World | February 24, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 234
Osama bin Laden survived U.S....
World | February 24, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 443
Marxist guerrillas kidnapped a Colombian presidential candidate on a dangerous road into their former safe haven as the army tried to take full control of the disputed jungle area, officials said on Sunday. Trailing badly in pre-election polls, Ingrid Bet...
World | February 24, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 256
Afghanistan's interim leader Hamid Karzai has thanked Iran's president for his country's role in helping Afghanistan topple its Taliban rulers. Karzai, who arrived in neighboring Iran on Sunday for a three-day official visit, told reporters he hopes Iran...
World | February 23, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 206
Investigators in Pakistan say they know the names of the militants who abducted and killed Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and are taking "the strongest possible actions" to bring them to justice. Pearl's widow released a letter thanking the wor...
World | February 23, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 201
Israeli soldiers in the West Bank killed an unarmed Palestinian Saturday who ran toward their post in the dead of night shouting an Arabic rallying cry, the army said, quoted by Reuters. Palestinian security sources said Israel had handed the man's body o...
World | February 23, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 276
Oscar-winning cartoon animator Chuck Jones, who brought to life a host of cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, has died in California of heart failure at the age of 89. He made more than 300 cartoons and won three Oscars for his work as...
World | February 23, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 209
At least three US soldiers have died in the crash of a transport helicopter into the sea in the southern Philippines. There were 10 personnel aboard the MH-47 Chinook, which came down in a gulf north of the island of Mindanao....
World | February 23, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 283
Egypt's Transport Minister, Ibrahim al-Demeri, has resigned following the country's worst ever train fire, which claimed over 370 lives. The head of the country's railway authority, Ahmed al-Sherif, has also tendered his resignation over Wednesday's disas...
World | February 23, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 268
A permanent ceasefire has come into force in Sri Lanka which it is hoped will lead to peace talks between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels. The truce, which will be observed by small teams headed by international monitors, has caused great excitement...
World | February 22, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 392
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped last month on his way to interview a Muslim fundamentalist leader in Pakistan, has been killed by his abductors, officials said Thursday. The U....
World | February 22, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 225
President Bush has said he welcomes the emergence of a "strong, peaceful and prosperous China" but has urged Chinese to embrace liberty, tolerance and religious freedom as the country opens up. In a speech to students at Beijing's top Tsinghua University...
World | February 22, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 330
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced Thursday his government will set up buffer zones as "security separation" to protect Israelis from the Palestinians. Asked where the zones will be, how big they will be, and if they will protect Jewish settlem...
World | February 22, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 215
Relatives of more than 370 people killed in Wednesday's passenger train fire in Egypt have begun the gruesome task of trying to identify their loved ones. People carrying coffins to take their dead home gathered at the central morgue in the capital Cairo,...
World | February 21, 2002, Thursday | Viewed: 312
President Bush visited China Thursday exactly 30 years to the day after a landmark bridge-building trip by former President Richard Nixon and urged it to "strongly oppose" arms proliferation. But the two sides failed to secure an early deal on the spread...
World | February 21, 2002, Thursday | Viewed: 282
Responding to a Palestinian request, the U.N Security Council scheduled rare consultations on the Middle East Thursday, with Arab nations demanding Israel be condemned for escalating attacks against civilians and the Palestinian Authority....