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September 22, 2002 Sunday Rajab 14, 1423 US stepping up operations in Gulf: Franks KUWAIT CITY, Sept 21: The United States will continue to step up its military operations throughout the Gulf against the backdrop of anticipated US-led military action against Iraq, the top US... Four wounded in raid on Al Qaeda hideout SANAA, Sept 21: Two suspected Al Qaeda members and two policemen were injured in a raid on a suspected hideout of the network led by Osama bin Laden at dawn here... German polls start amid Bush-Hitler comparison BERLIN, Sept 21: A row sparked when a German minister allegedly compared the US president’s methods to Adolf Hitler’s overshadowed the final day before Sunday’s election in Germany that promises a... India asks Portugal to deport gangster NEW DELHI, Sept 21: India has asked Portugal to deport Abu Salem, the gangster and an alleged mastermind of the 1993 bombings in Bombay that killed and injured hundreds of people,... Singapore leaders denounce violence SINGAPORE, Sept 21: Singapore Muslim leaders on Saturday denounced the plans of suspected terrorists to create a Southeast Asian Islamic state by insurrection.... Global energy supplies abundant, access critical OSAKA, Sept 21: Global energy supplies will remain abundant until 2030 with demand expected to grow by two-thirds but access, particularly for impoverished countries, is critical, a key report released on... Indonesia refuses to surrender cleric JAKARTA, Sept 21: Indonesia will not surrender a militant Islamic leader named in reports last week as being linked to international terror plots, press reports on Saturday quoted the justice minister... More hearings as US suspects still detained BUFFALO, Sept 21: The six US citizens of Yemeni descent alleged to be members of an Al Qaeda cell will have to wait at least a week to learn whether they... Bats attack chatterbox BEIJING, Sept 21: More than 100 bats attacked a Chinese man who inadvertently attracted them with signals from his mobile telephone while he talked for about 15 minutes near their caves,... Ivory Coast troops, rebels set for battle: 270 dead, 300 injured in failed coup ABIDJAN, Sept 21: Ivory Coast soldiers on Saturday took up positions for a “ferocious” attack on renegade troops holding the key city of Bouake as the rebels roped in young civilians... Less than two in 10 MPs are women GENEVA, Sept 21: Women remain largely under-represented in the world’s parliaments with on average 14.7 per cent of deputies being women, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) said in a report published Saturday.... Panel wants more warnings on pain relievers SILVER SPRING, Sept 21: Aspirin, ibuprofen and some other over-the-counter painkillers should come with stronger warnings about the risk of potentially serious stomach bleeding, US advisers said on Friday.... 100 feared dead in Russian mudslide VLADIKAVKAZ, (Russia) Sept 21: A huge glacier slid down a mountain side in southern Russia, tearing 20 km (12 miles) through rural communities and leaving possibly as many as 100 people... Palestinians, some Israelis see hidden aims in siege AL QUDS, Sept 21: Israel says its siege of Yasser Arafat’s West Bank headquarters is meant to isolate him and force the surrender of suspected militants taking refuge there, but the... Scientist develops arsenic filter DHAKA, Sept 21: A scientist has developed a water filter that could save millions of poverty-hit Bangladeshis from arsenic poisoning, a report said Saturday.... Study links the spread of cancer to dying cells LOS ANGELES: One of the fundamental riddles of cancer — how a single cell can accumulate enough mutations to become malignant — may now be solved, scientists report.... EU awaits outcome of polls in Germany BRUSSELS: Germany’s high-wire general election battle between Gerhard Schroeder and Edmund Stoiber is being anxiously watched by its EU partners, who are contemplating how key issues would be handled by a... Such big questions, so little time: War on Iraq WASHINGTON: With Washington war drums pounding ever louder, President George W. Bush’s request to Congress for the broadest possible authority to disarm Iraq and oust its leader sets up a momentous... Germany might take over ISAF in Afghanistan WASHINGTON: Germany has emerged as the leading candidate to take command of the international security force in Afghanistan, a move that might also involve NATO in the Afghan recovery effort, according... How the torch of empire passed from Britannia to America LONDON: In 1774, a British journalist wrote a sketch about American tourists in London 200 years in the future. These imaginary visitors, he anticipated, would find the capital a rubble-strewn ruin,...

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