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| November 3, 2002 | Sunday | Sha’aban 27,1423 |
‘Religious’ party tipped to win polls in Turkey
 ISTANBUL, Nov 2: Opinion polls predict victory for Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Sunday’s general election, but with its leader banned from standing the country’s future after the poll...
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One-third of Kuwait sealed off for US drills
KUWAIT, Nov 2: Kuwaiti authorities sealed off about one-third of the country bordering Iraq on Saturday to ensure the security of military exercises being carried out by US-led troops....
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Netanyahu unlikely to accept Sharon offer
TEL AVIV, Nov 2: Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to turn down the post of Israeli foreign minister, in what would be a blow to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s efforts to put...
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Cost of role in Iraq attack prohibitive: UK treasury’s assessment
LONDON, Nov 2: Britain’s role in a US-led invasion of Iraq came under the media spotlight on Saturday, with the Daily Telegraph reporting that finance ministry officials had ruled that the...
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France engaged in secret talks: paper
DUBAI, Nov 2: France took centre stage in the Iraq crisis on Saturday amid reports it had been secretly negotiating with Baghdad for reform from within, as cash worries cast doubts...
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WTC toll drops as two found alive
NEW YORK, Nov 2: The World Trade Center death toll has dropped by two to 2,795 after a New York City woman and a Florida man who had been reported missing...
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Court admits it is helpless over Cuba detainees
PARIS, Nov 2: In a judgment handed down with much embarrassment, a French judge has admitted that there’s very little France, and its justice system, can do to obtain the return...
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Canadian author cancels US tour over racial profiling
TORONTO, Nov 2: Celebrated Canadian author Rohinton Mistry has cancelled the second half of a US book tour, complaining of “unbearable” humiliation as a result of racial profiling, the Globe and...
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Royalty faces scrutiny after butler case
LONDON, Nov 2: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II faced uncomfortable scrutiny on Saturday after her sudden intervention cleared a former butler to her daughter-in-law Princess Diana of stealing hundreds of her possessions....
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Arabic courses in France
PARIS, Nov 2: The French government has decided to proclaim Arabic as a major tongue and international means of communication — placing it effectively on the same level as French and...
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Court approves Microsoft-govt deal
WASHINGTON, Nov 1: A judge approved on Friday a hotly disputed deal between Microsoft and the US government to settle a four-year battle over the software titan’s illegal squelching of competitors....
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Voters see polls as turning point: Turks set to oust present rulers
ISTANBUL: Turks seem set to vote present rulers out in early national elections being held this Sunday....
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Floridians harbour political grudge
TAMPA (Florida): From his prone position on a barber’s chair, head thrown back and lathered, red suede shoes protruding skywards at the other end, Gerald White makes an alarming observation about...
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LTTE commander’s presence lifts hopes at peace talks
NAKHON PATHOM (Thailand): A key Tamil Tiger military commander was a decidedly elusive figure on the first day of the second round of the Sri Lankan peace talks here. He turned...
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Egypt’s monopoly of Nile questioned
KINSHASA: Water experts in Africa have begun questioning Egypt’s monopoly over the 6700-kilometre Nile — Africa’s longest river — which flows from Lake Victoria in East Africa to Egypt in North...
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French arms becoming unusable
PARIS: In a just released parliamentary report on the true state of the French defence sector, a deputy, Gilbert Meyer, has revealed that fully 40 per cent of the country’s military...
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