National & World News Archive June 2002
Torment of the Abba Star With a Nazi Father
No Classic But a Fairytale Ending
Britain silent on 'Butcher of Bahrain'
Four die in Korean clash over crab fishing
Pro-lifers force US to slash Third World aid
US Gripped By Hunt for Kidnap Girl
Activists help Woomera refugees escape
ANC angered by plan to build 'apartheid wall'
Gujarat's Muslim heritage smashed in riots
Embarrassed Us Blocks Case Against Peace Fighter
As Curfew Bites, a Handful of Men Bring Hope to the Trapped
The Mystery of Paris That Refuses to Go Away
Fortuyn's Successor 'is Security Plant'
Africa Betrayed: the Aid Workers' Verdict
Prairie moon peeps through
Taking the plough to centuries of tradition
5m Eye the West As Eu Borders Expand
Thousands Protest As Tunnel Reopens
French to Close 'last' Way for Refugees to Use Tunnel
Agency seeks dirty-bomb material from Soviet farms
Resistance is Futile As G8 Meets in Remote Canadian Hideaway
Giuliani's estranged wife seeks big payout
Asylum rules test summit unity
Britain fights for huge G8 aid boost to Africa
EU enlargement battle begins as leaders fly home
Points of disagreement
'We had begun to believe it was safe'
EC Rules 'damage Job Creation'
Top Moscow Official Escapes Hitmen - Again
UN Calls for Falklands Talks
Gunmen Snatch British Banker in Georgia
UK to Train Nepal's Anti-rebel Forces
Congo's Young Blood Offers Hope of Peace
Air Chaos As Europe Becomes No-fly Zone
100m More Must Survive on $1 a Day
Chirac's Longtime Ally Becomes Party Leader
New Government in France Opens Up Defence Industry
Banks Sued for $50bn in Sa Class Action
Chirac Confirms His Prime Minister to Steer Tough Policies
Brazil Clinch Place Against England
Leading figures on the French left lose seats, but Le Pen also fails to register
Vote turns Chirac into strongman of Europe
Ayia Napa Puts the Boot Into Rowdy Ravers
Chirac Sweeps Aside Left and Le Pen
Czech Left Looks for New Coalition
Paris Rollerbladers Sideline Motorists
Inquiry Gives Fresh Hope to Gulf Veterans
Czechs Vote Amid Unease Over Joining Eu
Opposition Clouds Schröder's School Vision
Peace in Sight for Troubled Island
World Markets Tumble
Fearful French Left Makes Final Plea to Voters
US Artists Damn 'war Without Limit'
Democracy Born Again in Kabul
Analysis: Continental Drift
British and Us Surveillance May Monitor Kashmir
US to Interrogate 'dirty Bomb' Suspect
French find true meaning of blues
$4.4m for Environmentalists Framed By Fbi
Denmark 2 - 0 France
Mandela goes back to jail - to fight the cause of the 'lonely' Lockerbie killer
New dispute on subsidies threatens EU enlargement
Social pressures to kill
Teenage stonethrower nursed long hatred
Le Pen Junior Provides Ray of Hope to France's Fading Far Right
Western Leaders Snub Un Food Summit
World's Best Steel Themselves for Bout of Sudden Death
Elections in France
Two Die in Moscow World Cup Rioting
Aid reaches the empty breadbasket
US Accused of Sinking Deal on Development
Man Dies As Fans Go on Rampage in Moscow
Chirac's Conservatives Set for French Poll Landslide
'Failure' of poverty talks angers activists
Straw faces grilling on arms 'bribes'
French Left Faces Years in Wilderness
Kaluchak keeps the flag of vengeance flying
Le Pen Effect May Give Chirac Tighter Grip on Power
Dee Dee Ramone
Country in turmoil seeks cup solace
'Overdose' Kills Dee Dee Ramone
ECB Puts Rate Rise on Hold
French Left on Shaky Ground As Elections Loom
France's Most Slippery Criminal on Trial
Enlargement is Vital to Defeat Rise of Far Right, Eu Told
EU Links Criticised Because of Algerian State Violence
Sex and Corruption Allegations Threaten S Africa's Opposition
Battle of Algiers Returns to Haunt Le Pen As Claims of Torture Focus on Far-right Leader
Ambushed Zapotecs bury massacre victims
Jubilee pop party goes ahead despite fire
Straw Questions Gibraltar Over Finances
Last Orders for New Delhi's Expats
Le Pen's Daughter Marches Into Battle
Foreign Invaders Take Heart and Soul Out of Rome's Old Quarter
France Told to Speed Tougher Tunnel Security
Shock Start to World Cup Finals
Sickly Turkey gives way to despair
Terror fear over lost nuclear parts
World in brief
Now Germans Win Airline World Title From Britain
Young Icons of Death Who Warn the World of the Rise of Hamas
Cult of personality grows in Russia
EU peace move amid fears of West Bank breakdown
Monaco 'blocked fraud inquiry which came close to princess'
Police held for killing protesters
Russian Watchdog Attacks Plan to Import Nuclear Waste
Danes Justify Harshest Asylum Laws in Europe
Philippine Troops Begin Assault on Muslim Separatists
Explosions Kill 10 in Afghanistan
Vajpayee: No Possibility of War With Pakistan
Palestinian Hq 'attacked By Israeli Bulldozer'
Outcry puts US pledge of allegiance ruling in doubt
Vatican Puts Out Smokers
EU at Critical Point, Warns Danish Pm
Czech Mafia Blamed for German Mayor's Murder
Obituary: Pierre Werner
Haider Visit Infuriates Anti-nazi Protesters
Chechen Murder Show Trial Limps to an End
EU Gives More Aid to Arafat in Defiance of Bush
US Fears Al-qaida Hackers Will Hit Vital Computer Networks
Musharraf Sacks General to Bolster Power
West Gives Russia $20bn to Make Nuclear Sites Safe
Milestone as Russia is finally admitted to G8
US threat to Balkans peace force
Anti-terror plan for global transport
Navratilova says US can be as oppressive as Czechoslovakia
New Breed of Thief Sacks French Jewellery Institute
Pakistan Soldiers Killed By Al-qaida
Judges Decide Belgian War Crimes Law Cannot Be Used to Try Sharon
Russia Puts Its Farmland on the Market
Poor Must Get More Debt Relief, Says Blair
Public Spat Over Arafat Widens Blair and Bush Rift
Al-Qaida Fighters Kill 10 Pakistani Troops
Palestinian Elections to Be Held Next Year
350 revenge crimes after September 11
Russian defector convicted in absentia
Step down hint to Turkish PM
London 'an Al-qaida Intelligence Centre'
Mbeki Fights to Sell His Vision to Wary African Leaders
Mahathir Tells Malaysia He Will Go in 16 Months
Inquest Casts Doubt on Hospital Care
Short to Visit Tanzania As Fraud Claims Fly
Blair Losing Struggle to Get New G8 Deal for Africa
Arafat Approved Reforms Just As Tanks Rolled in
Rich States Leave Africa in the Slow Lane
UK Rift With Bush Over Middle East
Iran U-turns on Us Earthquake Aid
Malaysian Pm to Stay on for 16 Months
Straw: Mugabe's Farm Seizures 'reprehensible'
High Security Surrounds G8 Summit
Iran Hit By Second Quake
Israeli Troops Storm Palestinian Headquarters
Sharon launches massive Gaza onslaught
Both sides see signs of a breakthrough
Norway gives hijackers asylum
One-sided offer that will change nothing
Right of passage for suspected terrorist
Yangtze Dam Workers Race Against Time
Arizona Fires Force 30,000 Out of Homes
French Navy Fires on and Seizes Ship Flying Cambodian Flag
US Dismisses Al-qaida Claim That Network is '98% Intact'
Mugabe Tells Farmers to Down Tools
Bush Says Arafat Must Go
Arafat Gambles With Crackdown on Hamas
Israel to deport the families of suicide bombers
Election Fears Harm Brazilian Economy
US Troops 'under Rocket Attack' in Afghanistan
White Farmers Ordered to Down Tools
Rabbi's Vigilantes Defy New York Police
Deadlock at the Top of the World
India Threatens to Deport Pm's Critic
Arms Deals Hinder War on Terror, Says Amnesty
Turkey Blocks Deal on New Eu Rapid Reaction Force
Russia Fails to Secure Tehran Nuclear Deal
Bin Laden is 'alive and Planning New Attacks'
Israeli Troops Take Control of Ramallah
Spain reassures tourists after ETA bombings
Iranian villages razed as quake kills 400
Turmoil follows Malaysian PM's bid to resign
Britons hurt as Eta hits Spanish tourist towns
Italian police 'framed G8 protesters'
Children shot dead in their home
Irish neutrality is guaranteed
Abu Sayyaf chief reportedly killed
Arafat approves Taba plan too late
Israeli army 'error' kills four
Kashmir Clashes Kill 16
Six Injured in Spanish Bomb Blast
US received 'zero hour' warning on September 10
Broken promises of economic revival
UK caught up in row over war crimes court
Berlusconi Corruption Trial Turns Into Test of Strength for Italian Justice
Israelis Threaten to Drop Cnn After Turner Comment
Britain Hands Over Kabul Command to Turkish Forces
Government Refuses to Give in to Hunger Protest By Illegal Immigrants
Strike Hits Spain As Eu Meeting Begins
Fear Among Expats As Bomb Kills Banker
Lukashenko Left Out in the Cold
Briton Killed in Saudi Blast
Spanish Air Strike Causes Holiday Chaos
Arafat: Suicide Bombings Must Stop
US tastes success with arrest of senior al-Qaida suspects
Ethnic groups share Afghan cabinet posts
'It is nice to be killed while killing'
Mandela backs call for truce during Olympics
US demands immunity for its peacekeepers
EU Warned on Asylum Crackdown
French Folk Hero Goes to Jail
Mission Unaccomplished: How 3,000 Crack British Troops Failed to Find the Enemy
UK Selling Arms to India
New Bomb Hits Bush Peace Plan
Brazilians Love Playing the Name Game
Bomb Blast Rocks Jerusalem
Bosnia may try 50 war criminals
Kurdish leader shuns US move to oust Saddam
Trial of Guardian Journalist Adjourned
Saudis Hold Al-qaida Suspects
Greek Row Stalls Launch of Eu Force
Blair Expects New Eu Asylum Laws
Afghan Exile Puts His Mind at His Country's Service
Seoul Parties After Italians Are Sunk By Golden Goal
Officials on Trial for Austrian Ski Train Fire
Bus Bomb Kills 19
Karzai Delays Naming Afghan Cabinet
Blueprint for New Afghan Parliament Announced
20 Killed By Jerusalem Suicide Bomb
Arafat's star falling in White House critics
Colorado forester held on fire charge
Police give evidence in Guardian reporter's trial
Far Right Leader Faces Protests at Airline Promotion
Female Minister 'is Afghan Rushdie'
CNN Chief Accuses Israel of Terror
India's Presidency Goes to Head of Nuclear Missile Programme
Palestinian Reforms Have Multitude of Motives
Fear Adds Spice to Brazilian Crunch
EU Splits on Linking Aid to Action on Migration
Assassination is a Dubious Game
Watchdog v Watchdog
Forestry Worker Admits Starting Colorado Fire
Loya Jirga Dispute Prompts Mass Walk-out
India Claims 'victory Without War'
Suicide Bomber Strikes at Israeli Police
Zimbabwe demands fees from media
Bush Gives Cia Green Light to Kill Saddam
Dispersed Al-qaida Poses Even Bigger Terror Threat, Us Says
Beijing Cybercafe Fire Kills 24 Students
Israelis Turn to Berlin for Refuge From Conflict
$9bn money laundering ring broken
Israel Fears Invasion of Immigrants
British Families of 11 September Dead Get £2.7m
How Clinton Came to Dinner and Made $9m
In the Lair of the Hunted Taliban
British Diplomat Accused of Plot Against Mugabe
Russia prepares to show red card to 'extremist' louts
Saudi official defends suicide bombers
Ministers Avert World Bank Crisis
QC: Reporter's Trial Could Set Dangerous Precedent
Good Cop, Bad Cop Are Winning Ticket With French Voters
Tanzania Wants New Deal on Air System
Seoul Angry at Embassy Invasion
Israel Begins Fencing Off Palestinian Areas
Consulate Bomb Kills 11 in Karachi
DNA Tests Prove Inconclusive in Falconio Case
Fightback begins near Denver
Seven Killed in Karachi Explosion
Spain Backs Blair Over Eu Policy-making Reforms
Police Foil Eta's Attempt to Bomb Spanish Tourist Resorts
Tanzania Aviation Deal 'a Waste of Money'
Israelis Bet on Site of Next Bombing
IRA 'approved Weapons Tests in Colombia'
Rumsfeld in Kashmir Climbdown
US military plane crashes
61 held as Argentine fans go on rampage
French arrest 'aides to shoe bomber'
Now showing on satellite TV: secret American spy photos
Palestinian leader accuses Israel of torture
Russians claim to have interviewed Mullah Omar
Secrecy May Rule Out Star Witness in Milosevic Trial
EU Told to Avoid 'war' on Asylum Seekers
Al-Qaida Active Close to Indian Border, Says Rumsfeld
Guardian Journalist Goes on Trial in Harare
UK Anti-terrorist Officials Alarmed at Us Tactics
Women Lead Protests As Afghan Warlords Muscle in on Power
Crying Shame for Argentina's Film-star Footballers Who Froze in the Spotlight
Meldrum Trial Begins
Deadly Floods Sweep Western China
MI6 hunts terror plot network
Ground Zero bank refuses clean-up
Irish leave them green with envy
Origins and aims of groups targeting Israel
Power struggle that lies behind Arafat's reluctance to crack down on killers
Suicide Bomber Kills Girl, 15, at Restaurant in Israel
Organic Scandal Halts Germany's Green Revolution
Karzai Left With Clear Run at Afghan Leadership
For Siberia, a Return to Wasteland
The Men Behind the Suicide Bombers
Italian Voters Turn Left in Local Polls
Kissinger May Face Extradition to Chile
Israel Hit By Suicide Bomb and School Bus Blast
Suicide Bomber Injures 9
Ireland Reach Second Round
Gibraltar Plotters 'funded By Bin Laden'
Rumsfeld Upbeat Over Indian Gesture
Backpacker Murder Suspect to Undergo Dna Test
Ex-Afghan Leaders Withdraw From Leadership Race
Hebron Bomb Injures Three Teenagers
Danes Send Humbled France Home
US lost chance to oust Taliban leader
Gasps of indignation as Mugabe puts his case
Islamists put Musharraf on notice
Radiation fear spreads panic through US
Terror fears prompt armed Jewish patrols in Brooklyn
Unglamorous end for dapper don who beat murder raps but died in jail hospital
Violent death visited on everyday life
Sharon Wins Us Backing for Reform-before-talks Demand
India Lifts Flight Ban to Ease Tension in the Air
Former King Renounces Throne to Save Afghan Council
A Mission to Murder: Inside the Minds of the Suicide Bombers
US Foils Al-qaida 'dirty Bomb' Plot
Kashmir Tensions Easing, Straw Tells Mps
Al-Qaida 'dirty' Bomb Plot Thwarted
Logistics and Politics Delay Afghan Grand Council
World Hunger is 'shameful', Says Annan
Mandela Appeals on Behalf of Lockerbie Bomber
Israeli Troops Raid Ramallah
Indian Court Drops Hinduja Corruption Charges
Divided Council Delays Choice of Afghan Government
Arafat yields to US by slashing cabinet
Terrorists May Yet Score an Indirect Hit
Africa Dominates Famine Summit
US Moves Gulf War Hearing to London
Kashmir Crisis Eases But Sniping Continues
Afghans Gather to Thrash Out Future
Flooded, Stinking and Sinking: Venice Calls in British Experts to Rescue City
Lewis Triumphs Over Tyson
Mugabe targets the media as economy sinks
Sharon's iron fist fails to stem the bloodshed
Skinhead leader rails against Putin
We lost a plane, admits India
'Betrayal' of Confused Jihadis
US sees hope in Kashmir crisis
Punch-drunk Argentines cry into their beer
Chandra Levy Find Embarrasses Police
Refugees 'will Get Cancer' in Waste Tip Homes
Kennedy Nephew Guilty of Murder
US Hostage Killed in Botched Rescue in Philippines
Militant Factions Consider Ceasefire
Israel's Tanks Return to Jenin
Mild Economic Rebound in Japan
'Gentle' Karadzic will not surrender
I don't want to start a war, says Musharraf
Urgent Talks to Stem Famine Crisis in Southern Africa
Tank Raid Leaves Arafat Hq in Ruins
UK May Help to Patrol Line of Control
Why Small Scale War May Quickly Go Nuclear
Hollywood Threatens Los Angeles With Independence
Rumsfeld Tells Nato to Face Up to Terror Danger
Confident Milosevic Turns on His Accusers
US Steps Up India/pakistan Peace Efforts
'We Can Disturb Argentina. We Are Going to Attack'
Musharraf 'will Not Start War'
Israeli Tanks Attack Arafat's Hq
Spanish Mps Vote to Ban Pro-eta Party
Mandela to Visit Jailed Lockerbie Bomber
Demands for Vengeance After Car Bomber Kills 16
Carnage at Armageddon junction
US to press on with peace moves
Weakened Arafat left in isolation as factions offer alternative route
India Calls for Cooperation in Kashmir
New Road Row Rages in Tuscany
Exiled Salvadorean Military Chiefs Face Atrocity Trial
Britons defy advice to quit India
Former foes in Colombia's civil war blaze peace trail
Musharraf treads a fragile line of control
French Far Right Has High Electoral Hopes of Flowerpot Mayor
Sharon Will Fly to Us to Head Off Peace Plan
Putin Strikes Optimistic Note in Kashmir Feud
India and Pakistan Trade Blame Over Kashmir
Beijing Arrests 20 in Tiananmen Inquiry
Chinese Leader Seeks Central Role in Defusing Conflict
Musharraf Renews Call for Peace Talks
Palestinians Ignore Court Call to Free Faction Leader
Hijackers 'trailed by CIA before attacks'
India asserts its right to strike at Pakistan
Parade prompts fears of Italian revisionism
UN accused of Kosovo failure
India Plays Down Nuclear War Threat
Jewish Woman Falsely Accused of Terror
Secret Deals Boost Afghans' Interim Leader
Risk-taker Musharraf Prepares to Show His Hand
India Snub to Peace Talks
Cricketer Cronje Dies in Air Crash
Britain Attacks 'reoccupation' of West Bank
50 Al-qaeda Britons Feared to Be Back in Uk
Britain in War Zone Rescue Mission
World in brief
Germans Infuriated By Euro Rip-offs
Hopes for Kyoto Rise After Japan and Eu Ratify Treaty
Starving Zimbabwe Shuns Offer of Gm Maize
Death Threat Sent to Wife of European Bank Chief
Secret Middle East Talks in Britain
Kashmir Rivals on Brink of War