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| October 7, 2002 | Monday | Rajab 29, 1423 |
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Riyadh may fingerprint Americans: US embassy
RIYADH, Oct 6: Saudi Arabia is expected to start finger-printing Americans entering the kingdom in response to a similar measure introduced by the United States last week, the US embassy said... 
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Afghanistan starts work on new constitution
KABUL, Oct 6: Afghanistan has taken a step closer to forming a democratically elected parliament following the formation of a committee to draft a new constitution....
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Rocket fired at Jewish settlement
 AL QUDS, Oct 6: A home-made Palestinian rocket was fired at a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip late on Sunday, without causing injuries or damage, military sources said....
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CIA men Inspected Iraq sites: ex-arms inspector
WASHINGTON, Oct 6: Outspoken former weapons’ inspector Scott Ritter said US and British intelligence agents took part in inspections of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s palaces during the 1990s, Newsweek reported...
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Islamic group leader held in Germany
FRANKFURT, Oct 6: German authorities arrested on Sunday the leader of a group of Islamic militants suspected of planning attacks in Germany, but released four others who were being detained....
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Bosnians give strong support to nationalists in elections
SARAJEVO, Oct 6: Bosnians defied international pressure and gave strong support to nationalist hardliners in crucial weekend elections, but reformist leaders said on Sunday they still expected to form a moderate...
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Paris Mayor stabbed in stomach
PARIS, Oct 6: Bertrand Delanoe, the Mayor of Paris, was stabbed in the stomach on Sunday morning as he took part in an official celebration at Paris City Hall. His assailant,...
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Justice party has secret agenda: Turkish PM
ANKARA, Oct 6: Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Sunday he suspected the front-runner in upcoming elections, the Justice and Development Party (AK), of having a “secret” Islamic agenda that...
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Iran blasts remarks against Prophet
TEHRAN, Oct 6: Iran condemned on Sunday remarks by a US Baptist minister and described it as insults to the world Muslims, the news network Khabar reported....
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Georgia, Russia forces to jointly patrol border
CHISINAU, Oct 6: Russia and Georgia will jointly patrol their common border, which Moscow claims Chechen guerillas regularly cross to fight its troops in Chechnya, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his...
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Iran won’t treat stray warplanes as enemy
KUWAIT, Oct 6: Iran does not expect Washington to attack it and will turn a blind eye if US warplanes unintentionally enter its airspace while waging war on neighbouring Iraq, its...
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Prince Claus dies at 76
AMSTERDAM, Oct 6: Prince Claus of the Netherlands, husband of Queen Beatrix, died on Sunday at the age of 76, the government information service said....
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15 killed in landslide
BEIJING, Oct 6: Fifteen people were killed and 11 more seriously injured when a massive landslide levelled houses in a village in southwest China, official media said....
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Hardliners held in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Oct 6: Indonesia will prosecute eight of 13 members of a radical Muslim group arrested for raiding nightspots in the capital as the police chief warned people against taking the...
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Genocide charges US plans to prosecute ‘dirty dozen’ Baath men
WASHINGTON: The United States has not yet decided to go to war against Iraq, but the Bush administration is laying the groundwork for prosecuting Saddam Hussein and what it calls a...
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Turkey walking a tight-rope on Iraq
ANKARA: Turkey has long been among the most trusted Muslim friends of the United States, but the crisis over Iraq has put the two NATO allies on opposite poles, with Ankara...
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Wary Russians take to census
MOSCOW: From the Chechen war zone through the wilderness of Siberia to the International Space Station — Russians this week will try to overcome their mistrust of the authorities and take...
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Bring down a plane for $75
LONDON: Detectives in England have launched an urgent investigation after uncovering evidence of a terrifying black market in military explosives....
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Washington looks back its Afghan strategy
KABUL: The United States can look back on a year-long military campaign in Afghanistan on Monday and see it as a job well done....
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Coup likely to topple Saddam with covert US manoeuvring
WASHINGTON: Senior intelligence experts inside and outside government have reached a consensus that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein would likely be ousted in a coup led by members of his inner circle...
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