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| January 27, 2003 | Monday | Ziqa’ad 23,1423 |
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US buys up Iraqi oil to stave off crisis
LONDON: Facing its most chronic shortage in oil stocks for 27 years, the United States has this month turned to an unlikely source of help — Iraq.... 
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Why Bush is sunk without Europe
LONDON: When the stock market falls for a record 10 consecutive days, as it just has done, you take notice. Falls like these are usually the portent of something bad, even...
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No ermine for Charles’ coronation
LONDON: Prince Charles is to be crowned in a ‘dress down’ coronation. Plans being made to modernise the event will lead to comparisons with the acclaimed ‘people’s funeral’ held for his...
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Reform becomes talking point in S. Arabia
RIYADH: Reform has become a talking point in conservative Saudi Arabia, but even its most ardent advocates do not see rapid change until more Saudis accept the risks that come with...
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Chinese split over fortunes
BEIJING: Superstitious Chinese people gearing up for the lunar new year festivities are undecided whether the advent of the year of the goat in place of the horse will bring good...
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US abandons ‘strong dollar’ policy
LONDON: The United States is set to weaken its seven-year commitment to the ‘strong dollar policy’ this week and accept the greenback’s slide on the world markets. This tacit devaluation will...
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US, UK forces will be ready to invade in 30 days
LONDON, WASHINGTON, PARIS, BERLIN, MOSCOW: In Antwerp, the men of 6th Squadron of the US Air Cavalry are loading their Longbow helicopters onto the ship that will carry them to the...
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Sombre mood clouds Davos summit
 DAVOS, Jan 26: Boogeying poolside was out, bashing America was in at this year’s Davos business summit as angst over war and recession drove out the traditional strut and swagger of...
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US forces present in Iraq: Erdogan: Passage for US troops may be allowed
CAIRO, Jan 26: The leader of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said that United States forces are already present in northern and southern Iraq, the London-...
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Experts fear more worm attacks
WASHINGTON, Jan 26: Countries all over the globe Sunday surveyed the damage from the most serious attack on the Internet in more than a year, with some networks still down and...
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No Islamic arts wing at Louvre for now
PARIS, Jan 26: French Culture Minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon said that the Louvre — considered the largest museum in the world — will not be giving itself a department of Islamic arts,...
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Opposition boycotts BD parliament
DHAKA, Jan 26: The eighth Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) went into its sixth session on Sunday, amidst the opposition’s boycott....
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US spy plane crashes in S. Korea, 4 hurt
SANGSINRI (South Korea) Jan 26: A US spy plane crashed in South Korea on Sunday about 80 kilometres from the heavily fortified border with North Korea, injuring four local people, military...
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White House links Saddam to Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON, Jan 26: White House chief of staff Andrew Card on Sunday linked Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to the Al Qaeda structure responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against...
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Top police official shot dead in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Unidentified gunmen shot dead the Inspector General of the Armed Police Force Krishna Mohan Shrestha, his wife and a guard early on Sunday, officials said....
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Critic of Bush policy on Iraq in trouble
NEW YORK, Jan 26: The former UN weapons inspector, Scot Ritter, a critic of President Bush’s war against Iraq is expected to face federal government’s probe on a Internet sex case...
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US, UK to ‘annihilate’ Iraq for oil: official
BAGHDAD, Jan 26: Former UN official Denis Halliday warned here Sunday that the United States and Britain were ready to “annihilate” Iraqi society in order to control the country’s oil wealth....
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Israel seals off Palestinian territories until after polls: report
AL QUDS, Jan 26: Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz on Sunday ordered all the Palestinian territories to be sealed off from Israel until after Tuesday’s general elections, Israeli public radio said....
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