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| October 26, 2002 | Saturday | Sha’aban 19,1423 |
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Afghan govt losing credibility: FM: Non-fulfilment of aid pledges
LONDON, Oct 25: Afghanistan’s foreign minister warned on Thursday that the US-backed interim government was losing credibility because the international community had been slow in delivering on aid pledges to the... 
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Indonesian detectives clueless to Bali blasts
JAKARTA, Oct 25: Indonesian efforts to arrest those behind the Bali blasts appeared mired in turf battles on Thursday with the intelligence agency, BIN, the police and the military each going...
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Experts see US invading Iraq within six months
LONDON, Oct 25: The United States is likely to invade Iraq within the next six months with the backing of the United Nations, according to a poll of defence analysts....
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Guerilla leader bares his face on television
 MOSCOW, Oct 25: A few days stubble on his chin, dressed in combat gear and dark wollen hat, Movsar Barayev, leader of the Chechen “suicide squad” holding some 700 people hostage...
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26 Chernobyl victims file suit
PARIS, Oct 25: Sixteen years after the explosion at Chernobyl of a nuclear power plant, 26 more French citizens have decided to file suit — technically for “poisoning” — against the...
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Laura Bush not to brush off ‘sweeping’ jibe
CRAWFORD (USA), Oct 25: US President George Bush may not be able to sweep under the rug his off-hand remark that wife Laura personally swept the porch of their ranch house...
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Baghdad expels six CNN reporters
DUBAI, Oct 25: Iraq has decided to expel CNN correspondents, including Baghdad bureau chief Jane Arraf, after complaining about the US news channel’s reporting, particularly its coverage of a recent protest,...
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US senator, 7 others killed in plane crash
 MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 25: Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone, one of the standard-bearers of the left in American politics, was killed on Friday along with seven others when his plane crashed in rugged...
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Chechen conflict pinches Russia: Hostage crisis
MOSCOW: The hostage crisis in Moscow has dealt a critical blow to official claims of a new political stability in Russia....
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London to have sunnier skies, floods: study
LONDON: The London of the future will see sunnier skies, more pavement cafes, street theatre, outdoor music, barbecues and picnics. But before anyone cheers, the city is also expected to suffer...
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‘Florida fiasco’ haunts voters
WASHINGTON: The 2000 election “Florida fiasco” that left vote counters squinting at “hanging” and “pregnant” chads bulging from paper ballots and made the US voting system the laughing stock of the...
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Microbes on planets: an unwelcome proposition
LONDON: When the first Apollo astronauts returned from the moon, they were kept in quarantine. Remember Richard Nixon talking to Neil Armstrong through the window of the isolation module? Millions were...
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Tokyo, Seoul try to figure out Pyongyang puzzle
TOKYO: Japan and South Korea are scratching their heads on how to deal with North Korea, a week after Pyongyang confessed that it was undertaking a nuclear weapons programme and just...
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What you need to know about viruses
WASHINGTON: Computer viruses are everywhere these days. If you connect to the Internet, it’s just a matter of time before you contract one, no matter how safe you might feel....
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