World | February 18, 2002, Monday | Viewed: 303
A Palestinian on his way to a carry out a car bombing killed an Israeli policeman when he detonated his explosives prematurely on Monday, in what Israel said was the fifth attempted suicide attack in 24 hours. Israeli police said the Palestinian bomber wa...
World | February 18, 2002, Monday | Viewed: 195
At the conclusion of the 52nd Berlinale film festival in Berlin two films have been awarded Golden Bear first prizes. They're the British-Irish production 'Bloody Sunday' by Paul Greengrass and the Japanese animated cartoon, 'Spirited Away' by Hayao Miyaz...
World | February 18, 2002, Monday | Viewed: 335
European Union foreign ministers have agreed to impose "targeted" sanctions on President Robert Mugabe's government in Zimbabwe. The EU is also to withdraw its election observers from the country, an EU official confirmed to CNN on Monday....
World | February 17, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 321
President Bush took a hard line toward North Korea as he set off on Saturday for Asia, calling for Pyongyang to stop spreading weapons technology and to stand down its armed forces. Bush departed on a six-day trip to Japan, South Korea and China on Saturd...
World | February 17, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 201
An explosion at a shopping center pizzeria in a West Bank Jewish settlement late Saturday killed three people and wounded 26, Israeli police said. Two of the dead were Israelis and a third appeared to be a suicide bomber, West Bank Police Chief Shahar Aya...
World | February 17, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 284
North Korea marked leader Kim Jong-il's 60th birthday on Saturday with dancing children, a vow of 'ardent worship' and a pledge to boost the fighting ability of its huge army in the face of U.S....
World | February 17, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 288
President Bush arrived in Tokyo on Sunday at the start of an Asian tour, during which he hopes to win more support for his declared war on terror and to cajole Japan to bite the bullet on economic reforms. About 100 demonstrators wearing helmets and face...
World | February 17, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 318
Afghanistan's interim leader, Hamid Karzai, said on Sunday he would do everything necessary to ensure security after the assassination of the tourism and civil aviation minister and an attack on British peace-keeping troops. But as Karzai was vowing to ma...
World | February 17, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 239
Israel launched air strikes against Palestinian government targets in the West Bank Sunday in retaliation for a suicide bombing that killed two teenagers and wounded 20 people in a Jewish settlement....
World | February 17, 2002, Sunday | Viewed: 276
Dozens of members of the security forces are reported to have been killed in two simultaneous attacks by Maoist guerrillas in the remote west of Nepal. No official count of the dead has been confirmed but policemen, soldiers and local officials are said t...
World | February 16, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 391
After the biggest scandal at the Winter Olympics for 30 years, the IOC took the unprecedented step on Friday of awarding gold medals to two Canadian figure skaters beaten in competition by improper judging. A French judge at the center of allegations of v...
World | February 16, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 335
-- President Bush plans to meet with China's heir-apparent, talk tough about North Korea's weapons programs and discuss economics in Japan during his three-nation Asian trip. Bush's visit to the regional capitals of Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing initially was...
World | February 16, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 413
Two bomb blasts have rocked the southern Philippines, killing at least five people and wounding dozens.A bomb tore through the lower floor of a movie house in a Zamboanga shopping mall near the Philippine military southern command post on Saturday, injuri...
World | February 16, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 456
The funeral of murdered Afghan civil aviation minister Abdul Rahman took place in the capital Kabul, attended by interim leader Hamid Karzai and other top government officials. Seven people have been arrested in connection with the killing at Kabul airpor...
World | February 16, 2002, Saturday | Viewed: 273
Three Palestinians, including two teenagers, are killed near a refugee camp in Gaza, as militants fire a second Qassam-2 missile at Israel....