National & World News Archive December 2002
'God-willing, peace will prevail'
Gas Masks in the Classroom
Weapons Teams Discover Nothing
Sharon Takes on Rabbis Over Jewish Identity
N Korea 'may Pull Out of Nuclear Treaty'
Not-so-late Socialite is Guest of Honour at Her Own Funeral
Electorate Looks Forward to Life After Moi
Truck Bomb Kills at Least 25 in Grozny
Financial Victims of the Berlin Wall
Union 'taken to Cleaners for $2m'
N Korea Increases Nuclear Threat
CIA Accused of Torture at Bagram Base
Robertson Says Nato 'morally Obliged' to Back War
Alarm As Gm Pig Vaccine Taints Us Crops
N Korea Threatens to 'destroy World'
Children Hurt in Stampede at Mandela's Christmas Party
Banned Farrakhan Reaches Uk Audience Via Satellite
Speechless Moi Fails to Halt Tide of Change
N Korea Flouts Nuclear Monitoring
If it's war, it has to be legitimate
Secrets and 'lies'
Ronnie Kasrils and Victoria Brittain: No Room for Justice
Britain Rejects Call to Extend Eu Defence Powers
US Wrecks Cheap Drugs Deal
'No Material Breach', Says Straw
Not in our interest
Uproar Forces Swiss Town to Drop 'apartheid' Rules
Star Wars Missiles May Be Based in Uk
Britain Could Act Without Un Ruling, Says Hoon
Albright makes plea for war criminals
America Announces Premature Birth of Son of Star Wars
Warring Congo Factions Sign Peace Deal
US requests use of RAF radar base
Congo Peace Deal Signed
Insanity finding sours Chechnya rape trial
A dangerous life on the water's edge
UN Inspectors Intensify Search
'Arms dealers' met top British diplomats
The word on the street is: What can the EU do for me?
'I'm 92 and It's Time for Me to Leave,' Said Maman
US requests use of British bases for 'son of star wars' defence project
Nightmare before Christmas
US Intervenes in Caracas With Call for Early Poll
Dismayed Turks Vow to Meet the Test
UN Arms Inspectors Locked Out
New members want full say in shaping union
Masked rebel puts identity on the line
Hindu Right Expected to Keep Power in Troubled Gujarat
Robber Gets Life for Killing British Tourist
The Core of Korea's Nuclear Threat
Prestige Tanker Will Leak Oil for Another Three Years
Waistlines to bulge in honour of EU expansion
Euroscepticism gains ground in the east
Nostalgia grows for apartheid system
Malawians grasp their second chance
Most Europeans in Dark Over Eu's 10 New Members
Schröder Clings to Helm As Problems Mount
Who Will Blink First?
Defiant Schröder Confronts His Critics
European Union plans new directive making it easier to send refugees back
Snow comes in from his railroad
Buck Teeth Clue to Mystery of a Royal Mummy's Boy
A Good Man in Africa
US and Uk Admit Lack of 'killer' Proof
Things that go boom in the night
Turks begin big push to hasten EU entry talks
Analysts Seek Answers on Arms and Sites
Daniel Day-lewis: Method and Madness
Mandela Becomes a Tourist Industry
French Troops Find Mass Grave in Ivory Coast
Stowaway Boys Arrive Dead at Heathrow
Nato Asked to Take Its Place in the Wings
Criticised Weapons Inspectors Insist That Stealthy Visits Are Getting Results
Moscow's Most Wanted Chechen Urges Peace
Rate Relief for Europe
'Sangatte Deal' Group Heads for Uk
Chechen rebels phoned Gulf during siege
Millions starve as aid is withheld
Riots grip East Timor's capital
Chirac's Party Chief Set to Be Tried Over Fake Jobs Fraud
How a Mouse is Taking Man to New Frontiers in Medical Research
As the Us Prepares for War, Far Away a Truly Dangerous Game is Being Played Out
Rebels Agree Burundi Ceasefire As Hutus Are Promised the Presidency
How Cows, Cats and Bears Stand in the Way of a Greater Eu
IRA suspects boycott Colombian trial
Nurse jailed for killing billionaire banker
Greatest Wave of Migrants Drives Us Engine
Black tide brings misery to Galicia
UN Accused of Stalling on Inquiry Into Briton's Death
Broken Pumps, Dashed Hopes
Argentine 'Lion' offers salvation
Afrikaners threaten Christmas violence over loss of their culture
Greece Anxious to Prove Itself in Eu Hot Seat
Brazilians Usher in Peaceful Revolution
EU Begins Its First Peacekeeping Role
US Watching Al-qaida's Fleet
China Claims Train Blue Riband
Witness Held in Airport Explosives Inquiry
Expelled Un Inspectors Leave N Korea
Schröder Tries to Silence Paper
Briton Vows Prison Protest
Cricket Puts Price on Zimbabwe Boycott
Three Us Missionaries Shot Dead in Yemen
Kenyans Jeer at President's Public Exit
Paris Airport Worker 'had Bomb Parts'
Vow to Isolate North Korea Annoys Allies in South
UK Academic Jailed for Five Months in Indonesia
Kibaki Sworn in As Kenyan President
Three Us Doctors Shot Dead in Yemen
Retiring Serb Leader Faces Tribunal
Bridging Whitefella Law and Clan Justice
Knesset Moves to Bar Arab Members
Ethiopia Urges Creditors to Agree to Its Terms
West African Leaders 'in Al-qaida Plot'
US Says Saudi Arabia Will Allow Use of Air Bases Against Iraq
Historic Victory for Kenya's Opposition
Cyprus Turks Turn Against Their Leader
Briton Tells of Ordeal in Bush's Torture Jail
Kenya Sweeps Corrupt Ruler Out of Power
'Human Shields' Head for Iraq
UN Ready for Nuclear Showdowns
Strikes Force Oil-exporting Venezuela to Import Fuel
Divers Safe After 21 Hours Lost at Sea in Sri Lanka
Indonesian Officer Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity in East Timor
North Korea Expels Un Inspectors
Insider Gives Un Details of Iraq Arms
Americans to Man Israeli Defences
N Korea to Expel Un Nuclear Inspectors
Al-Jazeera Broadcasts in English
Violence Mars Final Day of Kenya's Election Campaign
Israeli Army Kills Seven Palestinians
Deported Afghan Family Lose Appeal
Turkish Cypriot Rally Calls for End to Division
France to Toughen Laws on Cannabis
Saddam Readies Iraq for Total War
North Korea Pushes Ahead With Nuclear Programme
Arrests Follow Pakistan Church Killings
Rumsfeld Gets Tough on North Korea
Exiled Italian Royals Go Home
Lott Seen As Scapegoat to Help Party Look Inclusive
Khmer Rouge General Gets Life for Killing Briton
Iran's Reformers Face Divine Wrath, Warns Cleric
Ethiopia Faces £330m Claims
Iraqi Scientists Questioned As Inspections Enter New Phase
US Rejects Iraqi Offer to Admit Cia Agents
Bangladeshi Journalist Freed on Bail
Chavez Acts to Ease Food Crisis
Killing of Afghan Soldier Mars Karzai's First Anniversary
Arafat Calls Off Palestinian Elections
Guantanamo Prisoners Still Held Because of 'wrangling'
Nestle to Plough Debt Money Into Ethiopian Aid
Iraq Hits Back With Cia Offer
'Violence for Hire' in Kenya Poll
Aid Groups Warn of Disaster in Iraq
Sharing a Glass With the 'international Terrorist'
British warship puts the squeeze on Iraq
'There is no hunger where there is water'
Palestinian Radical Was Guest of Us Ambassador
Envoy to Raise Case of Britons 'tortured' in Cairo
Interviews With Scientists Could Prove Sticking Point in Inspections
US Puts Middle East Peace Plan on Hold
Blair prepares troops for Iraq action
Blix Urges Us and Uk to Hand Over Iraq Evidence
Iraq decision date looms
President thwarts Turkish leader
Germany heads for winter of strikes looms over
Central Park rape convicts cleared
Smoker's Award Cut From $28bn to $28m
EU Agrees to Pass on Intelligence to Fbi
The President's Tooth and the Pc's Fist
UK Economy Poised to Pass Germany
America Arrests 700 Muslim Immigrants
South Korea Elects Dove As President
Cost of Afghan Operation Soars
Retreat By Nestle on Ethiopia's $6m Debt
January 27 is Decision Day for War Against Iraq
US Ambassador Condemns Iraq Dossier
Nestle Claims £3.7m From Famine-hit Ethiopia
Iraq is lying, say US and Britain
Towering symbols of New York's skyline
Iraqi dossier silent on nuclear parts
Campaign chief sacked as Moscow seeks Chechen talks
Censored version of declaration provokes anger
Yugoslavia 'will not send documents'
Tony Geraghty and David Leigh: The Name of the Game is Assassination
Greece Aims to Energise Eu's Foreign and Defence Policies
Gere Caught in India's Aids Dispute
Sharon Hit By Votes-for-cash Scandal in Likud
Schröder's Pro-immigration Law Overruled
Flawed Investigation Kills Al-qaida Case
Saddam lied about weapons, says Straw
Death Sentences for Indian Parliament Attack
Germany was 'key supplier' of Saddam supplier
Iraqi dissidents 'build the ark but fail to find a Noah'
Artist held after 'boxes of fear' spread chaos on New York subway system
Italian Mps Threaten to Censor Textbooks
Michael Billington Watches Milosevic at the Hague
Dutch Authorities Ignored Threats to Pim Fortuyn
Assad Calls Blair Conference Irrelevant
Iraq Deployment Under Way As Mod Charters Troop Ships for Gulf
Syrian engagement
A chilling smile from my torturer ...
Iraqi exiles find common ground
Women Forced to Have Chastity Tests
British Envoy Questions Israel on Terrorism
Anarchists Send Out Parcel Bombs
Former President Admits Crime Against Humanity
Resolute Mbeki Sees Off His Leftwing Critics
Blair Plan for Arab Summit
Venezuelan President Defies Calls for General Election
Blair and Assad agree to disagree
Opposition Groups Plan Post-saddam Iraq
Pollution Poisions Bangladesh's Riverside Slums
British troops bound for Iraq conflict to be given suspect Gulf war syndrome drugs
Planning for life after Saddam: 50 opposition groups - and the US
Violent Chechen rebel chief dies in Russian prison
Anti-US Feeling Spurs New Wave of Patriotism in Seoul
South African Stadium Atrocity Thwarted
Fears for Secular India After Bjp Win Landslide in Gujurat
CIA Authorised to Target and Kill Al-qaida Members
Turkish Cypriots Turn on Denktash
Turkey Relents to Pave Way for Eu Force
Assad Told to Cut Links With Terror
Small elite force likely for Iraq
Scot in Indonesian jail accuses captors of assault
Zimbabwe in Grip of New Hunger Crisis
Venezuela on Brink of Second Coup
US Cash Squads 'buy' Iraqi Tribes
Franco-German show of strength puts America and friends in their place
Poles mollified by recutting the cake
Nicaragua puts former president in the dock
Jamaica's murder toll has reached 1,000 this year. Who is to blame: gangs or police?
Jamaica's London connection
Lucky Dip Saves Greek Politician
Kissinger Resigns As Chairman of Inquiry Into September 11 Attacks
Boston Cardinal Bernard Law Resigns
US Accuses Iran of Secret Nuclear Weapons Plan
Acrimony Clouds Meeting of Iraqi Opposition Groups
Teenage Runaway Found 'married' in Turkey
EU Embraces 10 New Members - and Opens the Door to Turkey
Turkey Accuses Eu of Prejudice
India Releases British Disabled Charity Worker
EU Dashes Anglo-us Hopes for Early Talks on Turkish Entry
North Korea urged to retract nuclear threat
Watching rockets, awaiting the bang
Russians and east Europeans act to protect sex trade victims
Land Case Dashes Aboriginal Hopes
Iraqi Leaders in Exile Meet to Agree Joint Manifesto
Poland Fights for Bigger Handout
Smallpox Jabs for 11m Americans
US Presses Summit to Agree Talks on Turkey Joining Eu
North Korea Restarts Nuclear Programme
Mitchell Quits Kissinger's 9/11 Inquiry
Court Lets Reporters Stay Silent
US and Spain at sea over Korean missiles
Deal to reunify Cyprus has stalled, says Straw
Bush to upgrade base in Qatar
Sailing On, the Ship With a Hold Full of Scud Missiles
Russian Plea Fails As Chechen Stays Free
Israeli Censors Ban Film About Battle of Jenin
Straw Admits Mi5's Bali Blunder
Turkey Waits for Date With Eu
Yemen Wants Missiles Back
Schröder Faces New Iraq Row With Us
Oil Exports Slump As Venezuelan Strike Drags on
Annan Criticises Iraqi Report Restrictions
US Seizes North Korean Ship Taking Missiles to Yemen
Bush Approves $92m to Train Iraqi Militia to Take on Saddam
Document names western arms suppliers
Russian oil giants try to beat US to Iraqi reserves
Venezuela's legal system halts work
Judge Lets Bush Keep Energy Advice Secret
Supreme Court to Decide on Klan's Burning Cross
Italy's University Heads Resign Over Proposed Budget Cuts
How Diamond Joe's Libel Case Could Change the Future of the Internet
EU Set to Talk Turkey in 2005
Schröder Faces New Iraq Row With Us
Redgrave Fearful As Russia's Most Wanted Man Fights to Stay in Uk
China's Flunkey
UN Row Over Iraqi Report
Russian mob will be at the heart of the EU
CND asks court to tie attack to new UN resolution
Critics Say Restoration Has Ruined La Scala
Bush Appoints Rail Chief to Put Us Economy Back on Track
Indian Detectives Hunt Killer Bandit
US Arms Algeria for Fight Against Islamic Terror
Still Out in the Cold
UN Inspectors Search Former Nuclear Facility
Cautious Saddam pins his hopes on delaying tactics
Iraqis left in the dark over report
Venezuelans Support Embattled President
Bangladesh Holds Opposition Figures for Cinema Bombs
Serbia Heads for Third Invalid Election Result
Editor David Mckie Compiles The Guardian Year 2002
'Al-Qaida Tape' Lays Claim to Kenyan Attacks
Five Skiers Killed As Avalanches Sweep French Alps
Defiant Iraq on Collision Course
Russia shocked by elite forces' killing spree
Ancient Timber Tumbles in New Battle Over America's Wild West
Van Gogh Cat Burglars Beat Hi-tech Alarms - With a Ladder
Saddam Risks War Over Arms Dossier
Iraq produces weapons declaration
Tackle your long-term problems, warns UN
10 killed in raid on refugee camp
Warship named after Zulu victory
'Please God, make America collapse'
Norway's Abused War Children Move Step Closer to Compensation
Finland's Cabbies Face the Music
Jenin Riddle: Why Did an Israeli Soldier Shoot a British Official in the Back?
Russia Angered By Freeing of Chechen
Australia's Return Ticket to the Railway Age
Time Running Out for Millions As Drought Returns to Ethiopia
Indian Villagers Given a Taste of Equality
US Ready to Raise Stakes on Iraq Arms
UN Awaits Saddam's Declaration
US Slide Prompts Bush Purge
Winona Ryder Escapes Jail for Theft
Fatal Bushfires Tear Into Sydney
UK Arrests Moscow's Most Wanted Man
10 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Raid
Good news text service gives rainbow nation a silver lining
Kurdish areas 'starved of aid'
Russia foils conman's fledgling ministry
United Airlines Running on Empty
Prodi Under Fire for Federalist Proposals
Iraqi Kurds From Sangatte Arrive in Britain
Germany Forced to Cut Defence Spending
Sharon's Deal for Palestine: No Extra Land, No Army, No Arafat
Saddam Distances Himself From Slur on Inspectors
Prodi Calls for End to Eu Veto
Sangatte Refugees Arrive in Uk
European Interest Rates Cut By 0.5%
Terror alert row after threat to Nairobi high commission
White House scornful as UN inspectors claim early results
UN extends oil for food programme
Policeman Sues George Michael
Total Eclipse Throws a Path of Darkness Across the Southern Hemisphere
German Jobless Tally Over 4m
France Blunts German Move on Turkish Entry
Iraq in Sights As Us and British Practise in Qatar
Parents Furious As Pentagon Slides Recruiting Officers Into Classrooms
Ransom Bombs Close Dutch Ikea
Berlusconi Implicated in Deal With Godfathers
Bush Fails to Win Over Sceptical Europeans
Bombs Found in Dutch Ikea Stores
Britain and US step up bombing in Iraq
Turkey's offer of military bases widens America's options
Denmark's release of Chechen clouds relations with Russia
German opposition demands inquiry into 'electoral fraud'
Witness Problems Delay Irish Trio's Trial
Israelis Kill Woman, 95, at Checkpoint
Oil Money Threatens to Make Killing Fields of Kazakhstan
Blair Courts Controversy to Meet New Israeli Leader
Australia's New 'hairy-chested' Attitude Riles Its East Asian Neighbours
First Palace Visit is a Propaganda Coup for Saddam
Iraq to make early weapons declaration
New royal butler case collapses
'Al-Qaida' Message Claims Responsibility for Kenya Attacks
UN Teams Inspect Saddam's Palaces
Bush: signs from Iraq 'not good'
Nigeria's big idea for the trains: call in Virgin
Russian Dr Death 'killed 17'
Killer's Memoirs Spark Anguish
Staff Throw United a Lifeline
Bank Pursues Enron's Insurers for $1bn
German Liberals Expel Party Maverick
EU Tobacco Ad Ban 'not Tough Enough'
Britain to Accept 1,200 Migrants in Sangatte Deal
US Hawk Wants Turkey in Eu
Warlords Clash As Afghans Plan Army
Israel Accused of Hebron Land Grab
Bombay Blast Kills Three
Security Plans Dominate Bonn Summit
Qatar exercise signals US plan for Iraq battle
Amnesty: Iraq 'torture' Dossier Was Manipulated
France Weeps for Firemen Killed By Speeding Driver
Snubbed Libya May Stop Aiding Fight Against Al-qaida
Sharon Dismisses 'two States' Remark
Kenyans Bury Hotel Bomb Victims
Iraq Inspections 'could Last a Year'
Blanchett to play hostage journalist
Poor foot the bill as New York goes bankrupt
'Arab Malcolm X' poised to put a flame to Belgium's powder keg
Kenyans stalled in bomb probe
Post-Saddam Iraq mapped out by Allies
US sets up Iraq battle HQ in Gulf