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| December 29, 2002 | Sunday | Shawwal 24, 1423 |
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Invasion of Iraq not justified, says UK minister
LONDON, Dec 28: An “all-out war” on Iraq that caused mass suffering could not be justified, Britain’s International Development Secretary Clare Short said on Saturday.... 
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US lawmakers protest INS tactics
LOS ANGELES, Dec 28: A group of influential US senators and a congressman on Friday lodged a strong protest with the Justice Department against the highhandedness during the special registration process....
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European aerospace firms looking for deals with India
NEW DELHI, Dec 28: Major European aerospace and defence industry units have proposed tie-ups with Indian counterparts in strategic deals, the Financial Express reported on Saturday....
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Scientist refuses to be quizzed by inspectors
BAGHDAD, Dec 28: An Iraqi scientist said on Saturday he refused to be interviewed by UN weapons inspectors at their Baghdad headquarters, which he compared to “Guantanamo camp”, where the US...
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Yemeni Socialist Party leader shot dead
 SANAA, Dec 28: A gunman shot dead the deputy leader of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) at a conference here on Saturday in the latest violence to hit the troubled Arabian...
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Opposition in sight of victory in Kenya poll
NAIROBI, Dec 28: Kenya’s opposition appeared on course for a landmark victory on Saturday as unofficial results trickled in from general elections marking the end of President Daniel arap Moi’s 24-year...
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UK office to revive telegrams
BIRMINGHAM, Dec 28: A small office in the heart of Birmingham is hoping to mastermind the revival of a near forgotten communication service....
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Chirac opposes human cloning
PARIS, Dec 28: Visibly embarrassed by the “French connection” to the birth of the first Raelian cloned baby, President Jacques Chirac has vigorously condemned the practice, saying that for France it...
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UN unwilling to take a stand: US-N. Korea row
UNITED NATIONS: Caught in the middle of a new political showdown between the United States and North Korea over weapons of mass destruction, the United Nations appears unable or unwilling to...
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War fears undermine dollar
LONDON: The dollar fell to its lowest for almost three years on Friday, undermined by worries about the US economy, the rising oil price and increasing tensions over Iraq and North...
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US female soldiers face more than a war
CAMP NEW YORK, (Kuwait): The women serving in the world’s mightiest fighting force face the difficulties of single parenting, loneliness, lack of privacy, “putting in time” to earn a free college...
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Peace prospects widen across southern Africa
JOHANNESBURG: With a little bit of trust and goodwill on the part of Southern Africa’s leaders, 2003 could see peace take hold across the region....
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Cloning stirs moral, scientific outcry
WASHINGTON: A cult which believes that humans were first created by aliens claimed on Friday that it had won the clandestine and increasingly bizarre race to produce a human clone. It...
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Pentagon’s enigma: how to preserve Iraq’s archeological treasures
WASHINGTON: As Washington prepares to go to war against Baghdad, US defence officials — mindful of the widespread devastation that a military campaign would inflict — are looking for ways to...
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