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| December 28, 2002 | Saturday | Shawwal 23, 1423 |
US Muslim students afraid of visiting homeland
WASHINGTON, Dec 27: Many Muslim students have refused to visit home during the winter vacations because they fear that they might not be able to return to the United States if...
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N.Korea to expel UN nuclear inspectors
SEOUL, Dec 27: North Korea announced on Friday it was expelling UN nuclear inspectors monitoring a reactor capable of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons and it was pressing ahead with the...
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LTTE accuses monitors of siding with Colombo
COLOMBO, Dec 27: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday accused Scandinavian truce monitors of siding with government forces to undermine a Norwegian-backed peace bid....
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Scientist working on cancer vaccine
BIRMINGHAM, Dec 27: A vaccine administered orally that could revolutionize the fight against cancer is being developed by a Birmingham scientist....
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Fear unites diverse Muslim groups
WASHINGTON, Dec 27: America’s two diverse Muslim groups began a joint convention in Chicago on Thursday to address the religious, political and social concerns of Muslims in a country where they...
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Cold spell claims 42 lives in BD, India
DHAKA, Dec 27: Forty-two people _ thirty-three in Bangladesh and nine in India _ have died in unusually cold weather this month....
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Attacks on Russian targets foiled: France
PARIS, Dec 27: A French Interior Ministry spokesman said on Friday that suspects arrested in two groups — on Dec 24 and Dec 16 — in the suburbs of Paris, were...
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Millionaire wins millions more
WASHINGTON, Dec 27: A 55-year-old millionaire president of a construction company on Thursday claimed the largest single- ticket lottery jackpot ever when he won America’s $314.9 Powerball game....
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Hasina re-elected AL chief
DHAKA, Dec 27: Sheikh Hasina, 55, has been re-elected as the president of the Awami League for the next three years. One of her loyalist Abdul Jalil, has been elected as...
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RSF slams Israel
PARIS, Dec 27: The Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has condemned Israel for what it characterizes as its “very excessive” decision in closing down weekly Sawt al-Haq wa Al- Hurriya (Voice of...
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War within Bush camp to shape external conflicts
WASHINGTON: As in 2002, war looks poised to top the 2003 foreign-policy agenda — not only Washington’s war against Al Qaeda, probably Iraq, and possibly even North Korea — but also...
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Palestinians fear war impact on held areas
BODROS (West Bank): During the 1991 Gulf War Israel provided Palestinians in the West Bank village of Bodros, a few kilometres east of Tel Aviv, with gas masks to protect against...
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Opec, oil markets in for a spin
DUBAI: Oil markets are set for a dramatic upheaval ahead with oil prices hovering around $30, members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cheating on production quotas, Venezuelan...
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Ethics vs transplant
LONDON: The prospect of the world’s first face transplant has sparked a fierce debate in Britain over the ethical and medical implications of such a radical procedure....
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Swazi women face taboo, poverty
MBABANE: In drought-stricken Swaziland, dozens of women, some carrying crying babies on their hips, walk long distances to line up for food for their starving families....
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Afghan warlords reign over civil authority
SEYAGERD (Afghanistan): Obaidullah is watching his farm near this village in northern Afghanistan slowly wither and die. His orchard, which once numbered 350 trees, is down to 10. His fields, once...
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