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December 18, 2002 Wednesday Shawwal 13, 1423 N. Korea ends border de-mining work SEOUL, Dec 17: North Korea said on Tuesday it had struck a blow for peace on the Korean peninsula by completing de-mining work on its side of the heavily fortified border... UN report blames govts’ failure to cooperate: To stop terror financing NEW YORK, Dec 17: Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda terrorist network has continued to receive funds through various sources for its terrorist activities because governments have failed to cooperate and expose... Wright brothers’ first flight commemorated WASHINGTON, Dec 17: The United States on Tuesday commemorated the 99th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first flight, with the White House hailing the “vision and determination” of the aviation pioneers... Expert flays use of force to form Muslim body PARIS, Dec 17: A leading international specialist on Islam in France, Bruno Etienne, who is director of the Observatoire du Religieux and a professor at the Institut d’etudes politiques at the... 33 nations discuss how to stop terror funds NUSA DUA (Indonesia), Dec 17: Senior officials from 33 Asia-Pacific countries held talks on Tuesday in bomb-battered Bali on ways to starve terrorists of the money they need to commit atrocities.... 3 Al Qaeda men caught in Paris PARIS, Dec 17: French police said they caught three Al Qaeda men who were allegedly preparing a chemical-biological attack during the Christmas holiday season against either a French department store, or... US increasingly isolated at WTO talks on cheap medicines GENEVA, Dec 17: The United States appeared increasingly isolated on Tuesday as more countries rallied around a draft WTO accord on ensuring better access for poor countries to cheap medicines, trade... Iraq drafting requested list of scientists: UN BAGHDAD, Dec 17: Iraq is working on the list of scientists involved in banned weapons programmes requested by the United Nations, the spokesman for UN arms inspectors Hiro Ueki said here... Vatican terms war against Iraq as aggression VATICAN CITY, Dec 17: A senior Vatican prelate on Tuesday condemned any so-called “preventive war” against Iraq as “aggression”.... US panel wants a new domestic spy agency WASHINGTON, Dec 17: The United States must create an independent domestic spy agency to ferret out possible terrorist cells on American soil and thwart their future plots, a government advisory panel... France deplores ban on Arafat PARIS, Dec 17: France has again very firmly condemned Israel for its decision not to allow Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to go to Bethlehem, for the second year in a row,... Kuwait deports 11,000 illegal aliens KUWAIT CITY, Dec 17: Kuwait has deported 11,000 illegal aliens who were rounded up during nationwide security sweeps over the past couple of weeks the Interior Ministry said in a statement... Iraqi dissidents rally to US plan LONDON, Dec 17: Leaders of Iraqi dissident groups reached agreement here on Tuesday on plans for a post-Saddam era.... BJP win legitimizes Gujarat pogrom NEW DELHI: The stunning victory of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the assembly elections in India’s western state of Gujarat is a triumph of an aggressive, violent form of... Doll spouting ‘Bushisms’ flying off shelves LOS ANGELES: As US President George W. Bush wages a war of words against Iraq, his “mini-me” talking doll is chatting up a Christmas storm — complete with presidential flubs.... Iraq struggles to avert war BAGHDAD: Iraq is swallowing its pride in a desperate bid to avert a war it knows it can’t win — or at least to make such a war look unjust in... Pyongyang jeopardizes food aid HONG KONG: North Korea’s declared intention to resume its nuclear programme has further jeopardized a critical lifeline to millions of the country’s most impoverished citizens whose survival could depend on international... No peace in sight for war-shattered Chechnya GROZNY: “Look around you. Isn’t it obvious? There is no peace here.”...

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