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| January 12, 2003 | Sunday | Ziqa'ad 8, 1423 |
N. Korea threatens to resume missile tests: Huge anti-US rally in Pyongyang
 SEOUL/BEIJING, Jan 11: North Korea on Saturday escalated a nuclear crisis with a threat to end a moratorium on missile testing on the day it became the world’s first country to...
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Blair will ask Bush to put off attack: paper
LONDON, Jan 11: British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to hold talks with US President George Bush and chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix “to prevent early military action in Iraq...
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Toothbrush to keep the doctor away
NEW YORK, Jan 11: Use of a certain kind of power toothbrush each day could keep the dental hygienist at bay....
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S. Koreans force cinemas to halt Bond movie shows
SEOUL, Jan 11: South Korean activists rallied at scores of theatres on Saturday to block the latest James Bond film in a protest that prompted 10 out of 50 cinemas in...
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Iran’s conservatives call strike over ‘insulting’ US caricature
TEHRAN, Jan 11: Iran’s conservatives have called for a nationwide strike on Sunday to protest the publication of a 65-year-old US cartoon which they say insulted the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini....
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US citizen admits he assisted Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON, Jan 11: One of the six Muslims facing treason charges in a court in New York pleaded guilty on Friday to contributing and attempting to contribute funds, goods and services...
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BD army completes operation
DHAKA, Jan 11: Some 50,000 soldiers of the Bangladesh army returned to their barracks on Saturday, two days after the president promulgated an ordinance indemnifying all actions taken by members of...
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Turkish PM in Riyadh for talks on invasion
RIYADH, Jan 11: Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul arrived in the the Saudi capital on Saturday on the latest leg of a Middle East tour aimed at preventing a US-led invasion...
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Activists to keep eye on inspections
BAGHDAD, Jan 11: A group of French activists opposed to any US-led attack on Iraq have arrived in Baghdad to monitor UN arms inspections and ensure they are not being manipulated,...
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France to set up dispensary for Palestinians
PARIS, Jan 11: The French foreign ministry has decided to finance a special dispensary an the West Bank town of Nablus. It is to be operated by a French organization, Medecins...
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What is the big card & when is the time?
WASHINGTON: There is something very unreal about being in Washington at the present time....
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Bush miscalculated N. Korea’s intentions
WASHINGTON: Less than a month ago, some Bush administration officials were privately dismissing the likelihood that North Korea would soon take concrete steps to revive its most advanced nuclear programme after...
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Aid agencies ill prepared for chemical attack
LONDON: International relief agencies are completely unprepared to deal with the consequences of a chemical or biological attack on a civilian population in Iraq, experts from the London School of Hygiene...
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77pc French oppose war: poll
PARIS: At least 77 per cent of the French populace is opposed to an invasion of Iraq, according to a poll done for French public TV and daily Le Figaro....
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Iran feels hemmed in by hard US rhetoric
TEHRAN: Amir Mohebian is a bespectacled Islamic editor fond of analogies, such as this one concerning relations between the United States and Iran: “We will not grow closer anytime soon. The...
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Palestinian industry struggling to survive
RAMALLAH (West Bank): Business for leading Palestinian sweets maker Silvana turned sour when its key partner pulled out in frustration at deliveries increasingly thwarted by Israeli military blockades....
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