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| October 6, 2002 | Sunday | Rajab 28, 1423 |
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Washington sets tough terms for Pyongyang: Improved relations
SEOUL, Oct 5: US special envoy James Kelly indicated on Saturday he had delivered to North Korean leaders a set of tough conditions for improved ties with the United States in... 
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Bosnians vote in crucial elections
 SARAJEVO, Oct 5: Bosnians voted on Saturday in elections seen as a crucial choice between old-style nationalists and Western-leaning reformists trying to bury ethnic division....
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Turkey warns Iraqi Kurds against independence bid
ANKARA, Oct 5: Turkey warned the breakaway Kurds in northern Iraq on Saturday that it would take unspecified “measures” if their revived regional parliament proved to be a step towards independence....
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Dismissal unconstitutional, says ex-PM of Nepal
KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Ousted Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said on Saturday his surprise dismissal by the king was unconstitutional as the insurgency-racked Himalayan country faced fresh turmoil....
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American Taliban gets 20-year prison term
WASHINGTON, Oct 5: American Taliban John Walker Lindh was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday by US District Judge T.S. Ellis for fighting alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan....
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Mahathir condemns remarks against Prophet
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday denounced US conservative Baptist minister Reverend Jerry Falwell for his extremely repugnant remarks against the holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be...
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Khamenei blasts US policies on Israel, Iraq
TEHRAN, Oct 5: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, fired off a barrage of criticism at the United States on Saturday over its policies on Israel, Iraq and Afghanistan....
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Anti-govt rally held in Azerbaijan
BAKU, Sept 5: Nearly 10,000 anti-government demonstrators marched through Azerbaijan’s capital on Saturday in a rally opposition leaders said was a dress rehearsal for next year’s presidential elections....
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian
NABLUS, Oct 5: Israeli soldiers shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian during clashes with stone-throwing protesters on Saturday, Palestinian witnesses and medics said, on the eve of an international round of peace...
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Chalabi vows to form govt after Saddam
WASHINGTON, Oct 5: A key Iraqi opposition leader has announced that his organization would announce the formation of a provisional government the moment his fighters arrived in Iraq....
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Racist attacks leave two dead in France
LILLE (France), Oct 5: Two teenagers of North African origin were killed and three other youths wounded here on Friday....
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Bush to meet Sharon on 16th
MANCHESTER, N.H., Oct 5: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will meet US President George W. Bush in Washington on Oct 16, U.S. officials said on Saturday....
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Russian firms seek US help to subdue Riyadh’s role: Oiling a new relationship
MOSCOW: Russian companies are attempting with government backing to take over from Saudi Arabia as the main oil provider to the United States. The companies are also seeking American capital for...
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Brussels keeps Turkey guessing on EU entry
BRUSSELS: Turkey will not be given a date for the start of negotiations on its membership of the European Union when the first 10 countries in the queue are told next...
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Bush contradicts his stand on ‘nation building’
WASHINGTON: The past year since American forces swooped into Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime and hunt down Osama bin Laden and members of his Al Qaeda terrorist network has been...
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US should forget another war
LONDON: There are many reasons why war against Iraq should be avoided. One of the least often mentioned, but most persuasive, is Afghanistan. Almost exactly a year after the US set...
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Ethiopia braces for another food crisis
ADDIS ABABA: Over six million people in Ethiopia are back facing starvation after the summer rainy season warned of the looming food crisis, and eight international NGOs working in the country...
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Nepal’s monarchy vows to recast democracy
KATHMANDU: The assumption of power by the Nepalese monarch, King Gyanendra, was not a surprise to political observers in the Nepalese capital because of the longstanding power struggle among party leadership....
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