Bush to decide on bin Laden tapesPresident Bush is reported to be personally involved in the decision about whether or not to release the latest video tape on…Tue Dec 11 2001 - 00:00
Tape of bin Laden's delight is 'legitimate'A videotape in the hands of the US authorities could provide the most dramatic evidence yet of the culpability of Osama bin Laden…Mon Dec 10 2001 - 00:00
US says training of North's police conditional on rights provisionsThe US has said it is willing to resume the training of Northern Ireland police officers, suspended two years ago over human …Sat Dec 08 2001 - 00:00
Crowds cheer in Kandahar as Taliban surrendersThe last vestiges of Taliban power fell yesterday as opposition forces swept into Kandahar to be greeted by cheering crowdsSat Dec 08 2001 - 00:00
230 teachers jailed for role in strikeA Judge in a New Jersey suburban town has been doling out detention to teachers in a bitter industrial dispute that has left …Sat Dec 08 2001 - 00:00
Talks open on peace force for KabulDiscussions have opened behind the scenes at the UN in New York to put together a multinational peacekeeping force for Kabul …Sat Dec 08 2001 - 00:00
Problems facing Afghanistan make for chilling readingThe success of the Bonn talks between Afghan opposition groups this week in producing an agreed coalition should allow discussions…Sat Dec 08 2001 - 00:00
More US pressure appliedThe US yesterday continued to apply pressure on the Palestinian Authority's President Yasser Arafat with the White House spokesman…Fri Dec 07 2001 - 00:00
Three Irish groups on US list of terroristsThe US State Department has named three Irish groups - the Continuity IRA, the Orange Volunteers, and the Red Hand Defenders - …Fri Dec 07 2001 - 00:00
US, Afghan allies at odds over fate of Taliban leaderTensions emerged yesterday between US war aims and those of its Afghan allies as the Taliban prepared to hand over their final…Fri Dec 07 2001 - 00:00
Eight killed in 'friendly fire' missile malfunctionThree US special forces and five Afghan opposition soldiers died yesterday when a US missile malfunctioned and fell close to …Thu Dec 06 2001 - 00:00
US freezes assets of organisations it believes fund HamasThe US yesterday expanded its target list in its war on terrorism by moving to freeze the assets of organisations alleged by …Wed Dec 05 2001 - 00:00
US makes final appeal to Arafat to assert controlDesperately scrambling to save what appears increasingly like a stillborn US peace initiative, the administration bowed to the…Tue Dec 04 2001 - 00:00
US slow to confirm identity of American fighting as TalibanIt's a long way from suburban California to a hospital bed in Mazar-i-Sharif, and an even longer road from John Philip Walker…Tue Dec 04 2001 - 00:00
US likely to target 'sleeper cells' nextThe next phase in the US war on terrorism, once the leadership of al-Qaeda is captured, is likely to focus on the rooting out…Tue Dec 04 2001 - 00:00
No US decision yet on caves manhuntUS military forces will do "whatever is necessary" to root out the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists from their cave hideouts, …Mon Dec 03 2001 - 00:00
Time not right for peace force, US saysThe despatch of an international peace-keeping force to Afghanistan would be premature, the White House said yesterdaySat Dec 01 2001 - 00:00
Court upholds rabbis' right to tell - to wife's furyTry forcing a member of the clergy to reveal in court what passed between them and a penitent under the seal of the confessional…Sat Dec 01 2001 - 00:00
Powell plays down talk of targeting IraqThe US Secretary of State, Mr Colin Powell, yesterday downplayed talk of targeting Iraq in the near futureFri Nov 30 2001 - 00:00
Pair accused of NY blast scam blow their coverIt's an ill wind indeed that doesn't blow someone some opportunityFri Nov 30 2001 - 00:00
Names of terrorist suspects releasedMoving to forestall congressional and civil liberties' criticism of the Justice Department, the US Attorney General, Mr John …Thu Nov 29 2001 - 00:00
Search for al Qaeda at Tora BoraThe US search for the al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders is now focused on the area between Kandahar and the Khyber Pass, including…Wed Nov 28 2001 - 00:00
US groups oppose 'breakthrough'The announcement that a Massachussetts firm has cloned a human embryo has provoked an outcry from the country's "pro-life" movement…Tue Nov 27 2001 - 00:00
Bush warns Iraq on weapons inspectionsPresident George Bush yesterday appeared to signal an escalation in US war ambitions by pledging to "hold to account" countries…Tue Nov 27 2001 - 00:00
Controversy as US company claims to have cloned human embryoA US company claims to have successfully cloned a human embryo for the first time, opening a hugely controversial new chapter…Mon Nov 26 2001 - 00:00
An honourable, salutary warning to journalismAugust 1945, Nagasaki - "Observers in the tail of our ship saw a giant ball of fire rise as though from the bowels of the earth…Sat Nov 24 2001 - 00:00
UN, US hopeful for Bonn meetingUS and UN officials have been expressing confidence that next week's meeting in Bonn of Afghan opposition forces will be able…Fri Nov 23 2001 - 00:00
Woman dies of anthrax as 'disgruntled American' suspectedThe death by inhalation anthrax of a 94-year-old woman from rural Connecticut is mystifying US investigators who say the woman…Thu Nov 22 2001 - 00:00
US pushing for women in Afghanistan governmentWomen must be given a place in the governing of a new Afghanistan - that is the somewhat surprising new message to the country…Wed Nov 21 2001 - 00:00
What Rumsfeld said about taking prisonersWhen the US Defence Secretary, Mr Don Rumsfeld, told journalists on Monday at a Pentagon briefing that US special forces were…Wed Nov 21 2001 - 00:00
Auction house boss under hammerMs Diana Brooks (51), known in the trade as "Dede", has delivered what may well be the killer blow to her former bossWed Nov 21 2001 - 00:00
Afghan war gains prompt US Mid-East initiativeThe US took advantage yesterday of the political and military momentum in its Afghan campaign to launch a new political offensive…Tue Nov 20 2001 - 00:00
Powell declares US support for a Palestinian stateThe US yesterday formally and for the first time acknowledged the objective of establishing an independent Palestinian state …Tue Nov 20 2001 - 00:00
US says alliance has cleared way for coalitionPolitics began to catch up with military developments in Afghanistan yesterday as US sources confirmed the Northern Alliance …Mon Nov 19 2001 - 00:00
Evangelicals put obstacle course in way of divorceImagine, if you will, the love-struck Arizonian down on one knee clutching the hand of the love of his lifeSat Nov 17 2001 - 00:00
Manhunt goes on as hijack tapes releasedSenior US Administration sources yesterday confirmed that they have received "authoritative" intelligence information suggesting…Sat Nov 17 2001 - 00:00
Russians go for gold as the safest way to settle US billsWhen it comes to international jet-set travel, there are some things one simply should not leave home without.Fri Nov 16 2001 - 00:00
Presidents return to schoolPresident Bush and President Putin have concluded their easy-going three-day summit, emphasising the strength of their personal…Fri Nov 16 2001 - 00:00
Bush authorises tribunals to try suspected terroristsCivil liberties groups have strenuously protested at President Bush's decision to authorise the establishment of special military…Thu Nov 15 2001 - 00:00
Putin to experience joys of life on a ranchCementing what he hopes is more than a warming dialogue between their two nations, a growing personal relationship, President…Thu Nov 15 2001 - 00:00
UN speeds efforts to broker search for successor to TalibanThe United Nations in New York yesterday scrambled to give politics and coalition-building a chance to catch up with the unexpectedly…Wed Nov 14 2001 - 00:00
US, Russia to reduce nuclear stocksThe US and Russia are to cut their nuclear warhead stocks unilaterally by two-thirds over the next decade.Wed Nov 14 2001 - 00:00
Trial investigates auction houses' conspiracyThat the two most famous auction houses in the world, Sotheby's and Christie's, conspired to fix commissions is agreed by all…Tue Nov 13 2001 - 00:00
Alliance forces enter Kabul as Taliban fleeNorthern Alliance troops, with their distinctive pakool caps, were seen entering Kabul from the north in jeeps and four-by-four…Tue Nov 13 2001 - 00:00
Alliance claiming rout of Taliban in northTroops of the opposition Northern Alliance were last night sweeping south, northeast, and west of the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, …Mon Nov 12 2001 - 00:00
Putin not to be deflected from wooing the USChina's Hu Jintao, the heir apparent to Jiang Zemin, was in Moscow last week to plead the case that America's missile defence…Mon Nov 12 2001 - 00:00
US says no evidence that bin Laden has nuclear weaponsThe US does not believe there is credible evidence that Osama bin Laden has nuclear or chemical weapons, the US National Security…Mon Nov 12 2001 - 00:00
Taliban confirms Alliance has entered Mazar-e-SharifForces of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance claim to have taken the key Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif.Sat Nov 10 2001 - 00:00
Special police powers extendedThe US Attorney General, Mr John Ashcroft, controversially extending new special police powers already enhanced since September…Sat Nov 10 2001 - 00:00
Bush gives support to peace in NorthPresident George Bush yesterday reiterated his strong support for the Irish peace process and asked the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, …Fri Nov 09 2001 - 00:00
