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| December 10, 2002 | Tuesday | Shawwal 5,1423 |
Jakarta signs peace deal with Aceh rebels
 GENEVA, Dec 9: The Indonesan government and separatist rebels from the province of Aceh on Monday signed a historic truce here after 26 years of conflict, but both sides warned they...
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Putin visit promoted ‘triad’ idea, says Russia
NEW DELHI, Dec 9: Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov has said that President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to New Delhi and Beijing had helped push forward his quest for a Russia-...
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Pro-Khatami students attacked by hardliners
TEHRAN, Dec 9: Scores of hardline militia, some brandishing sticks, attacked pro-reform students at a Tehran university on Monday as they chanted slogans calling for the release of political prisoners, witnesses...
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Russia asks Nato to expand ties
MOSCOW, Dec 9: President Vladimir Putin urged NATO on Monday to deepen cooperation with Russia, warning that the alliance’s expansion bringing it to Russia’s borders should not be allowed to damage...
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Asian NGOs hold talks with UN
BANGKOK, Dec 9: Representatives from more than 150 civil society organizations from all over Asia began their week-long consultation with UN-related organizations to identify issues and ways and means that will...
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Blair in a spot after press exposes ‘Cheriegate’
 LONDON, Dec 9: While British Prime Minister Tony Blair has his attention focused on Iraq, much of the rest of Britain is preoccupied with his lawyer wife Cherie, her buxom “lifestyle...
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Turkey’s EU membership to dominate Copenhagen summit
BRUSSELS, Dec 9: Turkey’s drive to secure a date for starting European Union entry looks set to be a key issue at the bloc’s summit in Copenhagen this week, with EU...
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Iran plans to fingerprint US newsmen
TEHRAN, Dec 9: Journalists from the United States visiting Iran will from this week be fingerprinted on entry in a tit-for-tat response to harsh new US immigration checks, state television announced....
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Bush picks new head for treasury
WASHINGTON, Dec 9: US President George Bush nominated a rail executive, John Snow, as the new treasury secretary on Monday and promised aggressive new measures to reinvigorate the economy before the...
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China to host beauty pageant
BEIJING, Dec 9: China will host the controversial Miss World beauty pageant in the province of Hainan Island....
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30 years after last lunar trip, manned space flight is in the doldrums
PARIS: Thirty years ago this week, Apollo 17 headed out across space, bringing the curtain down on the United States’ extraordinary conquest of the Moon....
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White House making post-Saddam plans
WASHINGTON: In a major shift, the Bush administration is talking to allies about governing a postwar Iraq under a UN mandate or through an international civilian coalition, abandoning proposals for US...
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US black museum plan gains momentum
WASHINGTON: Almost a century after an African-American memorial was first proposed for the US capital, a grand vision for a museum encompassing black life in the United States is moving toward...
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France re-focuses attention on Mideast
PARIS: France says it will be relaunching its foreign policy with regard to the Gulf states, and to this end President Jacques Chirac is sending this week to the UAE, Kuwait,...
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Israeli dove plots to close gap on Sharon
TEL AVIV: Less than two months before Israel’s general election, dovish opposition leader Amram Mitzna is battling to convince voters he can mount a serious challenge to right-wing Prime Minister Ariel...
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Saddam puts the onus on inspectors to disprove Iraq’s declaration
LONDON: All the actions of Saddam Hussein over the last few months suggest he is anxious to avoid confrontation. He knows that the US President, George W. Bush, needs only the...
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