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January 7, 2003 Tuesday Ziqa’ad 3, 1423 Turkey, Jordan call for averting invasion AMMAN, Jan 6: Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul and Jordanian leaders voiced concern on Monday that a US-led invasion of Iraq could destabilize their own countries and sought ways of averting... Israel bars Palestinians from attending UK talks TEL AVIV, Jan 6: Israel on Monday barred Palestinians from attending talks in London on Middle East peace and leadership reforms at home in anger over twin suicide bombings that killed... Russian oil seen as rival to ME exports MOSCOW, Jan 6: A major project to build an Arctic export terminal could make Russian oil exports a “serious alternative” to Middle East oil, the US ambassador to Moscow said on... France to encourage immigration PARIS, Jan 6: France is expected to promulgate early in the new year a new immigration policy that would increase significantly the number of foreigners allowed into the country — from... Frenchman’s expulsion to Algeria blocked PARIS, Jan 6: The French justice ministry has decided to block the expulsion to Algeria of a condemned French Al Qaeda member, Brahim Chalabi, whose network, dismantled in 1994, was revealed... Washington readying plan to administer Iraq: paper NEW YORK, Jan 6: President Bush’s national security team is assembling final plans for administering and democratizing Iraq after the expected ouster of Saddam Hussein said the New York Times on... Licence fee sought from 8th century saint BERLIN, Jan 6: Germany’s television licence fee agency apologized on Monday for sending an angry letter demanding payment from an eighth century saint.... Vajpayee defends history rewriting MUMBAI, Jan 6: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Monday defended a government decision to implement a new school curriculum, which opposition parties have criticized as ideologically biased.... Gujarat town under curfew AHMEDABAD, Jan 6: Curfew was reimposed on Monday in Lunavada town in riot-scarred Gujarat state, amid fresh communal violence, police said.... Thief snares deadly snake SYDNEY, Jan 6: An Australian thief got more than he bargained for when he grabbed a bag off a car’s passenger seat and found a venomous, red-bellied black snake inside.... ‘Destructive elements’ stalking Kabul, warns ISAF chief KABUL, Jan 6: The commander of multinational troops protecting the Afghan capital said on Monday that “destructive elements” are present in Kabul, and reiterated a warning that a US-led invasion of... Envoys face Blair with dire warnings LONDON: Telegrams from British embassies and missions around the world are urging Tony Blair to step up pressure on President Bush to pull back from a war against Iraq.... A website that dug too deep is crushed NEW DELHI: Tarun Tejpal is sitting amid the ruins of his office. There is not much left — a few dusty chairs, three computers and a forlorn air-conditioning unit.... Vulture creditors play a conjuring trick LONDON: Guess who is claiming US dollars 73 million this year from the famine-stricken Ethiopian government? Nestle? Some big multinational suffering a temporary corporate social responsibility bypass?... Mars to make closest approach BALTIMORE: Mars, the Red Planet, will be making its closest approach to Earth in at least 50,000 years this summer. It will dazzle naked-eye stargazers with a reddish light as bright... Chicken eggs to treat snake bites NEW DELHI: Indian scientists said on Monday they would soon be able to use chicken eggs to treat snake bites.... What is the correct water intake? LONDON: The two-litres-a-day mantra has recently been challenged by a number of respectable sources. Professor Heinz Valtin (who drinks just one glass of plain water a day, plus about five... The other war has begun  the one to save lives BAGHDAD: Sometime in the next few weeks 120 giant rubber bladders, each able to hold up to 1,320 gallons of water, are scheduled to arrive at the Baghdad offices of CARE,...

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