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| December 16, 2002 | Monday | Shawwal 11, 1423 |
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Bush allows CIA to kill at will: New ‘hit list’ ready
NEW YORK, Dec 15: The Bush administration has prepared a list of terrorist leaders the Central Intelligence Agency is authorized to kill, if capture is impractical and civilian casualties can be... 
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Russia’s vote at UN cost Iraq oil deal: firm
MOSCOW, Dec 15: Russia’s top oil firm LUKOIL said on Sunday that Moscow’s support for last month’s United Nations resolution on disarming Iraq had pushed Baghdad to scrap a $3.7 billion...
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Muslims ask US senator to resign
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: A Muslim advocacy group on Saturday joined other organizations in urging Senate Republican leader Trent Lott of Mississippi to resign for remarks widely denounced as supporting racial segregation....
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Prince Harry alerted to hair-raising plot
LONDON, Dec 15: Britain’s Prince Harry has been alerted to an alleged plot to steal his hair to obtain a DNA sample, British newspapers reported Sunday....
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Pakistan may be biggest problem: US diplomat
NEW YORK, Dec 15: When American spy satellites detected a Pakistani plane picking up North Korean missiles in July, there was no public criticism, even though the CIA had said that...
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Israeli party to give up claim on Al Quds
TEL AVIV, Dec 15: Israel’ Labour Party said on Sunday that it was ready to give up the Jewish state’s claim to Arab districts of occupied Al Quds, annexed after the...
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Afghan DPs criticize Australia’s attitude
 KABUL, Dec 15: A group of former Afghan asylum-seekers arrived in Kabul from the barren Pacific island of Nauru on Sunday with harsh words for their treatment at the hands of...
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Chechen warlord dies in Russian jail
 MOSCOW, Dec 15: The only leading Chechen guerrilla to be captured by Russian forces has died in prison, where he was serving a life sentence, officials said on Sunday....
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Congregation ends in BD
TONGI, Dec 15: Millions of Muslims from Bangladesh and 71 other countries raised their hands towards Makkah, seeking Allah’s blessings as an annual three-day congregation ended here on Sunday....
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Big rally held against Nepal king
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: A massive protest rally marched through Nepal’s capital city on Sunday, denouncing what protesters said was the unconstitutional dismissal of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba by King Gyanendra...
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Hegemon faces a harried week
WASHINGTON: Hawks in the administration of US President George W. Bush received a rude reminder this week that Washington’s vaunted power to determine the course of events around the world is...
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Cash squads ‘buying’ Iraqi tribes
LONDON: Dozens of teams of elite American soldiers and intelligence specialists have been sent into Iraq with millions of dollars in cash to woo key tribal leaders away from Saddam Hussein....
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HR principles erode at UN
BANGKOK: Asian human rights activists ended a week-long conference here on Friday determined to stall what they call the steady erosion of human rights principles and practices within the UN system....
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Kenya before the elections
NAIROBI: Votes in Kenya are had for money. According to 33- year-old cartoonist Gado, that is the reality ahead of the country’s presidential elections on December 27....
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Ecological, sustainable sanitation takes root
LIFUWU (Malawi): Neighbours and strangers come to marvel at the phenomenon sprouting over Edith Gama’s house. None recalls seeing a banana tree grow so high so fast: in less than a...
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Govts aim for pact on explosive remnants
GENEVA: Peace organisations applauded Friday’s decision by the 89 states party to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) to begin talks on an agreement to handle post-conflict humanitarian problems created...
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