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November 21, 2002 Thursday Ramazan 15, 1423 US asks Britain to mobilize troops: Deployment in Iraq LONDON, Nov 20: The United States has formally asked Britain to mobilize troops for a possible deployment in Iraq, British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said on Wednesday.... Israel urges US to delay release of ‘road map’ WASHINGTON, Nov 20: Israel on Wednesday asked the United States to delay the release of a long-awaited “road map” to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict until after general elections the Jewish state... Court blocks challenge to detention in Guantanamo SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 20: A San Francisco-based federal appellate court on Monday blocked a challenge to the detention of more than 600 suspected terrorists and Taliban fighters at the US naval... US seeks 50 states’ contribution PRAGUE/BAGHDAD, Nov 20: US President George Bush warned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Wednesday that if he continued to deny having weapons of mass destruction he would enter his “final stage”... Lawmaker’s brother killed in Srinagar SRINAGAR, Nov 20: Militants killed a lawmaker’s brother and a police official in an attack in occupied Kashmir on Wednesday.... Israelis beat journalist AL KHALIL, Nov 20: Israeli border police kicked and beat a Reuters cameraman in the divided West Bank city of Al Khalil on Tuesday, witnesses said.... Paris advised to be selective on immigration PARIS, Nov 20: A governmental report on immigration has recommends that if France decides to resort to increased immigration as a solution to the aging of its population, and of its... Cinematic homage to East, West TORONTO, Nov 20: A new film, Bollywood/Hollywood _ a romantic musical/comedy by Toronto-based writer/director Deepa Mehta _ has been sold to 21 countries, including the United States, according to Producer David... Indian MP uses fists to settle debate NEW DELHI, Nov 20: A member of India’s parliament settled a political exchange in the lower house Wednesday by punching his opponent, sparking a debate about the low standards of parliamentary... France opposes Turkey’s EU entry PARIS, Nov 20: France has officially expressed its doubts as to whether Turkey should be admitted as a new member of the European Union on May 1, 2004.... Seven oil slicks threaten Spain from sunken tanker ARTEIXO (Spain), Nov 20: Seven oil slicks menaced the coast of northwestern Spain on Wednesday, threatening to wash ashore where hundreds of kilometres of unspoilt beach and marshland have already been... Americans don’t know where Iraq is: survey HAMBURG: More Europeans can pinpoint Iraq on the map, while only a fraction of Americans can find it, according to a new international geography assessment.... UK fears resurgent Franco-German axis LONDON: The French president, Jacques Chirac, and Tony Blair will meet this week on the margins of the Nato summit amid growing British concern that a Franco-German axis is once again... US again turns its back on Afghans BOSTON: The governor of Ghazni, an Afghan province south of Kabul, is just the kind of leader Washington should like. He’s young, educated and progressive. Haji Hassadullah Khalid studied political science... Uncertainty grips EU expansion BRUSSELS: It was like the “first day at school”, said a beaming Romano Prodi, surveying the European parliament on Tuesday as new boys and girls from Lithuania to Slovakia gave a... Nature’s ability to recover oil spill on test LONDON: Oil-covered seabirds expiring on the shore are the first image of a tanker disaster and often spark frantic rescue efforts.... Renaming Mount Everest LONDON: In Nepal they call it Sagarmatha. To the people of Tibet, it is Chomolungma, though the ruling Chinese prefer the variant Qomolangma. When the British first began mapping India, they... Iranian Afghan women face husband-homeland choice TEHRAN: Shirin has never faced such a dilemma. The 19-year-old Iranian has to choose between her Afghan refugee husband, who could be repatriated to his post-Taliban homeland at any time, and...

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