12 October 2004 Tuesday 26 Shaban 1425 Al Qaeda preparing followers for a long fight WASHINGTON, Oct 11: An Al Qaeda survival kit, available to the media in the United States and obtained also by Dawn, reveals how Osama bin Laden's network and its supporters among the Taliban ... Sharon rejects army advice to halt offensive: Gaza vote set for 25th JERUSALEM, Oct 11: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has snubbed the advice of his army chiefs and ordered the continuation of a massive military offensive in the northern Gaza Strip, according to senior officials. ... Bush, Kerry will not stand up to Israel LONDON: Thet didn't mention Ken Bigley, the Briton murdered in Iraq, of course. He - like his two American companions - was gone, dead, brutally murdered and therefore unavailable to participate in Mr Bush's long but resolute struggle ... US sends terror suspect to Saudi Arabia WASHINGTON, Oct 11: The United States announced on Monday that it had sent Yasser Esam Hamdi, a US-born Saudi man who has been held for nearly three years as a "war on terror" suspect, back to Saudi Arabia. ... 'Superman' star Reeve dies NEW YORK, Oct 11: "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve, who became a committed campaigner for spinal cord research after being paralysed in a riding accident nine years ago, died of heart failure on Sunday, his publicist said. ... EU revives links with Libya LUXEMBOURG, Oct 11: The European Union on Monday ended a long-standing ban on economic links and arms sales to Libya. ... FMs of India, China, Russia to meet on 21st NEW DELHI, Oct 11: The foreign ministers of India, Russia and China are scheduled to meet on Oct 21, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Monday. ... Norwegian, American win Nobel in economics STOCKHOLM, Oct 11: Finn Kydland of Norway and Edward Prescott of the United States won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that laid the groundwork for more independent central banks and explained business cycles. ... Japan ready to enhance military ties with US TOKYO: Two decades ago, Japan's then-prime minister, Yasuhiro Nakasone, made headlines by calling his country an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" for US military forces in Asia. ... America doesn't have the troops to deal with N. Korea, Iran LONDON: The Iraq Survey Group has finally reached its conclusions on the search for weapons of mass destruction: Iraq did not have any, having destroyed its stockpiles years before the 2003 war. ... Scientists find way to 'turn off' cancer gene LONDON: Scientists in California have found a way to "turn off" a gene that makes cancerous cells lethal. They eliminated aggressive, incurable liver tumours in laboratory mice in four weeks, says a report in 'Nature' on Monday. ... Haider's career comes to a halt VIENNA: A low-key announcement on Monday signalled the gradual demise of one of Europe's most turbulent political careers. ... Reconciliation waits for 'truth' in Balkans BELGRADE: Ten years after the wars in the Balkans left a quarter of a million dead, reconciliation moves are still waiting for the 'truth' to come out first. "It often comes to who should be blamed more for war crimes," Croat historian Igor Graovac told IPS. ... Giant ape found in Africa NAIROBI: A giant ape unlike those already known has been found in a remote area of central Africa, and scientists believe it could be new species of primates, a news report said. ...

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