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| December 23, 2002 | Monday | Shawwal 18, 1423 |
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Palestinians call off January election
RAMALLAH (West Bank), Dec 22: Palestinians decided on Sunday to postpone indefinitely a general election scheduled for January, saying it was difficult to hold a vote while Israeli forces continued to... 
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GCC condemns ‘threats’ from Saddam
DOHA, Dec 22: The six Gulf monarchies turned on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Sunday, ending their two-day summit here by condemning his “threats” against them but making no mention of the...
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Germany probes attack warning
BERLIN, Dec 22: Germany is investigating a tip that a 50-member strong cell may be planning attacks on embassies, banks and multi-national corporations in Germany and across Europe, an interior ministry...
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Two held after row over in-flight food: Threat alleged to blow up plane
ABU DHABI, Dec 22: Two Arabs were arrested on Sunday for threatening to blow up a Royal Jordanian aircraft carrying 173 passengers in a dispute over in-flight food, the United Arab...
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Modi sworn in as Gujarat CM
AHMEDABAD, Dec 22: Firebrand right-wing Hindu leader Narendra Modi was sworn in on Sunday as chief minister of India’s riot-scarred Gujarat state at a mammoth public function....
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AL flays US veto on UNSC resolution
CAIRO, Dec 22: The Arab League denounced the United States on Sunday for blocking a Syrian-drafted UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel for the deaths of UN workers in the occupied...
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UN experts being given US spy information
BAGHDAD, Dec 22: The United States started sharing sensitive intelligence with UN inspectors hunting for Iraq’s suspected weapons of mass destruction as war preparations gathered pace on Sunday....
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Israel readies population for war
AL QUDS, Dec 22: Israel has stepped up measures against a possible strike by Iraq in case of a US-led war on Baghdad, scheduling joint exercises with US forces and gas...
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Three women named Persons of the Year
NEW YORK, Dec 22: Time Magazine named a trio of women whistle-blowers as its Persons of the Year on Sunday, praising their roles in unearthing malfeasance that eroded public confidence in...
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French newsman dies after Kuwait accident
KUWAIT, Dec 22: A well-known French television journalist died in a Kuwaiti hospital on Sunday a day after he was hit by a tank while covering US military exercises in the...
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Lebanese militia holds demo
TEL AVIV, Dec 22: Several hundreds members of the disbanded Israeli-backed militia in southern Lebanon clashed with Israeli police on Sunday in a heated demonstration outside the offices of Prime Minister...
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RSF slams Israel
PARIS: Dec 22: Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has condemned Israel for the beating up of a Palestinian photographer, Jaafar Achtiye, who was working for the French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP)...
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A silent night in Bethlehem on Christmas
BETHLEHEM: Dark clouds hang over the little town of Bethlehem and a cold winter wind blows through the deserted Manger Square, the birthplace of Jesus Christ....
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Discord among ME quartet to stay
WASHINGTON: A quartet is one of the most sensitive and expressive combinations in music, requiring that the players read from the same sheet of music....
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INS drive disrupts immigrants’ lives
WASHINGTON: Shocked and dismayed at the recent wave of arrests, interrogation and fingerprinting, Muslims in the United States say if the current campaign continues, they may be forced to leave the...
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Djibouti’s salt flats enter modern times
LAKE ASSAL (Djibouti): The line of dromedaries shimmered in the dying evening heat as it followed a trade route used by the Afar nomads of the horn of Africa for hundreds...
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Genebank keeps rice bowls full in Asia
LOS BANOS (Philippines): Asia’s insurance for food security lies in a paradoxical bank which allows withdrawals without a mandatory deposit....
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Ignorance in America is alive and well
BEIRUT: Have you ever wondered how the United States of America, with its high rate of literacy, with its millions of university graduates, with its much-vaunted “Freedom of the Press”, could...
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