World | February 16, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 380
Police in Pakistan searching for abducted American journalist Daniel Pearl say they are now focusing on another key suspect in his kidnapping. Police sources say the man has a number of aliases, one of which is Imtiaz Siddiqui....
World | February 15, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 389
President Bush's National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the United States is "not ruling out any options" in its approach with Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein's regime is a "problem" and that a new approach is needed. But Rice also emphasize...
World | February 15, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 402
President Bush Thursday unveiled a series of tax credits and other incentives to encourage business and farmers to reduce harmful emissions, a less stringent alternative to the international Kyoto treaty he rejected last year. Under his plan, Bush set a g...
World | February 15, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 377
Fiji is abolishing the death penalty for treason on the eve of the trial of 13 coup plotters. The long awaited trial of coup leader George Speight and 12 others on charges of treason is due to be heard in the High Court on Monday....
World | February 15, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 352
A mob of Afghan pilgrims has beaten to death a minister in the country's interim cabinet at Kabul airport. Afghan government sources confirmed on Friday that Civil Aviation Minister Abdul Rahman had died of his injuries....
World | February 15, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 240
A strong earthquake shook southern Mexico and Guatemala late on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, officials said. The National Seismological Service said the quake struck at at 5:23 p....
World | February 15, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 287
Police and security company officials are trying to discover how many asylum seekers escaped from the Yarl's Wood detention centre during a major fire. The fire which spread throughout the complex started after a riot broke out at the centre in north Bedf...
World | February 15, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 234
After nabbing the mastermind of the kidnapping of U.S....
World | February 15, 2002, Friday | Viewed: 288
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic says he will call ex-US leader Bill Clinton and other Western politicians to testify at his trial for war crimes at The Hague. On the second day of his defence case, he has repeated his allegation that Nato is...
World | February 14, 2002, Thursday | Viewed: 389
The chief suspect in the kidnapping of U.S....
World | February 14, 2002, Thursday | Viewed: 310
Police in Yemen say a suspected member of Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network has blown himself up in a suburb of the capital, Sanaa, after being cornered by security forces. Samir Ahmed Mohammed al-Hada, 25, was being chased and died when a grenade he was...
World | February 14, 2002, Thursday | Viewed: 327
President George W Bush has warmly welcomed visiting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as a key ally against terrorism. "Together our nations will continue to cooperate against terror and trafficking in drugs," Mr Bush said at a joint news conference w...
World | February 14, 2002, Thursday | Viewed: 287
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has accused NATO - and the prosecutors at his war crimes trial - of lying about the Kosovo conflict. Launching a robust defence at The Hague tribunal, he began by showing video footage, including German televis...
World | February 14, 2002, Thursday | Viewed: 360
The FBI has issued an alert to 350 law enforcement agencies in the southwest and Salt Lake City for potential Valentine teddy bear bombs after a suspicious transaction at a Wal-Mart last month. The FBI said a clean-shaven male, possibly of Middle Eastern...
World | February 14, 2002, Thursday | Viewed: 424
The ruler of Bahrain has been proclaimed king and the tiny Gulf island state a constitutional monarchy, a major step in democratic reforms. The emir, Sheik Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, immediately called national elections for a legislative body in October a...