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| October 16, 2002 | Wednesday | Sha’aban 9, 1423 |
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France enabled Iraq to launch WMDs: CIA allegation
PARIS, Oct 15: In a major document published here, the CIA has accused France of having provided Iraq with the aircraft permitting it to carry and launch weapons of mass destruction... 
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Bid to hijack Saudi airliner foiled
KHARTOUM, Oct 15: Security personnel aboard a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane flying from Khartoum to Jeddah foiled a hijacking attempt by a Saudi national on Tuesday, the airline and Sudanese police...
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US plan to occupy Iraq alarms allies
LONDON, Oct 15: Washington’s European allies on Monday reacted with alarm to a proposal to install a US general to govern Iraq in the event of the ouster of President Saddam...
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Israelis detain Al Quds mufti
AL QUDS, Oct 15: Israeli police on Tuesday briefly detained the top Palestinian Muslim religious leader and Mufti of Al Quds Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, for questioning about comments he made in...
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FBI, others join Bali bomb probe
KUTA (Indonesia), Oct 15: Police were on Tuesday questioning two Indonesians over the car bomb attack on the resort island of Bali as an international task force was assembled to hunt...
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US weekly’s report on Al Qaeda angers BD
DHAKA, Oct 15: Dhaka on Tuesday blasted claims by Time magazine that groups with links to Al Qaeda have taken root on Bangladeshi soil and that the country could pose a...
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Graft case filed against Hasina
DHAKA, Oct 15: Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been implicated in a graft case filed earlier against the former state minister for power in connection with a contract for the...
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Tehran not to oppose two states in ME
TEHRAN, Oct 15: Iran will not obstruct a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if that is what both parties want, its Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday....
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UN council cool to draft resolution
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15: A majority of the 15-member UN Security Council remain unconvinced that authorizing use of force against Iraq in the first resolution is a viable solution to force...
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US ‘war on terror’ suffers setbacks
WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush’s ‘war against terrorism’ does not appear to be going as well as planned....
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S. Africa ploughs lonely furrow for GM crops
JOHANNESBURG: An emotive regional debate on the safety of genetically modified food aid has thrown a spotlight on South Africa’s stance on biotechnology, exposing a lonely but unwavering policy....
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The ‘twice-cursed’ Dalit woman
NEW DELHI: Ashana Bhan lies at the absolute bottom of India’s layered social hierarchy. She is from the bottom-rung caste, the Dalits, and the bottom-rung gender, making her vulnerable to the...
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Alexandria library reopening
CAIRO: Egypt officially reopens this week one of the first and most celebrated centres of learning in human history — the library of Alexandria whose ancient roots stretch back more than...
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Fischer rejects Schroeder’s ‘German way’
BERLIN: The German foreign minister, Joschka Fischer, has taken the highly unusual step of repudiating a central plank of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s re-election platform....
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Megawati in a spot after Bali tragedy
JAKARTA: The Saturday car bomb attacks in Indonesia’s tourist haven of Bali makes much harder the balancing act that President Megawati Sukarnoputri has to carry out in dealing with religious groups...
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Immigration the big unknown in Irish vote
DUBLIN: Of all the factors at play in determining Ireland’s forthcoming verdict on the European Union’s Nice Treaty, immigration could yet turn out to be the wild card....
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