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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States 02 February 1998   US ready to use force against Iraq The United States said yesterday that it was ready to use substantial force if diplomatic efforts fail to resolve the current UN-Iraq standoff over arms inspections even as a team of international experts began inspecting suspected Iraqi weapons sites.   Amnesty urges doctors to shun lethal injection Urging medical practitioners not to participate in executions by lethal injections, the human rights organisation Amnesty International said this act violated doctors' professional ethics. In its latest report the London-based group strongly opposed and criticised the administering of lethal injection for execution, James Welsh said in the report that it was first introduced to make the executions increasingly humane. Campaign to save Indian dancing bears kicked off A campaign to ban the use of Indian bears for dancing to make a livelihood was launched by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) at London. Electionfever.com on website They're chatty, interactive and new to the Indian poll scene. Cyberspace is coming alive with a rash of websites all related to the coming elections. Serving a niche market on ``www.indiaelections98.com'' is the new website set up by a group of media professionals which gives a business perspective on the polls.   Pune heading for shortage of fuel Even as kerosene, diesel and petrol supplies in Maharashtra have started drying out as tankers continued to be off roads, Pune is yet to feel the pinch in supplies simply because the 350-odd private tankers have so far not responded to the strike call given by the Maharashtra Tanker Lorry Owners' Association (MTLOA). Knighted by Queen, sci-fi legend Clarke says he had sex with boys Arthur C. Clarke, arguably the best known Sci-fi writer in the world, is a self-confessed paedophile. Clarke who is 80-years of age and has lived in Sri Lanka for the last 40 years, admitted to that he had sex with young boys in Sri Lanka.     No one saw or heard Neeta Thapar fall   Trains diverted   `Capital's ground water is a health hazard'   Haryana may drop bottle fine to trap tipplers   Good guards difficult to afford   Delhi Beat   AIIMS agitation forces a cut back in services   "Being in business,I know people's problems"   Controllers withdraw airport stir   `Conservation requires realistic approach'   Rs 25,000 reward but VK stalker still at large   13 hurt in firing during armed robbery   Three PWG naxals held   Teachers plan stir against State policies   Noise, toxic fumes take toll on power house workers   Man dies in police custody, poisoning suspected   J-K talks only way out   Fuel blast kills 28 in Nigeria   China opposes strike against Iraq   Six soldiers die in rebel attack   Albright refines ideas to undo Wasia stalemate   Troops repel LTTE attack in Sri Lanka; 300 Tigers killed   No action yet against Tripp   3 held for looting Tyagi's son's shop   Public prosecutors threaten to boycott Sessions Court   Cigarette butt sparked off Central Plaza blaze   Battle for survival rages at Kuksheth   Govt rapped for "ignoring" HC order on pension   Rs 4 lakh hooch haul at Gorai   Principals' day off today   Faith healers dole out instant "peace"   MAT tells govt to promote women police officers   Mumbai Notes   ATCs defer agitation until today after talks with Ibrahim   Lankans shocked at the fall of their most honoured guest   Quicktakes