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Indian official fears quake death toll could hit 100,000
January 31, 2001
ANJAR-- (AP) - The chances of pulling further survivors from
beneath the wreckage of India's killer earthquake dwindled to near
zero on Tuesday, even after a teen-age boy was rescued.The country's defense minister estimated 100,000 people may have
died in the disaster.
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ADB to provide financial help to quake-ravaged India
January 31, 2001
MANILA-- (AP) - The Asian Development Bank announced
Tuesday it will provide immediate financial assistance to help India
rebuild from a devastating earthquake that killed at least 20,000
people.
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After Arafat's conciliatory remarks a possible meeting with Barak
January 31, 2001
JERUSALEM-- (AP) - A day after Yasser Arafat reaffirmed his
commitment to Mideast peace, the Israeli media reported Tuesday that
the Palestinian leader and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak could
hold talks later this week.
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Bush's environmental Cabinet choices headed for passage
January 31, 2001
WASHINGTON-- (AP) - President George W. Bush's environmental
Cabinet choices, Gale Norton for interior secretary and Christie
Whitman as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, appear to
have enough bipartisan support to assure Senate confirmation.
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Kuwait bans import of bovine animals from EU
January 31, 2001
KUWAIT-- (AP) - Kuwait has banned the import of bovine animals from
EU countries as a precaution against mad cow disease, the Public
Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fisheries said Tuesday.
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Israel sending field hospital to aid India earthquake casualties
January 30, 2001
JERUSALEM-- (AP) - Israel is sending a field hospital to India to
treat people injured in the devastating earthquake that struck the
northwest part of the country, officials said Monday.
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Baby born at third West Bank roadblock & stopped at fourth
January 30, 2001
JERUSALEM-- (AP) - A Palestinian baby girl was born last week at an
Israeli army roadblock and stopped at another one 10 minutes later
while still linked to her mother's umbilical cord, an Israeli
newspaper reported Monday.
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15 Russian soldiers killed in Chechnya in one day
January 30, 2001
NAZRAN, Russia-- (AP) - Fifteen Russian soldiers were killed in
Chechnya in a 24-hour period, including 12 who died after the
vehicles they were riding in struck land mines, an official said
Monday.
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Bhuj: Another tragedy center besides Ahmedabad
January 29, 2001
BHUJ-- (Bangla2000/AP) - Searchers only miles (kilometers) from the
epicenter of a devastating quake combed the ruins of buildings
Sunday, hoping to find survivors of a disaster that claimed more
than 6,000 lives - and perhaps many times that.
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After 30 hours of digging, a cheer from earthquake rescuers
January 29, 2001
BHUJ-- (AP) - Police and air force troopers dug with
shovels, jacks and their bare hands for 30 hours. Then a cheer went
up. Drawn by an infant's cries, the exhausted rescuers saw a woman
and a baby, alive in a pocket of safety amid a mound of dust,
concrete and twisted metal.
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Violent protests grip Karachi after gunmen kill 5 Sunni Muslims
January 29, 2001
KARACHI-- (AP) - The mournful wail of the evening call to
prayer sounded Sunday as mourners buried five Sunni Muslims killed
in a violent ambush by masked men that prompted the worst round of
religious violence in more than one year.
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Reformist lawmaker & editor released after detention in Iran
January 29, 2001
TEHRAN-- (AP) - Hard-liners stepped up their campaign against
Iran's reformist camp Sunday, arresting a reformist lawmaker as he
left his home in downtown Tehran, a member of parliament told The
Associated Press.
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Rival gangs clash at shopping mall on edge of Paris
January 29, 2001
PARIS-- (AP) - At least 200 youths from two rival gangs armed with
knives clashed over the weekend at a suburban shopping center, a
brawl that left eight gang members injured, one seriously, local
officials said Sunday.
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Heavy gunfire reported on Zanzibar Island
January 29, 2001
ZANZIBAR-- (AP) - Heavy gunfire was reported in Zanzibar
on Sunday, where opposition leaders claimed that 22 people were
killed the day before when police fired on protesters calling for
new elections.
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Children massacred in deadliest attack so far
January 29, 2001
ALGIERS-- (AP) - An armed group broke into two homes in an
isolated village and massacred two dozen sleeping people - including
16 children, security sources said Sunday. It was the deadliest
attack so far this year in an Islamic insurgency that has left tens
of thousands dead.
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Indian Earthquake’s death toll will be a staggering 13,000!!
January 28, 2001
AHMEDABAD-- (Bangla2000/AP) - Rescue workers grew desperate Saturday,
climbing atop mountains of debris and screaming into the crevices,
hoping for faint responses from thousands trapped by western India's
devastating quake.
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Germany sends rescue team to Indian quake region
January 28, 2001
BERLIN-- (AP) - The German government said Saturday it is sending a
27-member team to western India to help in the search for survivors
from the powerful earthquake.
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Parents' hope fades for students buried in school
January 28, 2001
AHMEDABAD-- (Bangla2000/AP) - Although it was a national holiday, 37
teen-agers trooped into the Swami Narayan School for a physics
class. Their teacher had threatened punishment if they skipped the
extra drill before exams.
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Quake causes minimal damage to India's oil, gas & steel industry
January 28, 2001
NEW DELHI-- (AP) - The earthquake that killed thousands of
people in India's western Gujarat did little damage to the state's
extensive petroleum, natural gas and steel operations, although it
reportedly damaged an oil terminal at the main port.
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Britain holds first Holocaust day: Europe remembers Nazi victims
January 28, 2001
LONDON-- (AP) - Britain observed its first-ever national Holocaust
Memorial Day Saturday with ceremonies across the country and a
London service that also honors victims of other 20th-century
genocides.
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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo seeks armed forces’ support
January 28, 2001
MANILA-- (Bangla2000/AP) - Plagued by coup rumors since she took
office a week ago, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appealed
Saturday for the armed forces to back her new government in
rebuilding the nation.
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Israeli-Palestinian talks will end next week: Barak
January 28, 2001
EILAT-- (AP) - Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will
conclude Sunday, most likely with a statement summing up progress
and a pledge to resume negotiations after Israel's Feb. 6 election,
the leader of the Palestinian team said.
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Egyptian author gets prison sentence for blaspheming Islam
January 28, 2001
CAIRO-- (AP) - A state security court sentenced an Egyptian
author Saturday to three years in prison at hard labor for writings
that offended Islam, court officials said.
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Malaysia's first premier rejected plan to attack Indonesia
January 28, 2001
KUALA LUMPUR-- (AP) - A soon-to-be published book claims
that Malaysia's first prime minister rejected a British plan to
declare war on Indonesia in the early 1960s, the national news
agency reported Saturday.
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Cargo spacecraft docks with Mir to prepare station's fiery end
January 28, 2001
KOROLYOV-- (AP) - Russia's deteriorating Mir space station
on Saturday received its probable last visitor, a cargo ship laden
with fuel to push the 15-year-old space station into a fiery descent
into the Pacific Ocean.
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Chinese police arrest suspect in 58 Dover deaths
January 28, 2001
BEIJING-- (AP) - Chinese police have arrested the alleged head of a
human smuggling ring on suspicion he arranged the passage of 58
Chinese found dead last June in the British port of Dover, the
government's Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.
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India earthquake kills over 2,000
January 27, 2001
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — The most powerful earthquake to strike India in a half century rocked the subcontinent Friday, killing more than 2,000 people, injuring 3,000 and leaving desperate survivors clawing through the rubble of collapsed buildings in search of loved ones.
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Congo's Kabila promises peace
January 27, 2001
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's new president, sworn in Friday 10 days after the assassination of his father, vowed to renew this war-weary nation, promising free elections, a liberalized economy and the deployment of U.N. forces to oversee an often-ignored peace agreement.
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Mideast talks called 'promising'
January 27, 2001
TABA, Egypt (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian teams failed to make a breakthrough in peace talks Friday, but said negotiations looked ``promising'' as the sides undertook one of most difficult issues — the fate of millions of Palestinian refugees.
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Pinochet enters hospital in Chile
January 27, 2001
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Gen. Augusto Pinochet was rushed to a hospital Friday, hours after a retired army general blamed the former dictator for dozens of political killings in 1973.
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Taliban rules: ‘Titanic’ haircut is against Islam
January 27, 2001
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have jailed 22 barbers for giving men Leonardo DiCaprio-style haircuts deemed offensive to Islam because the long bangs interfere with the ability to bow and say prayers.
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Hinduja surprised and sad by Mandelson’s resignation
January 26, 2001
NEW DELHI-- (Bangla2000/AP) - The wealthy British Indian industrialist
whose citizenship application led to the resignation of Northern
Ireland secretary Peter Mandelson said Thursday he was surprised and
sad by the events.
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Dalai Lama participates in Hindu festival at Ganges River
January 26, 2001
ALLAHABAD-- (AP) - The Dalai Lama tossed marigold petals at
children who greeted him with garlands Thursday at the world's
largest religious gathering, the Kumbh festival, but said it was too
cold to join millions of Hindus bathing in the Ganges River.
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Israelis & Palestinians close on borders of Palestinian state
January 26, 2001
TABA-- (AP) - Israel and the Palestinians have made good
progress in drawing the borders of a future Palestinian state,
negotiators said Thursday, as the two sides resumed contacts in this
Egyptian resort following a two-day timeout called by Israel despite
a tight deadline.
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Three more arrested for luring minors into sex
January 26, 2001
BANGKOK-- (AP) - Police arrested on Thursday two teen-age
girls on charges of luring minors to perform sex for money with a
prominent senator in a case that has created a national scandal.
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Barak weighs resumption of peace talks after 2 Israelis killed
January 25, 2001
JERUSALEM-- (AP) - Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak faced a tough
decision Wednesday: whether to resume peace talks with the
Palestinians despite the killings of two Tel Aviv restauranteurs in
the West Bank.
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Kofi Annan intends to visit North Korea this year
January 25, 2001
TOKYO-- (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday
that he will try to visit North Korea this year.
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Iraq: U.N. technical team to visit next month
January 25, 2001
BAGHDAD-- (AP) - Iraq has indicated it will work with U.N.
experts on improving its ailing oil industry, using money earned
from the oil-for-food program.
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Nine injured in explosion at Laos border checkpoint
January 25, 2001
BANGKOK-- (AP) - A suspected bomb exploded Wednesday at a
border and immigration checkpoint in Laos, just across the Mekong
river from Thailand, injuring at least nine Thai tourists, police
said.
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Europe-US open conference to combat organized crime
January 25, 2001
GHENT-- (AP) - European and American officials called
Wednesday for more trans-Atlantic cooperation to combat organized
crime, which is going global to sidestep national controls.
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Duma limits criminal immunity for former presidents
January 25, 2001
MOSCOW-- (AP) - The lower house of Russia's parliament on Wednesday
substantially weakened a Kremlin bill that would grant former
presidents sweeping immunity from prosecution, in a move that could
bring legal problems for Boris Yeltsin, whose close associates are
linked to corruption charges.
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Senators introduce Bush tax cut
January 24, 2001
WASHINGTON-- (AP) - Two senators introduced President Bush's
package of more than dlrs 1 trillion in tax cuts, but a House leader
cautioned against prospects of quick passage, predicting an August
date for clearing Congress.
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Palestinian negotiators harshly attack US role in peace talks
January 24, 2001
JERUSALEM-- (AP) - U.S. mediation between Israelis and Palestinians
was marked by "mistakes and failures" over the past seven years
and was marred by a clear pro-Israel bias, the Palestinian
negotiating team said in an unprecedented attack on former U.S.
President Bill Clinton's Mideast policy.
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Faith, madness, magic during most sacred bathing day in Hindu festival
January 24, 2001
ALLAHABAD-- (AP) - Millions of Hindu pilgrims are scrambling
toward the Ganges to fulfill lifelong ambitions of bathing in what
they consider the most sacred river on earth at the most auspicious
moment.
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Five woodcutters killed in Assam as gunmen strike in India
January 24, 2001
GAUHATI-- (AP) - Twenty masked gunmen burst into a house
where migrant timber cutters were sleeping in northeastern Assam,
killing five in indiscriminate automatic weapons fire and wounding
two, police said Tuesday.
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India extends unilateral Kashmir cease-fire by one month
January 24, 2001
NEW DELHI-- (AP) - The Indian government extended its
unilateral cease-fire against Islamic militants in Kashmir on
Tuesday, saying its troops will refrain from operations against the
separatist guerrillas for another month.
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Search efforts continue on landslide-stricken Indonesian island
January 24, 2001
JAKARTA-- (AP) - Rescuers dug away at tons of mud and
rubble in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province Tuesday trying to find
survivors of five devastating landslides that have killed at least
34 people, officials said.
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Election Commission calls revote in 62 districts in Thailand
January 24, 2001
BANGKOK-- (AP) - Thailand's Election Commission on
Tuesday ordered revotes in 62 districts where candidates were
suspected of cheating during the Jan. 6 general elections.
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