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| September 24, 2002 | Tuesday | Rajab 16, 1423 |
APHC chief ridicules India’s claim over turnout
SRINAGAR, Sept 23: India hails elections in occupied Kashmir as a victory of the ballot over the bullet, but the held state’s most prominent political leader dismisses them as a sham...
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Angered US snubs Schroeder’s win: Bush-Hitler analogy
WASHINGTON, Sept 23: Deeply angered by perceived anti-US campaign tactics used by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, the United States on Monday snubbed his election win, saying he would have a lot...
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US threatens to veto UN resolution: Arafat rejects Israeli terms
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23: The United States threatened on Monday to veto a draft resolution before the United Nations Security Council calling on Israel to lift its siege of Palestinian leader...
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N. Alliance tells Karzai to ‘review policies’
KABUL, Sept 23: The Northern Alliance, backbone of the US-backed government of Hamid Karzai, has issued a strongly worded criticism of the president and warned he was running risks if he...
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Concerns about US visa lottery
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 23: The annual US visa lottery will begin on Oct 7, sparking millions of entries from foreigners seeking a better life in the US....
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Blair releases dossier on Iraq
LONDON, Sept 23: British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday presented his ministers with a dossier detailing the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, as he prepared to defend Britain’s tough stance...
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Arab states take on an obliging tone: War on Iraq
DOHA: A few weeks ago, the secretary general of the 22-member Arab League, Amr Moussa, declared that war with Iraq “will open the gates of hell in the Middle East.” But...
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Siege lifts Arafat’s plummeting image
RAMALLAH: Inside the battered offices of Yasser Arafat, a deafening roar shook the nerves and kept people awake. Outside, a brigade of armoured bulldozers, towering backhoes and giant jackhammers shoved debris...
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S. Arabia fearful of US moves
RIYADH: This longtime ally of America isn’t convinced that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein poses a serious and imminent military threat to regional stability and security. That threat, it believes, comes from...
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100,000 troops needed to rebuild Iraq: study
WASHINGTON: A new study by the Army’s Center of Military History has found that the US military would have to commit 300,000 peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan and 100,000 in Iraq if...
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Jockey boys come home as strangers
DHAKA: Alam was kidnapped five years ago, taken to the Middle East and forced to race camels. Now the 12-year-old is back home in Bangladesh but faces a whole new set...
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US faces battle to win Afghan hearts & minds
KARABAGH (Afghanistan): A convoy of US army pickup trucks wends its way through the ruins of Karabagh, a village north of Kabul badly scarred by war....
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