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FBI warns of possible dramatic al-Qaeda attack
US: The Federal Bureau of Investigtation has warned Americans that al-Qaeda may be planning a "spectacular" terrorist attack intended to damage the US economy and inflict large-scale casualties, writes Conor O'Clery North America Editor p
Blix warns Iraq on list of weapons
UN/IRAQ: While not contending that Iraq had any weapons of mass destruction, chief UN weapons inspector Dr Hans Blix said yesterday that he hoped the Iraqis would go through their stores and archives and make a full declaration of inventory before the deadline of December 8th. p
Leaders named but army still controlled by Jiang
CHINA: China's Communist Party announced a new leadership line- up but Mr Jiang Zemin retained control of the army, leaving many unsure whether he had retired or not. p
Hebron attack kills 12 Israelis, hurts 15
MIDDLE EAST: At least 12 Israelis were killed and 15 injured yesterday when Palestinian gunmen opened fire and threw grenades at a group of Jewish settlers on their way to Sabbath evening prayers in a shrine in the divided West Bank city of Hebron. p
Other World Stories
Shocking crimes robbed Britons of innocence
BRITAIN: The Moors Murders horrified Britain 40 years ago. Frank Millar recalls the crimes of Hindley and Brady pHindley persisted in release plea
BRITAIN: Myra Hindley was one of the few female icons of evil. Her part in what became known in Britain as the Moors Murders gave her an infamy which remained undimmed by her 36 years in jail, fuelled partly by shock that a woman could have carried out horrific crimes against children. p35 arrested in further violence over trade talks
AUSTRALIA: An anti-globalisation demonstration turned violent again in Sydney yesterday as protesters at a meeting of the World Trade Organisation fought running battles with police. pMany races join to mourn Bali bombing victims
BALI: A lone surfboard, a can of beer, a packet of Marlboro cigarettes, framed pictures of murdered sons and daughters, stacks of fruit and incense.With these symbolic offerings, grieving foreign and Indonesian families struggling to cope with last month's massive bomb attack on Bali joined hands with thousands of Balinese yesterday to honour those who died. pChina veers right towards capitalist Utopia
CHINA/ANALYSIS: Communist in name only, China's ruling elite operates like a right wing dictatorship, writes Jasper Becker pProperty boom on Kuwaiti border
KUWAIT: The possibility of an attack on Iraq is having one unforeseen effect. The price of land in Kuwait near the border is soaring and the rush is on to snap it up. pMore humane form of globalisation shows current model not inevitable
WORLD VIEW: If Davos is a key annual event in networking the leading proponents of what we can call "real existing globalisation", Porto Alegre has become an important moment in bringing together those who believe this form of globalisation is undermining human well-being and democracy around the world, writes Peadar Kirby pA people forced to eat boiled weeds face famine as crops fail in drought
ETHIOPIA: Some 14 million people are facing food shortages in east Africa. Anthony Mitchell reports from West Haraghe in Ethiopia on how people are coping pConor O'Clery's America
US: Every morning sleek Lincoln Town Cars draw up to 92nd Street on Manhattan's wealthy upper east side, bringing pre-school children to a nursery school. This is no ordinary pre-school playgroup. Competition for the 175 places is so fierce that parents recruit family and friends to speed-dial the school when applications open each September, and often don't get through, writes Conor O'Clery p
