of the United Nations 7,000 miles away in the Gulf his fellow Americans were speaking a different language....
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UN route to Baghdad irritates Arabs
RIYADH: With the belated, and somewhat reluctant, move by President George W. Bush to finally try and adopt the United Nations route for launching military strikes against Baghdad in his bid...
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