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| October 15, 2002 | Tuesday | Sha'aban 8, 1423 |
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Bush presses Jakarta to find Bali killers
WASHINGTON, Oct 14: US President George Bush said on Monday he assumed Al Qaeda was behind a blast which ripped through a Bali nightclub killing around 190 people and piled pressure... 
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London suspends N. Ireland govt
BELFAST, Oct 14: Britain announced on Monday it was suspending Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government for the fourth time after an IRA spying row plunged Belfast’s troubled peace process into fresh chaos....
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20 countries lost citizens
JAKARTA, Oct 14: The following countries have reported nationals to be either dead, wounded or missing. Many of those unaccounted for are not necessarily victims of the blast but have not...
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A different type of terrorism, says paper
NEW YORK, Oct 14: The blast that killed nearly 200 people on the Indonesian resort island of Bali is a different type of terrorism from what the Bush administration has campaigned...
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Bahraini women seek change in family law
 MANAMA, Oct 14: More than 300 Bahraini women staged a sit-in outside the justice and Islamic affairs ministry here on Monday demanding the enactment of a personal status law....
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Iraqis go to the polls today
BAGHDAD, Oct 14: The Iraqi government urged voters on Monday to turn out in their millions in a referendum designed to show massive domestic support for president Saddam Hussein as he...
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Third attack on US forces in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 14: The United States forces again came under fire on Monday from two unidentified vehicles in Kuwait, but the units reported no injuries....
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Big band legend Ray Conniff dies at 85
LOS ANGELES, Oct 14: Big band leader, composer and arranger Ray Conniff has died at a southern California hospital, according to the musician’s fan club and a US media report on...
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Gibraltar to hold referendum
GIBRALTAR, Oct 14: Gibraltar’s parliament voted unanimously on Monday to hold a referendum on the future of the tiny Mediterranean territory next month, despite firm British and Spanish opposition....
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Immigrants defy attempts to seal borders
MADRID: It has become a scene which repeats itself with monotonous regularity: Spanish rescuers dragging the bodies of drowned African illegal immigrants from the sea and laying them on a beach....
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Congress puts UN in the dock: Bush’s Iraq obsession
WASHINGTON: Having secured congressional auth orization for an invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration has shifted focus to the United Nations, where it hopes the Security Council will soon approve a...
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Kazakh ‘N-soldier’ recalls tests
SEMIPALATINSK (Kazakhstan): “I saw birds turning into ashes in the sky,” said the stooping old man, tears in his eyes. “Believe me, that is still painful to recall.”...
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Bali carnage proves Saddam is wrong target
LONDON: For month, while their political masters have been increasingly obsessed by Saddam Hussein, western intelligence agencies have warned of planned terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda or, more likely, other extremist...
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Gloom mars festivals in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Nepal is observing its holiest of festivals in a collective depression, with the kingdom’s economic and political crisis taking most of the joy out of the holiday season....
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