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September 19, 2002 Thursday Rajab 11, 1423 LTTE drops demand for separate state SATTAHIP (Thailand), Sept 18: The Tamil Tigers on Wednesday dropped demands for a separate state in Sri Lanka, in a breakthrough announced at the end of three-day peace talks.... Israeli court upholds demolition of houses: Suicide bomber kills cop TEL AVIV, Sept 18: The Israeli supreme court has upheld an army order to destroy the homes of two Palestinian suicide bombers, throwing out appeals by the bombers’ families, court sources... Iraq action not needed: Schroeder BERLIN, Sept 18: Military action against Iraq is superfluous now that it has agreed to the return of UN inspectors, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has said, calling for the regime to... Protesters disrupt Rumsfeld hearing WASHINGTON, Sept 18: Protesters chanting “inspections, not war” disrupted US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s opening remarks Wednesday at a congressional hearing on Iraq.... Scholars blame upper caste for Gujarat massacre TORONTO, Sept 18: A gathering of prominent university professors and intellectuals has called upon international organizations dealing with human rights to explore all avenues to bring the perpetrators of Gujarat genocide... Convicted Nazi collaborator freed PARIS, Sept 18: Maurice Papon, 92, who had been sentenced to a 10-year jail term in 1998 for crimes against humanity, has been released from jail by a French appeals court... Hubble finds new kind of black hole WASHINGTON, Sept 18: The orbiting Hubble space telescope has detected a new type of black hole that provides another key to one of the universe’s great mysteries, astronomers said.... Israeli fire forces UN officials to take cover UNITED NATIONS, Sept 18: The United Nations said it will protest to Israel after Israeli soldiers fired shots on Wednesday near a UN refugee agency delegation visiting a Palestinian camp in... US plans to carry out operation in Yemen WASHINGTON, Sept 18: The US military and Central Intelligence Agency are preparing a large-scale covert operation in Yemen aimed at neutralizing what they believe to be a growing number of al-Qaeda... Buy magazine, get another life PARIS, Sept 18: Forget the offer of a free alarm clock or rain hat — the British weekly New Scientist has come up with a sales promotion that beats all others... Swiss knife makers’ SOS PARIS, Sept 18: Two leading official suppliers of the Swiss Army Knife are claiming they are the unfair victims of the Sept 11 attacks, and that if they are not allowed... UNDP deplores BD’s justice system DHAKA, Sept 18: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has recently observed that the state of ‘human security’ in Bangladesh is very poor, while the many laws and practices of the... 4 cops killed in Bangladesh DHAKA, Sept 18: More than 200 people of all age groups have been arrested in Sirajganj, a north-western district of Bangladesh, since Tuesday after a riverside police camp was attacked and... Amnesty plea LONDON, Sept 18: Amnesty International on Tuesday launched an online petition urging all governments against signing impunity agreements with the US following the country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court .—AFP... US forces struggle to find Afghan enemy KUNDUZ: US special forces scouring Afghanistan for remnants of the Taliban and Al Qaeda network have the odds stacked heavily again them.... Iraq’s ‘cat & mouse’ on weapons inspections LONDON: From the outset, the weapons inspection process was a game of cat and mouse or “cheat and retreat”.... Logging behind fires: study LOS ANGELES: This summer’s record breaking wave of wildfires may have been caused by wholesale logging by the timber industry rather than the environmental protection rules that the Bush administration argues... New lessons for old owls LONDON: Contrary to common belief, it is possible to teach old dogs, owls and perhaps people new tricks as long as it is done slowly.... Immigrants force German politicians to pause & ponder COLOGNE: Whatever the turnout in Sunday’s German general election, almost 10 per cent of the population will definitely not be going to the polls.... US missed chances to win over Iran NEW YORK: The United States missed a “golden opportunity” to improve relations with Iran over the past year as the two nations increased contacts both publicly and behind the scenes during...

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