World | March 31, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 248
Britain is in mourning for the Queen Mother, who died in her sleep aged 101. Books of condolences are to be opened in London and Edinburgh and crowds of mourners have gathered outside Britain's royal palaces to lay flowers and remember....
World | March 31, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 279
Pope John Paul II has issued an urgent appeal for peace in the Middle East, saying in his Easter Sunday address that "nothing is resolved by war". Addressing a crowd of 50,000 pilgrims in St Peter's Square in Rome, he said it seemed that "war has been dec...
World | March 31, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 299
A powerful earthquake has shaken Taiwan, killing at least four people and injuring more than 200. The tremors were felt across the island....
World | March 31, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 261
A suicide bomber set off a massive explosion Sunday at a restaurant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, killing at least 14 people, police and ambulance sources said. At least 35 people were injured, seven of them seriously....
World | March 31, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 372
The Queen Mother's funeral will take place in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 9 April, Buckingham Palace has announced. For four days before the funeral, her body will be laid in state at Westminster Hall for the public to pay their respects....
World | March 30, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 250
An intense gunbattle erupted early Saturday between Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters holed up inside an office building in the heart of Ramallah. Sporadic gunfire was continuing outside the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, a day af...
World | March 30, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 239
The investigative arm of Congress said Friday that the criminal investigation of former President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton has cost $70 million. The General Accounting Office's figures make the probe of the Clintons the most expensive in the his...
World | March 30, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 275
Australian police were still searching for 8 asylum seekers who remained at large after escaping from the country's outback Woomera detention centre. Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said a total of 41 asylum seekers had escaped overnight after protest...
World | March 30, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 196
Only a door separated Israeli soldiers from Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's private office on Saturday after a night of continuous shelling and shooting around his headquarters, aides said. Arafat spent the night in darkness after Israeli troops bes...
World | March 30, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 199
President Bush said on Saturday he hoped this week's celebrations of Easter and Passover comfort the many Americans who may still be grieving nearly seven months after the Sept. 11 attacks....
World | March 30, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 212
The prime suspect in the kidnap and murder of U.S....
World | March 30, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 187
An explosion has rocked a Hindu temple in India's Jammu and Kashmir state during an attack by two suspected Islamic militants that left at least 10 people dead. More than 19 others were injured after one of the attackers hurled a grenade outside the popul...
World | March 30, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 200
Pope John Paul II intends to lead Easter Mass on Sunday after earlier faltering appearances during Holy Week. The pope, who is 82 in May and suffers from an arthritic knee, was forced to miss two Masses because of ill-health....
World | March 29, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 237
About 30 Israeli tanks moved into the West Bank town of Ramallah early on Friday, surrounding the offices of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Gun battles have broken out between Israeli troops and Mr Arafat's bodyguards and four Palestinians were reporte...
World | March 29, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 252
Thailand will be the venue for historic face-to-face talks between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said on Friday. "Both parties to the conflict have agreed to holding the talks in Thailand," said a statement read out by Thai F...