20:44
CHECHEN REBELS CHANGE GEOPOLITICAL ORIENTATION
Afghanistan, “suffering from the US yoke,” seems to has become the priority area of interest for Chechen rebels. Jordanian Emir Hattab, one of the most influential Chechen warlords has sent a group of Chechen rebels to help fight the “world evil” personified in the USA. More details...

19:40
OSAMA BIN LADEN RECEIVED ANTHRAX BY MAIL. AND SENT IT OUT ACROSS THE WORLD
One of Osama bin Laden accomplices, who is currently being held in custody in Egypt, has given sensational evidence of his former boss’s activities. In his words, the No. 1 terrorist is behind the current biological attacks. More details...

18:21
YURI RAZGULYAYEV: KYRGHYZSTAN SEES TERRORISM AS LARGELY BEING FED BY DRUGS
The Republic of Kyrghyzstan has for three years fought international terrorism, Bolot Zhanuzakov, the chairman of Kyrghyzstan’s security council is quoted as saying at the international conference on regional security recently held in Bishkek, Kyrghyzstan’s capital city. More details...

17:11
TOTAL WAR FEARED BY ISRAEL
The joint Chief of Staff of the Israeli Armed Forces, General Moshe Yaalon, declares that there is a serious risk of war between Israel and Syria. More details...

16:55
THE BULK OF KURSK SUBMARINE SEEN ABOVE WATER
For the first time since its wreck, television viewrs can see the Kursk submarine appearing above the water. In Roslyakovo, the drainage of the submarine is in progress. The entire upper deck is currently positioned above the water, with waves splashing against about a half the height of the sub’s hull. More details...

16:50
PEACE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
A historic offer has been made by Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, which could bring lasting peace to this troubled province. More details...

16:30
AGA KHAN AGAINST TALIBAN
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15:54
THE LYNCH LAW RETURNING
The Muslim world’s reaction to the bombing of Afghanistan seems to be going to the extreme. Indonesia, one of the world’s largest Muslim countries, has seen a lynch law of sorts staged by Islamic radicals on local Christians. More details...

15:20
TAREK MAHMOOD: UZBEKISTAN'S 'BRIDGE OF FRIENDSHIP' STANDS CLOSED TO THE SOUTH
TERMIZ -- Every day Abdullah Jahangirov Izzatullaevich sees anywhere between 80 and 1,000 pilgrims come his way into the ancient mosque of el-Hakim at-Termizi (cq), where he is the caretaker. More details...

15:06
BUST OF PUTIN: GOOD FOR NOTHING
Do you want to buy a cast-iron bust of the second president of Russia? Others did not want too. Cast-iron busts of the Russian president are not much in demand. The manufacture of them has been stopped by an engineering plant in the city of Kusa, Chelyabinsk region. More details...

15:00
CHRIS DELISO: CHRISTIANITY IN PALESTINE, AND AMERICA’S “WAR ON TERROR”
Noted travel writer William Dalrymple argued recently in the Independent for the underlying unity of Islam, Judaism and Christianity, referring for the most part to the early history of Islam and the cultural homogeneity between all of the peoples living in the Levant, no matter what their religious orientation. More details...

14:50
OUR READER BRIAN RUDNICK: OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH
Listening to your speech I felt very reassured that my vote in last year's Presidential election was the right one After all you're doing for the Afghan people when are they going to start thanking US? My niece loves those astronaut-like food rations you're air dropping along with the bombs More details...

14:20
PAUL MINIATO: WHISPERS FROM SARAJEVO A LESSON FROM WORLD WAR ONE
The last few weeks before the onslaught of World War One bear a stark resemblance to the events of today. The murder of two members of the Austrian royal family is in no way comparable to the destruction of over 5000 American civilians six weeks ago. However, we face the same dangers that our forefathers did in 1914. More details...

13:30
ALAN BOCK: COLLATERAL DAMAGE
Poor Victoria (Torie) Clarke, a Pentagon spokesperson, got the tough job yesterday, that of flak-catcher. When the subject is bombs that seem to be destroying or disabling the Taliban and al-Qaida infrastructure, Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld usually takes the assignment himself and comes off as affable and confident. Yesterday the subject was acknowledging that maybe the Taliban was right this time, that a 1,000-pound bomb seems to have missed its target and fell near what was described as a senior citizens’ home in Herat on Sunday (UN employees said it was a hospital and that it was destroyed). More details...

12:40
GEORGE BUSH DOES NOT HAVE ANTHRAX
This has been reported by the US president to journalists. He stated his intent to come to his office Wednesday morning, because he feels completely secure in the White House. More details...

12:00
YURI LEVITSKI: WE TRIED TO CONTROL THE PEOPLE WE SUPPORTED
Not long ago, such notions like terrorism and organized criminality seemed to be exotic for us. However, there were people in our country for whom terrorism was the object of their work even in the so-called “stagnant” times. More details...

10:00
ANDREI LUBENSKI: DRIVER AND SECURITY GUARD OF UKRAINIAN SUPREME RADA’S SPEAKER MURDERED OR KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT
On Tuesday, information agencies spread a discrepant piece of information about the murder (or a mysterious death) of the driver and a security guard of Ukrainian Parliament speaker Ivan Plusch. More details...

20:30
ISRAEL TAKE REVENGE ON TERRORIST’S RELATIVES
The house of lone terrorist, Fayed El-Khutari, who is believed to have been behind the explosion at the Dolfo discotheque in Tel-Aviv on June 1st, was razed to the ground today in the town of Kalkilia by Israeli soldiers using bulldozers and tanks. More details...

20:14
ANDREY LUBENSKY: MAIL TERROR JOKES IN UKRAINE. SO FAR.
There have been six “white powder” incidents registered in Ukraine. A letter with a potential contagion was found in the dispatch office of the Ukrainian parliament on Monday. The envelope and the suspicious powder were sent to a special lab for a research More details...

19:35
KURSK LIFTED
In northern Russian town of Roslyakovo, the surfacing of the dock carrying what has remained of the Kursk nuclear submarine is in progress. The nuclear sub sunk in the Barents Sea 14 months ago. Today, the sub appeared above the surface of the water for the first time since the tragedy. More details...

18:35
DMITRI LITVINOVICH: RAILWAY MINISTER’S LAST WHISTLE
Russian Railway Ministry chief Nikolai Aksyonenko, suspected of exceeding his authority and embezzling public funds, has agreed to assist investigators in all possible ways. More details...

18:06
IS AMERICA GOING TO TORTURE THE SUSPECTS?
The American media does not exclude a possibility that the people who have been detained on suspicion of preparations of acts of terrorism are going to be tortured More details...

17:06
VENEZUELA VOWS TO STABILIZE CRUDE
The president of Venezuela promised yesterday to keep the price of crude oil steady at around 20 USD per barrel. More details...

16:09
CHINA TO ASSUME GREATER PROTAGONISM ON WORLD STAGE
Chinese President Jiang Zemin declared at the APEC summit yesterday that China will play a more important role in regional and world economic cooperation. More details...

15:58
US SOLDIERS PROTECTED BY PAKISTANI TROOPS
US soldiers stationed in a military camp in the Pakistani city of Jakobabad are being protected from indignant locals by over 3,000 Pakistani servicemen. Six hundred US servicemen are reported to be virtually under a complete siege in the base. More details...

15:30
ANATOLI BARANOW: WE ALL BECOME PATRONS OF ART
Tomorrow, the Moscow City Duma intends to award painter Alexandr Shilov with the title of Honorary Citizen of Moscow: “for merits before the capital in developing Russian culture and reviving traditions of patronage of art." More details...

14:45
KURSK LIFTING OPERATION COMPLETED
Today, Giant-4 barge with pontoons was successfully moved out from Roslyakovo dock. At the moment, the submarine lies in the dock. Now water should be pumped out from the submarine. More details...

14:10
YURI RAZGULAEV: IDEA OF TURNING SIBERIAN RIVERS REMEMBERED AGAIN
In the countries of Central Asia, they speak again about transferring some Siberian rivers to this region. The reason why this project was remembered again is that deficit of water resources in this region becomes more pointed. In spite of extraordinary measures taken by interested countries and international organizations, ecological situation in Aral Sea region grows worse. More details...

13:30
STEVE KUBBY: BEWARE OF SUNSHINE PATRIOTS
Patriotism is suddenly in fashion across American. Flag-waving has become so popular that the Chinese are actually working overtime to manufacture enough American flags to meet demand. Everywhere, citizens are demonstrating their patriotic support for their country and their President. More details...

13:00
US AIRCRAFT BOMBED NORTHERN ALLIANCE POSITIONS
For the time being, this information has not being commented. The Northern Alliance’s officials suppose the strike has been delivered by mistake: the pilots have just mistaken the Northern Alliance’s troops for the ones of the Taliban. More details...