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Three scientists share Nobel Prize in medicine
October 10, 2000
STOCKHOLM (Bangla2000 news-desk/AP) - A Swede and two U.S. researchers won the
Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how messages
are transmitted between brain cells, work that has paid off for
treating Parkinson's disease and depression.
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Russia promises to help Yugoslavia rejoin world community
October 10, 2000
MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin promised Yugoslavia's new
president, Vojislav Kostunica, that Moscow would do everything
possible to help the Balkan nation return to the world community
"as a member with full rights," the Kremlin said Monday.
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American-born West Bank settler found dead
October 10, 2000
JERUSALEM (AP) - An American-born Jewish settler found dead in
the West Bank apparently had been on his way to a Jewish shrine
being ransacked by Palestinians when he was seized and killed by
Palestinian militants, Israeli police said Monday.
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Putin arrives in Kazakstan for two-day visit
October 10, 2000
ALMATY, Kazakstan (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived
on Monday in the Kazak capital Astana for a two-day official visit
expected to focus on trade and Central Asian security.
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Elections focus on plan ending Lankan civil war
October 10, 2000
COLOMBO (AP) - Sri Lanka is heading into an election
Tuesday that will make or break the government's ambitious plan to
rewrite the constitution in an effort to end the island's 17-year
civil war.
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Cambodian govt. to handle international phone calls
October 10, 2000
PHNOM PENH (AP) - The Cambodian government will take
over operation of international telephone service from the
Australian firm Telstra beginning Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen
said.
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Thailand says India has not asked for extradition
October 10, 2000
BANGKOK (AP) - India has not made an extradition
request to Thailand for a man it claims is a notorious Indian
gangster, the Thai foreign minister said Monday.
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Far right bloc does well in Belgian election
October 10, 2000
BRUSSELS (AP) - The far-right Flemish Bloc claimed
success in municipal and provincial elections, increasing its lead
in Antwerp, Belgium's second biggest city, and gaining in the
Dutch-speaking north.
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Malaysia and Vietnam agree to combat drugs
October 10, 2000
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) - Malaysia and Vietnam have agreed to
work together to fight drug trafficking and cooperate in law
enforcement, a news report said Monday.
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If there was a 2nd chance, it could’ve been different
October 9, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - Reflecting on his eight years in office, U.S.
President Bill Clinton says if he had been more experienced he would
have dealt differently with the conflict in Somalia and with the
early challenges of health care reform.
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Democracy parties in talks on new Yugoslavia
October 9, 2000
BELGRADE (AP) - With Vojislav Kostunica in office as
president, backers of the pro-democracy leader on Sunday embarked on
the potentially volatile task of forming a new government that tries
to exclude backers of former strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
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First Syrian plane in more than 18 years lands in Baghdad
October 9, 2000
BAGHDAD (AP) - A Syrian plane with senior government
officials, doctors, nurses and humanitarian aid on board landed in
Baghdad on Sunday, the first such flight in more than 18 years.
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Lebanon amid diplomatic efforts to free prisoners
October 9, 2000
CHEBAA, Lebanon (AP) - Calm returned to the Lebanese-Israeli
border on Sunday as diplomatic contacts got under way to arrange a
swap of three Israeli soldiers in Hezbollah's hands for Lebanese
prisoners held by Israel.
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Late dictator's son visits rebels in Congo
October 9, 2000
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - Congolese rebels fighting to oust President
Laurent Kabila on Sunday received support from an unusual ally - the
son of late dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
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Estrada corruption allegations dangerous
October 9, 2000
MANILA (AP) - Accusations by a Philippine governor
that President Joseph Estrada regularly received money from illegal
gambling operations are groundless and could seriously hurt the
Philippines, a government spokesman said Sunday.
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French minister confirms sanctions to be partially lifted
October 9, 2000
PARIS (AP) - French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine confirmed
that the European Union would partially lift sanctions on Yugoslavia
on Monday as the first step toward reintegrating that nation into a
democratic Europe.
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Western Japan rocked by another strong quake
October 9, 2000
TOKYO (AP) - Two fairly strong earthquakes rocked western Japan
Sunday, two days after a more powerful tremor buckled streets,
knocked down houses and paralyzed traffic for hours in a nearby
region, officials said.
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Would-be immigrants end protest at Iraqi border
October 9, 2000
KUWAIT (AP) - After a five-day protest demanding entry to Kuwait,
hundreds of people camped out on the Iraqi side of the border have
dismantled their tents and left the area, a U.N. official said
Sunday.
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Police to arrest opposition leader in Zimbabwe
October 9, 2000
HARARE (AP) - Police plan to arrest Zimbabwe's main
opposition leader on treason charges when he returns from a trip
abroad on Monday, a state-controlled newspaper reported Sunday.
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Milosevic concedes the inevitable defeat at last
October 8, 2000
BELGRADE (AP) - With the army behind him and Slobodan
Milosevic wishing him well, President-elect Vojislav Kostunica
appears free to take his oath of office and begin leading Yugoslavia
out of a decade of war and turmoil and into a welcoming Europe.
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Israel confirms kidnapping of soldiers on Lebanese border
October 8, 2000
NABLUS (AP) - Israel confirmed the capture of three
soldiers by Lebanese guerrillas on Saturday and promised "forceful
action" as Israel-Arab violence spread to a new front.
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Turkish air force carries out unique mission
October 8, 2000
BALIKESIR AIR BASE (AP) - For decades, Turkish warplanes
have fought high-speed mock dogfights against Greek jets flying over
disputed territory, a show of strength that each side used to hone
battle skills and intimidate the other.
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EU severely condemns sacking of Joseph's Tomb
October 8, 2000
PARIS (AP) - The European Union on Saturday issued a severe
condemnation of the sacking of an Israeli enclave in occupied
Palestinian territory known as Joseph's Tomb and expressed "deep
concern" that confrontations were continuing.
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Former minister gets 14 years in jail for corruption
October 8, 2000
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A former federal minister was
sentenced Saturday to 14 years in jail for misusing his power, the
state-run news agency said.
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Luxembourg crown prince takes office as new monarch
October 8, 2000
LUXEMBOURG (AP) - Crown Prince Henri was sworn in as Luxembourg's
new monarch Saturday as his father, Grand Duke Jean, stepped down
after 36 years at an abdication ceremony attended by royals from
Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Yugoslav regime appears to collapse after day of revolt
October 7, 2000
BELGRADE, OCT 6 (AP) - Jubilant crowds roamed the streets of
Yugoslavia's capital early Friday, celebrating the apparent collapse
of Slobodan Milosevic's government and heeding calls to remain
vigilant against counterattack by remnants of the discredited
regime.
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Plum brandy, a looted coat hanger - scenes of chaos in a Milosevic stronghold
October 7, 2000
BELGRADE, OCT 6 (AP) - As Belgrade tumbled into disarray,
gangs of young people, many of them drunk, roamed the parliament
building, ripping out TV sets and smashing portraits of Slobodan
Milosevic.
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A career of battles for power by Yugoslavia's reviled leaderWith BC-Yugoslavia
October 7, 2000
BELGRADE, OCT 6 (AP) - After years of keeping Yugoslavs in
check with heavily armed police and propagandizing news media,
President Slobodan Milosevic got a defiant message from his people:
It's over.
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Highlights in President Slobodan Milosevic's career
October 7, 2000
UNDATED, OCT 6 (AP) - December 1987 - Slobodan Milosevic takes over the communist party
in Serbia, the dominant republic of Yugoslavia.
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Cheney and Lieberman agree Milosevic should go, oppose use of U.S. troops
October 7, 2000
DANVILLE, OCT 6 (AP) - Vice presidential candidates Joseph
Lieberman and Dick Cheney said they hope the opposition siege in
Yugoslavia is ending Slobodan Milosevic's regime and both opposed
any U.S. military intervention.
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Japan welcomes uprising in Yugoslavia, urges Milosevic to step down
October 7, 2000
TOKYO, OCT 6 (AP) - Japan praised Yugoslavia's people on Friday for
struggling for democracy in their country and urged President
Slobodan Milosevic to step down.
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Prime minister urges Milosevic to relinquish power
October 7, 2000
CANBERRA, OCT 6 (AP) - Prime Minister John Howard added his
voice Friday to the chorus of world leaders calling on Yugoslav
President to peacefully relinquish power in the face of mass
protests in Belgrade.
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Russian nationalists condemn Yugoslav opposition victory as "coup"
October 7, 2000
MOSCOW, OCT 6 (AP) - As the Russian government maintained a cautious
stance Friday on the crisis in Yugoslavia, the parliament refused to
support the transfer of power in Belgrade and hardliners condemned
it as a Western coup.
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China watches warily as Yugoslavia heads for change
October 7, 2000
BEIJING, OCT 6 (AP) - China's government on Friday silently watched the
boisterous popular uprising in Yugoslavia as Chinese people debated
whether political change in a fellow socialist state held portents
for their own authoritarian system.
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Women's conference focuses on economic empowerment
October 7, 2000
JOHANNESBURG, OCT 6 (AP) - When women are in charge,
there's less corruption, more transparency and resources are better
used, former President Nelson Mandela said Thursday during the
opening ceremony of the Global Summit of Women 2000.
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CHIANG MAI, Thailand, OCT 6 (AP) - Myanmar said Friday it has a right tosit at an upcoming conference between Southeast Asian and Europeanforeign ministers, which has been thrown into doubt by a clampdownin Myanmar against pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
October 7, 2000
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations which admitted Myanmar
in 1997 had made it clear that all its ten members must be allowed
to join any dialogue with the European Union, said David Abel, a top
Myanmar official.
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U.S. and developing countries at odds over Mideast resolution
October 7, 2000
UNITED NATIONS, OCT 6 (AP) - The United States and developing countries
remained at odds over a Security Council resolution condemning
violence committed by Israel security forces against Palestinians.
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Israeli officials criticize French president after failed summit
October 7, 2000
JERUSALEM, OCT 6 (AP) - French President Jacques Chirac persuaded
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat not to initial a cease-fire accord
with Israel at the end of a summit in Paris, a senior Israeli
official said Friday.
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Indonesia's Wahid hardens stand against Suharto and son
October 7, 2000
JAKARTA, OCT 6 (AP) - Indonesia's reformist head of state
hardened his stand against ex-dictator Suharto and his superrich
family Friday, insisting that the former leader face a new trial and
his youngest son go to prison for corruption.
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Human rights groups back U.S. in opposing council seat for Sudan
October 7, 2000
NEW YORK, OCT 6 (AP) - Human rights campaigners and a former Sudanese
slave strongly backed a U.S. campaign to deny Sudan a seat on the
U.N. Security Council, saying that granting the country a seat would
be like giving Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot or Slobodan Milosevic
representation in the world's top peacemaking body.
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Columbus Day prompts fear of violence in Denver
October 7, 2000
DENVER, OCT 6 (AP) - Denver's first Columbus Day parade in nearly a
decade has stirred fears of violence this weekend between
Italian-Americans on one side and Hispanics and American Indians on
the other.
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First lady wishes she'd never gone to visit Arafat's wife
October 7, 2000
NEW YORK, OCT 6 (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that if she
could turn back time, she would skip that trip to the Middle East
where she kissed Yasser Arafat's wife.
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Barak & Arafat order commanders to pull back
October 6, 2000
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - Moving to curb the bloodshed on the West Bank and Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ordered military commanders to separate their forces at three flash points in the weeklong confrontation between their peoples, a U.S. offical said Thursday.
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Every evil must come to an end
October 6, 2000
BELGRADE (AP) - Angry protesters demanding that
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic step down charged the
parliament building Thursday, pelting the doors with stones as
hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters converged on the capital.
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Grenade attack wounds three former militants in Jaffna
October 6, 2000
JAFFNA (AP) - Suspected militants lobbed a hand
grenade on members of a former rebel group campaigning for next week's parliamentary elections in northern Jaffna on Thursday, critically wounding three of them, witnesses said.
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Rain wreaks havoc in northern Vietnam
October 6, 2000
HANOI (AP) - A landslide and the destruction of a bridge by surging river currents in northern Vietnam have claimed more than 50 lives, state-run Vietnam Television reported Thursday.
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Four scientists and activists share 'alternative Nobels'
October 6, 2000
STOCKHOLM (AP) - An American plant geneticist, an
Indonesian human rights activist, an Ethiopian scientist and a
Turkish environmentalist were named Thursday as this year's winners of the Right Livelihood awards, known as the "alternative Nobels."
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Nomadic Planets!
October 6, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eighteen planet-sized gas balls, wandering free and unattached to any star, have been found in a star field some 1,200 light years from Earth.
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‘Penny Lane’ down memory lane: Beatles Anthology
October 6, 2000
LONDON (AP) - Beatles fans stood in line at some British bookshops to get the first copies of "The Beatles Anthology," published Thursday.
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Battle of ‘Bushism’ and ‘wooden upper lip’ began
October 5, 2000
BOSTON (AP) - George W. Bush challenged Al Gore's character and
credibility in a debate offensive that the vice president countered
by saying he wanted to focus on the country's problems. "People are
tired of politicians attacking one another," Gore added Wednesday.
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Police enter coal mine to break up strike
October 5, 2000
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Slobodan Milosevic's police entered a
major coal mine south of here Wednesday to break up the biggest
strike launched so far to drive the Yugoslav president from power,
an independent news agency said.
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Students pelt U.S. Embassy in Damascus
October 5, 2000
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Some 1,000 university students on
Wednesday pelted the U.S. Embassy in Damascus with stones, tree
branches and bags of rubbish to protest the death of scores of
Palestinians in clashes with Israeli security forces over the past
week.
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Better late than never: China’s space expedition
October 5, 2000
BEIJING (AP) - China's budding space program plans to explore the
moon for commercially useful resources and hopes one day to take
part in an international expedition to Mars, members of the
secretive program said Wednesday.
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Conservative legal foundation chief charged with indecency
October 5, 2000
ATLANTA (AP) - The leader of a conservative legal foundation
seeking to have President Bill Clinton disbarred was charged with
public indecency.
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President of Tatarstan overrules vote to hold election
October 5, 2000
MOSCOW (AP) - The president of Russia's Tatarstan region
overruled a local parliamentary vote to hold elections for regional
leader three months earlier than planned, Russian media reported on
Wednesday.
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Mubarak asks Arafat & Barak to meet in Egypt to end turmoil
October 4, 2000
CAIRO (AP) - President Hosni Mubarak said Tuesday that
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Barak have agreed to come to Egypt to discuss ways of ending the
Israeli-Palestinian violence.
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Serbia's opposition launches second day of blockades
October 4, 2000
BELGRADE (AP) - Yugoslavia's army chief urged
striking coal miners to return to work Tuesday, marking the first
time President Slobodan Milosevic called on the country's military
to help end current protests aimed at ousting him.
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Suharto's son will seek presidential pardon: lawyers
October 4, 2000
JAKARTA (AP) - The youngest son of ex-dictator
Suharto remained free Tuesday after he admitted his guilt in a
corruption case and appealed for a presidential pardon to avoid an
18-month prison sentence.
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Sullen or proud: Germans fete a decade as one nation
October 4, 2000
DRESDEN, Germany (AP) - Thousands of Germans joined
dignitaries from nine nations Tuesday to celebrate 10 years as one nation in
this city destroyed by allied bombs in World War II and enjoying a
post-reunification renaissance.
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Protesters in pig suits at presidential debate
October 4, 2000
BOSTON (AP) - The presidential candidates are not the only ones
who have been getting ready for the presidential debate. The
"porcine pranksters," for example, have been trying out their pig
suits. Protesters by the thousands are preparing to pitch their
causes.
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South African-born Dr. Benjamin Sischy dies at age 82
October 4, 2000
ROCHESTER, New York (AP) - Dr. Benjamin Sischy, a
pioneer in radiation treatment who fled apartheid-era South Africa with
his young family in 1961, is dead following a long illness. He was 82.
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Novelist Jeffrey Archer makes court appearance on perjury
October 4, 2000
LONDON (AP) - Jeffrey Archer, the novelist and disgraced
politician, appeared in court Tuesday on charges of perjury in
connection with a 1987 libel case.
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Powerful earthquake rocks southwestern Tanzania
October 3, 2000
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, OCT 2 (UNB/AP) - A powerful earthquake rocked a
southwestern region of Tanzania early Monday, damaging houses
located more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the quake's
epicenter, police said.
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Floods in India claimed more than 1,000 lives
October 3, 2000
MASLANDPUR, OCT 2 (AP) - At 70 Geeta Biswas has seen wars and
epidemics. Not any deadly floods.
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Explosion in Siberian coal mine
October 3, 2000
MOSCOW, OCT 2 (UNB/AP) - An explosion and fire rocked a Siberian coal mine
Monday and rescuers were working to evacuate miners to the surface,
emergency officials said.
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India and Russia likely to sign pledges
October 3, 2000
NEW DELHI, OCT 2 (UNB/AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit
to India is expected to result in signed pledges against either
country joining political or military blocs or participating in
armed conflicts against the other, newspapers reported Monday.
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Syria ready for peace if Israel is "truthful"
October 3, 2000
CAIRO, OCT 2 (UNB/AP) - President Bashar Assad said Monday that Syria
is ready to negotiate peace with Israel whenever Israelis are
"truthful in their will and intention," but he indicated the
Israeli-Palestinian violence only makes resuming the stalled talks
more difficult.
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Afgan opposition soldiers retreated further
October 3, 2000
KABUL, OCT 2 (UNB/AP) - Beleaguered Afghan opposition soldiers
retreated further north on Monday as the ruling Taliban Islamic
militia gained ground in northern Samangan province, an opposition
spokesman said.
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Arafat in Jordan for talks with Abdullah II
October 3, 2000
AMMAN, OCT 2 (UNB/AP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrived in
Jordan on Monday for talks with King Abdullah II as bloody clashes
swept across the Palestinian territories and spilled over to Israel.
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Putin invites Milosevic for resolving election dispute
October 3, 2000
MOSCOW, OCT 2 (UNB/AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin invited Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic and his challenger Vojislav Kostunica
to Moscow for talks on resolving Yugoslavia's election dispute, the
Kremlin said Monday.
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Al Gore and W. Bush rehearsing for debate
October 3, 2000
WASHINGTON, OCT 2 (AP) - With briefing books and stand-in opponents,
Vice President Al Gore and Gov. George W. Bush are rehearsing for
their great debates - essential practice but not to be overdone,
according to candidates who have been there before.
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Palestinians & Israelis renew gun battles in West Bank
October 2, 2000
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians waged running gunbattles with
Israeli troops Sunday, including a shootout near an Israeli enclave
in a West Bank town that helped push the three-day casualty toll to
25 dead and more than 700 wounded.
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Syrian president travels to Egypt on first visit abroad
October 2, 2000
CAIRO (AP) - Syrian leader Bashar Assad was immersing
himself in foreign policy matters in his first trip abroad as
president, traveling Sunday to Egypt for talks including two top
regional issues: Iraq and Mideast peacemaking.
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Yugoslav military court extends detention of 4 foreigners
October 2, 2000
BELGRADE (AP) - A Yugoslav military court extended
the detention of two Britons and two Canadians arrested on suspicion
of terrorism for another month, their lawyer said Sunday.
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Member of Kosovo Protection Corps killed
October 2, 2000
PRISTINA (AP) - A member of the civil protection
force created out of the disbanded ethnic Albanian guerrilla group
was found shot dead in a western Kosovo village, authorities here
said Sunday.
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Iran refuses Afghan plane to fly over its territory: Taliban
October 2, 2000
KABUL (AP) - Iran refused an Afghan aircraft
carrying relief goods to Iraq permission to fly over its territory
because of United Nations' sanctions, said a Taliban foreign
ministry statement issued Sunday.
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Iraqi who attempted to hijack Jordanian plane acted alone
October 2, 2000
AMMAN (AP) - An Iraqi who made a halfhearted attempt to hijack a Jordanian plane last week claiming that terrorists were behind the effort had apparently acted alone, officials said Sunday.
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American dies in yacht sinking as crew testifies
October 2, 2000
ATHENS (AP) - A yacht carrying 38 people sank after hitting a rock off the Aegean Sea island of Naxos early Sunday, four days after another Greek ferry sank in one of the country's worst maritime accidents.
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Civil disobedience after 'that man' refuses to step down
October 1, 2000
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Opposition leaders were looking to
keep up the pressure on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to
step down, with more protests and scattered strikes scheduled over
the weekend.
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Debate in T-shirt & jeans: The Dallas rancher-look
October 1, 2000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - George W. Bush is hunkering down at his ranch for a weekend of debate preparation, but it won't exactly be a dress rehearsal.
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Smithsonian's 'banana' story: Not Woody Allen's
October 1, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans went bananas a century ago and the tropical fruit has been as American as apple pie ever since. So
American, in fact, that the venerable Smithsonian Institution has published a 210-page book telling the story of the banana's role in U.S. history - everything from banana splits to banana republics.
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Bid for Security Council seats disrupted
October 1, 2000
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The annual campaign to fill the temporary Security Council seats opening up this year has been jolted by a
late and intensive effort by the United States to remove Sudan as the chosen African candidate and promote a rival instead.
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Protests over Sharon break out across Arab world
October 1, 2000
SIDON, Lebanon (AP) - Young Palestinians burned effigies of
Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon in a Lebanese refugee camp in
one of a number of demonstrations across the Arab world Saturday
over the current Israeli-Palestinian riots that have claimed six
lives.
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India's Vajpayee expands Cabinet
October 1, 2000
NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee expanded his Cabinet on Saturday, inducting one of India's
most popular woman politicians and five other ministers.
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American hostage visited rebel camp
October 1, 2000
JOLO, Philippines (AP) - An American being held hostage by Muslim
rebels visited their camp twice before being abducted and discussed
procuring night vision goggles for them, the Philippine national
police chief said Saturday.
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