National & World News Archive November 2002
Hamburg Prepares for War of Worlds
Allies Strive for Arab Hearts and Minds
Attacks threaten fragile peace in Ivory Coast
EU moves to ban ageing, single-hull ships
Acid Attacks Sour Us Passion for 4x4s
Fears of a New Tanker Disaster
S Africa Shuns Apartheid Lawsuits
What Will Be the Trigger for War?
Join the Party
City mourns after Miss World riots
Revenge spurs women's army
The £1m-a-mile wall that divides a town from its own land of plenty
Hashish 'fell on to Back of Army Lorry'
Radio Pretoria Rallies Supremacists
French Truckers Retreat From Roadblocks
Sunken Oil Tanker Still Leaking on Sea Bed
New Era As Alliance Arrives on Soviet Turf
Gales threaten to drive slicks inshore
EU Tells British to End Open-skies Deal
Port at Mercy of Oil Slick Prepares for Worst
Race to Protect Shorelines From Oil
Hopes of averting catastrophe slip beneath waves as salvage team runs out of options
Chirac leads calls to outlaw single-hull tankers after spate of accidents
Blix bears brunt of hawks'frustration
Europe asked to step into breach
Europe Names the Day for 10 New Members
As Arms Inspectors Arrive, Row Erupts Over Us Smears
Unclear Energy
Hanaa and Alex join the inspectors
The Dead Guerrillas, the Missing Brains and the Experiment
Alliance Fears Spying Habits Will Die Hard
Schröder's Poll Glory Turns to Dust
Pentagon Creates a Big Brother So Uncle Sam Can Keep His Eye on Us
WTO Pledges Cheaper Drugs for Poor Countries
What the Papers Say
Fears of new tragedy lead Kurds to call for help
Dying of hunger in a land of surplus
Give me back my wife, US deserter tells Tokyo
Tax Fugitives Face Eu Extradition Law
Inspectors Can Go Anywhere, Anytime, Any Palace. But Will They Will Find Anything?
Protesters hold up train carrying waste
Youth Jail on Paradise Island
Plague of Plaques Bemuses Parisians
EU Issues Ironic Censure to Once Mighty Powerhouse
UN inspection team 'cannot prevent war'
Sicknote Milosevic Halts Trial Again
We Want to Go to Sangatte or Die, Warn Asylum Seekers Sheltering in Calais Church
Europe Lacks Moral Fibre, Says Us Hawk
Refugees Protest at Sangatte Exclusion
UN puts Blix in invidious position by handing him the trigger for war
HP Chief Quits As Top Worldcom Job Beckons
French Urge Britain to Speed Entry to the Euro
Clarke Embarrassed As Attack on Burma Goes Up in Smoke
Royal aide breaks silence over rape claim
US will attack without approval
500,000 Protesters March Against War
We're Not Spies, Says Inspection Chief
Anti-war Protest Draws 400,000
El Salvador's Teenage Beauty Queens Live and Die By Gang Law
Unlikely Martyr Who Battled the Mullahs Forced to Flee for Her Life
Member of palace staff in new rape allegation
Enlarging EU 'risks additional corruption'
Mobilisation gathers pace as America lays down plans to strike within weeks
Nato chief scorns Europe forces
Security council demands
Two words make all the difference
We won't tolerate delays, Blix vows
Hope of Peaceful March Against Military Action
UN Vote Casts the Die
Palace breaks silence on rape allegation
San Francisco to explore growing cannabis
Judge frees chief of Cali drug cartel
Rigorously trained inspection team ready to return to fray
Straw says new resolution does not allow veto on war
Free at Last: Briton Escapes After Four Months Held in a Hole in the Ground
Florence Besieged By Army of Freethinkers
MPs Denounce 'deplorable' Gibraltar Policy
Democrats Reach Crossroads As Their Leader in the House Resigns
Gibraltar votes on future
Security council's guarded welcome
'Since I was born, I've never seen such hunger'
Twelve killed in Paris-Vienna train inferno
Mystery As 20 Die in Luxembourg Plane Crash
Sharon calls early election
Burrell sells story for £400,000
Guarded reaction from EU
Straw to tackle Belgrade on arms to Africa
Jewish Activist Attempts Suicide
Angolan Oil Millions Paid Into Jersey Accounts
Netanyahu Will Join Cabinet If Election Called
US Mid-term Elections: Greens Pin Hopes on Anti-war Stance
Beevor Under Fire Over Last Days of Reich
US in Denial As Poverty Rises
Army's Secret 'people Zapper' Plans
Distant Voices Tell of Life for Britons Caged in Camp Delta
Quake Warning 'was Ignored'
Tycoon's txt msg gambit
EU Share Rules 'a Wealth Threat'
Paris Laments Death of Celebrated Baker
Fresh quake hits village after school tragedy
Fire Kills 49 Inmates at Moroccan Prison
Timor Suspects Acquitted
Tension Rises As Chavez Referendum is Scrapped
S African Police Swoop on Militants
Sweden Sets Date for Euro Referendum
Gum and Bananas: How Louise Survived on Mountain
Monitors Give Pyongyang Arms Deadline
New Task for British Outside Kabul
The Truth Behind the Miss World Riots
12 Arrests As Israel and Us Join Hunt
Bin Laden Tape 'created By Impostor'
Sharon demands world war on terror
Teenager Finds Own Way Out of Rainforest
'Our Long Arm Will Reach Those Who Are Responsible' - Israel
US and Israel Join Kenya Attacks Inquiry
Third Journalist Arrested in Bangladesh
Australia forecast Kenya attacks
Pan-Arab support is key motive
Six dead in attack on Likud party HQ
Terror's new soft target: tourists
UN team faces smear campaign
Court Deals Decisive Blow to Deposed Greek Royals
Arab Group Denies Claims It Stoked 'mini-intifada' on Streets of Antwerp
Andreotti Fights Back Over Mafia Allegations
Weapons Inspectors Fear Their Hq May Be Bugged
Bush to Allow Logging in Protected Forests
Bin Laden May Be Seeking More Backing for Jihad
'Our Hand Will Reach Those Who Are Responsible' - Israel
Disbelief As Terror Comes to Kenya's Sleepy Paradise
Blair Showers Chirac With Birthday Honours
Paradise Turned Into a Hellish Reminder of Home for Israelis
Four Killed in Gun Attack at Likud Office
Manila Embassies Closed After Threats
Eight Killed in Kenyan Hotel Blast
Grozny, where recovery is still just a word
Schröder makes u-turn on Iraq
Indonesia Keeps Visa Case Pair in Jail
Serial Hijacker Forces Plane to Divert
Court Convicts Militia Leader of Massacre
Backpack Briton Missing in Australia
Britons Detained in Egypt Smuggle Out Appeal to Blair
Saudis React With Fury to American Accusations of Funding Al-qaida
Kissinger, 79, Returns From the Political Grave
Blair Struggles to Salvage Plan for Middle East Talks
UN Inspectors Welcome Iraqi Cooperation
Italian Plane Hijacked on Way to Paris
Amnesty Plea Over Internet Prisoners
UN Weapons Inspections Begin
US Abandons Shadowplay in Iraq
Update: Aide to Canada PM Quites
Drought-hit Farmers Turn Water Thieves in Tradition of Ned Kelly
US 'about to Start Vaccinating Millions for Smallpox'
Chinese Trial Linked to Dover Lorry Deaths
Berlusconi Silent at Friend's Mafia Trial
Australia Split on Helping Healthy to Die
Portugal's Elite Linked to Paedophile Ring
France Paralysed By Mass Walkouts
Turkey Demands Talks on Joining Eu
Six Held Over Shoe-bomb Plot
Fatwa is Issued on Nigerian Journalist
China to Pump Rivers 800 Miles North
Aids Epidemic 'bringing Social Collapse'
Haider Backs Off on Threat to Quit Politics
US Moves to Expand Iraq Embargo
ANC in flux after purge by Mbeki
Indonesians Are Delaying Our Trial, Says Academic
Ecuador's Victor Tries to Ease Fears
Wounded Haider Throws in Towel After Poll Drubbing
Philip Morris Factory is a Smoke-free Zone
The Israeli Security Barrier Slicing Through the West Bank
Four Years On, Un Team Back in Iraq
Ecuador Elects Left-wing Ex-coup Leader
Eastern Europe arms Saddam
UN inspectors in Baghdad today
Child hunger deaths shock Argentina
MoD makes it easier to sell weapons
Instability and Little Growth
Profiteering Rife in Zimbabwe
End of the Road for Far-right Haider
Swiss Reject Harsh Asylum Laws - Just
Eight Die As Militants Seize Hindu Temple in Kashmir
Mystery Men Link Saudi Intelligence to Sept 11 Hijackers
British Woman Held in Indonesian Prison Tells of Beatings and Torture of Inmates
The Show Goes on for Miss World, But So Does the Killing
US pulls out Karzai's military bodyguards
Chaos and terror as Miss World contestants escape carnage
Osama issues new call to arms
British Woman to Stand Trial in Indonesia
North Korea Shuts Door on Nuclear Inspectors
Russia Tells Us to Stick to Un Script
US Troops Prepare for Urban Warfare in Mock-up of Baghdad
Pressure Mounts on Sharon to Exile Arafat
Victory for Gutierrez in Ecuador Election Would Continue Latin America's Lurch to Left
Big Brother Will Be Watching America
Billionaire's death an accident, says nurse who lit fire
Blow for nuclear clear-up project
Colonel on white charger rides to aid of poor
Rehearsal for Iraq in woodland war game
Police Chief Says Bali Bomb Suspect Admits Masterminding Attack
British Un Official Shot Dead in Jenin
Miss World's Nigerian Odyssey Abandoned After Three Days of Rioting Leave 100 Dead
Miss World Riots Leave 100 Dead
Blair Meets Chief Un Weapons Inspector
Israeli Troops Reoccupy Bethlehem
US captures key al-Qaida suspect
Leaders agree to multinational strike force
US-German relations 'cordial' once more
Japan's Old Guard Approves Spending Package
Poisonous Cane Toads Threaten to Ravage Australian National Park's Ecosystem
US Nurse Shot Dead in Lebanon
Moderate Musharraf Loyalist Elected Pakistan's New Prime Minister
Jakarta's Military Chief Threatens to Sue Washington Post for £640m
Bali Bomb 'mastermind' Arrested
Owner of Tanker's Cargo Protests Its Innocence
Nato Backs Un on Iraq But Avoids Troops Controversy
Children Killed in Suicide Attack on Bus
Pakistani Parliament Elects New Prime Minister
Nato to 'stand United' on Disarming Iraq
Bali Bombing 'mastermind' Arrested
Bush Threatens Attack Over Iraqi 'lies'
Jerusalem Suicide Bombing Kills 10
British anti-terror units to train Georgian army
Hard-up New York may give berth to homeless
Shake-up of checks on vessels urged
Milosevic Must Stay in Detention, Un Prosecutors Insist
German Tax Rise Evokes Weimar Comparison
US Must Put Afghanistan Back Together
Turkey in Eu 'would Bridge Cultures'
Nato Puts on Heavy Display of Force As Leaders Seek Role in Bush's Plans
Saudis Admit to Al-qaida Threat As 100 Are Held
Bush Threatens Attack Over 'lies'
US requests British troops for Iraq
London meeting for Iraqi opposition
Man charged with plot to bomb Israeli embassy
Indonesia and Aceh Rebels Agree Truce
European Parliament Minds Its Languages
US Embassy Worker Beaten in Zimbabwe
Bosnian Refugees Suffered Trauma in Uk, Study Shows
Attack on Baghdad Without New Un Resolution Illegal, Says Qc
9/11 Hijacker Made Last 'i Love You' Call
Dove Wins Israel's Labour Leadership
Annan Clashes With Us Over No-fly Violations
Timebomb Under the Ocean
James Coburn, Hollywood Tough Guy, Dies at 74
Five Killed As Israel Storms West Bank Town
Iraq pledges to meet UN arms deadline
UN Inspectors Start Work in Iraq
Stricken Oil Tanker Breaks in Half
Hijacker 'wanted re-run of Sept 11' aimed to fly into Israeli
Iraqis living in US to be tracked
Israeli army desertions rise
Tension over claim of Iraqi violation
America's Ambitions Fuel Alliance's Expansion to the East
Ex-PM Stunned Italy Shocked at Murder Verdict
New Rightwing Unity Puts France's Left in a Spin
British Tourist Gang Raped in South Africa
Spanish Schoolchildren Released From Hostage Drama
Children taken hostage at Spanish school
Terror suspects remanded as media accused
Hijacker 'planned September 11-type Attack'
Israeli Troops Hit Palestinian Security Compound
UN Weapons Inspectors Arrive in Iraq
Spain Blames Uk for Oil Disaster
Hijack Foiled on Israeli Passenger Jet
El Al hijacking attempt foiled
Police release sketches of Bali bombing suspects
Sharon threatens to expand Hebron enclave
Somalia talks run into sand
Islamist Parties Prepare to Share Power in Pakistan
Soviet Pows to Sue Germany
US Afghan Ally 'tortured Witnesses to His War Crimes'
Nato Grapples With New Role in Terror War
Threats Close Uk Yemen Embassy
Italy's Ex-pm Found Guilty of Ordering Murder
Blix Leads Weapons Team Back Into Iraq
Israelis march in to seize suspects
Surrender or die, Allies warn Saddam's soldiers
Nepal's chaos threatens Everest jubilee
Murder limo sparks another conflict
Britain 'next in Line' for Terror Attack
Sopranos Actor Linked to Mafia Hit
Japan's Teen Hermits Spread Fear
New China Uses Old Tactics
Three Held Over 'poison Gas' Bomb Plot on Tube
How a Suitcase Full of Dollars Finished Off the Taliban
Saddam's Regime Prepares for Escape From Iraq
Ground Zero heroes agree rise after bitter two-year battle
Tear gas and bullets break up West Bank fence protest
Nato Strike Force to Bypass States in Hunt for Terrorists
Kibbutz Unshaken in Pursuit of Utopia
Pakistan Expects Reprisals After Virginia Execution
Bali Prays to Free Souls Trapped By Bombing
Jiang Hands Over Power, But Keeps Control
We Don't Want Your Oil, Blair Tells Iraqis
Hu Confirmed As China's Next Leader
Hindujas can be tried over arms deal, judge rules
Annan warns Bush against impatience
Dawn Raid Evicts Asylum Seekers From Calais Church
China's New Elite Abandons Workers
Bush Tries to Cut Off Pyongyang's Oil Supply
Czechs Let Us Control Security for Nato Summit
Peaceful End to Sangatte Siege
'You will be killed, just as you kill'
Beijing's leader in waiting
Oil Spill Could Be Spain's Worst for a Decade
Stage Cleared for China's New Guard
Defiant Saddam Accepts Un Team
Hoarse and Feeble, the Voice of Bin Laden Creates New Fear in the West
Netanyahu Manoeuvre Ensures He is Heir to Sharon
'Saddam, Tell Me About Your Mum'
Saddam's Move Could Split Hawks and Doves
New Bali bomb suspects named
Iraq accepts UN resolution
Palace sets up inquiry - then rejects charges
US says Iraqi parliament's rejection is pure theatre
Crunch time for French hardliner
Baghdad orders 1 million doses of poison gas antidote
Losing its only big fish could wreck court
Paul Foot on Un Resolutions
Israel Goes in After Killings on Kibbutz
Leaders 'ignoring China's Problems'
Ivory Vote Sparks New Fears for Elephants
How the Old Man Bridged the Sea
Get Circumcised, Angry Putin Tells Reporter
Bin Laden Tape Praises Bali Attack
Israelis storm West Bank town
Reject Un Resolution, Iraqi Mps Urge
Cabinet United Over Iraq, Insists Short
Japanese-only public baths to pay damages
Jordan isolates dissident town
Putin accepts deal with EU over Baltic enclave
The nuclear physicist who could give peace another chance in Iraq
Truck drivers who carry more than cargo
Protesters Reject Shell's Slick Change of Face
Italian Newspaper Names Palace Accused
War of Words Over 'japan's Schindler'
Israelis Fear War Crimes Arrests
Sangatte Asylum Seekers in Church Standoff
Sweden Expels Russian Jet 'spies'
UN Sets Deadline for Cyprus Deal
World's Richest Man Tries to Hold Back 'gathering Tempest' With £63m Gift
Iraqi Leaders Rally Around Saddam
Saddam Urged to Reject Resolution
Red Cross launches Ethiopia famine appeal
Royal aide named by Italian newspaper
UK expects Iraq to fail arms tests
Kurd leader says Saddam will comply despite loss of face
Police to sue Toronto paper over 'racism slur'
Teenage sniper suspect 'confesses to three killings'
Chechen Shadow Over Eu-russian Summit
Five Killed on Israeli Kibbutz After Police Foil Suicide Attack
British Soldiers May Be Charged With Kabul Killing
Police Swoop on Home Village of Bali Bomb Suspect
Germany at Pains to Mollify Washington
India Rebuffs Bill Gates in Aids Row
Royals covered up 'rape', says victim
After the resolution, what next on Iraq?
Hassidic link to drugs barons
How the world's press reacted
UK Forges £1bn Secret Arms Deal With Thailand
Indonesia to Hold Scottish Woman for 20 More Days
Army Braced for Massacre of Civilians in Terror Attack
World Waits As Saddam Makes a Fateful Choice
Famine Becomes Mugabe Weapon
US Lays Out Plans to Invade Iraq With 200,000 Troops
Scoured to the Soul
Syria makes a virtue of a necessity
Seventies' Radicals Plead Guilty to Killing Bank Customer
Turkey Must Be Kept Out of the Union, Giscard Says
Britain Told to Rethink Rock Plans
Netanyahu's Power Play Clouds Us Relations
China Turns Its Back on Communism to Join Long March of the Capitalists
Gibraltar Votes Out Joint Rule With Spain
Jiang Calls for Congress With Capitalists
UN Backs Iraq Resolution
Two New Yorkers Isolated After Plague Fears
Saddam defiant as the countdown starts
Kidnap suspects abound in notorious Pankisi Gorge
We are not traitors, says Blair
Kenyatta's Son Woos Villagers With Promises of Fresh Start
UK Inquiry Into Jet Parts for Mugabe
France Chops at the Roots of Elitism
Jiang Gives Chinese Reformers Little Hope
Italian Disco Owner is Held
Suspect Confesses to Bali Bombings
Bush Confident of Un Agreement on Iraq
Bali bombing suspect 'admits role'
Security council 'may vote tomorrow' on Iraq
Torment Ends for Plane Spotters As Greek Court Clears Them
Timetable of search for Iraqi weapons
Italian Police Warned As Activists Gather
For Rock's Residents, a Clear Choice: Say No to Spain - or Say Nothing
Bush Signals a Hard Swing to the Right
Bush Wins Hardline Un Deal on Iraq
Greek Appeal Court Clears Plane Spotters of Spying
Brussels Under Fire Over Nuclear Proposals
US May Intervene to Save Zimbabweans
Jury Finds Winona Ryder Guilty of Theft
Winona Ryder guilty of shoplifting
UN Security Council Debates Iraq Resolution
18 Dead in Luxembourg Plane Crash
Appeal Court Blow for British Taliban Suspect
Train Fire Kills 12 in East France
17 Dead in Luxembourg Plane Crash
US warns of Iraq's smallpox stockpile
Diamond states bar war zone stones
Killing probes the frontiers of robotics and legality
Labour chief lags in polls
European Court of Justice Rules Bilateral Air Agreements Illegal
Street Protests Press Chavez to Face Venezuelan Electors
Ministers Talk Tough on Eu Budget Busters
MPs Pass Law Putting Berlusconi in the Clear
Spanish Ultimatum on Gibraltar
Eight Held for Suicide Attack on Synagogue
The Us Accused of Executing Six Alleged Al-qaida Members
Afghan Boy Turns Movie Role Into Real Life
US Secures Deal on New Iraq Weapons Resolution
Police Arrest Two Over Bali Bombings
Likud Heavyweights Square Off for Battle
Islamists on Brink of Power in Pakistan
Bush Keeps It Cool After a Hectic Campaign
Two held over Bali bombing
Straw Rejects Israeli Call for Attack on Iran
Sharon Calls Election
Crucified man brands attackers as cowards
Al-Qaida suspect killed in Yemen car blast
Gay Israeli MP faces new battle in knesset
Britain's Costs Rise As Germans Cut Plane Order
Moscow Police Turn Against Chechens
Push Us at Your Peril, Powell Warns Saddam
Turkey's Islamic Leader Moves to Reassure West
CIA Missile Kills Al-qaida Suspects
Sharon Faces Fresh Challenge
Suicide Bomber Targets Israeli Shopping Mall
Islamic Party Wins Turkish General Election
Amnesty calls for arrest of Israelis for war crimes
Quake village buries its lost children
Turkey's Islamists make joining EU top priority
Trial of Tv Brothers Puts Culture in Dock
Russia Launches Fresh Crackdown on Chechen Rebels
We'll Fight, Plane Spotters Say on Eve of Appeal
Briton Wins Libya Beauty Pageant
Islamic Party Sweeps Turkish Poll
Jailed US nurse asks Indonesia for swift trial
Colombian drug lords to go free
Turkey takes revenge on old guard
Literary Prize Winner Boggles France's Best Minds
Sri Lanka Nears Power-sharing Deal With Tigers
Moving in for the Kill on Iraq
What the butler said: 'The Queen came through for me'
Memo Emerges to Haunt President
Commonwealth Rebuffs Pakistan
Sharon Tries to Neutralise Netanyahu With Job Offer
Turkish Election Frontrunner Faces Ban
War crimes trial delayed as Milosevic taken ill
Queen's evidence clears Diana butler
Frantic Search for Trapped Pupils After Quake
Canada forces Washington u-turn on vetting
West too soft on Pakistan, says India
Crucial US allies on Iraq fall out over oil
Turkish hope of joining EU grows
Sharon puts hardliner in defence post
UK company backs Iraq at Baghdad fair
Flabby journalists sent to boot camp
Suicide attacks 'are war crimes'
'Tricked' islanders sue UK for millions