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: 213
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...
World | March 29, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 196
A suspected woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a suburb of Jerusalem on Friday, injuring at least eight people, witnesses said, quoted by Reuters. Police gave few immediate details of the explosion which rocked a large supermarket in the Kiryat Yovel...
World | March 29, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 163
Israeli troops took over most of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound on Friday, fighting room-to-room and arresting as many as 70 people, Israel Defense Forces said. The Palestinians disputed the number of arrests, but said o...
World | March 29, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 252
Pope John Paul II was able to hear confessions from worshippers on Good Friday despite earlier concerns over his health. An arthritic knee prevented the ailing 81-year-old pope celebrate Mass for the second time in a week on Thursday....
World | March 29, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 164
The man accused of masterminding the kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl appeared in a brief closed-door court session Friday. Under heavy security, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was brought into the courtroom shortly before noon (2 a....
World | March 28, 2002, Thursday | Viewed: 280
Afghanistan is observing a formal day of mourning for victims of the earthquake that struck the northern province of Baghlan earlier this week. At least 1,000 people are now known to have died in the quake, and tens of thousands left homeless....