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February 1, 2003 Saturday Ziqa’ad 28, 1423 Turkish generals hint at giving bases to US ANKARA, Jan 31: Turkey’s National Security Council urged the government on Friday to seek parliamentary approval for “military measures” in case the United States invaded Iraq.... US accuses N. Korea of initiating reprocessing WASHINGTON, Jan 31: The United States warned North Korea on Friday against taking the “provocative” step of reprocessing nuclear fuel rods to convert them into bomb-grade plutonium.... ‘Shoe bomber’ gets life in prison BOSTON, Jan 31: A US judge sentenced Briton Richard Reid — a self-proclaimed disciple of Osama bin Laden — to life imprisonment on Thursday for trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic... Experts foresee invasion by March LONDON, Jan 31: The United States is highly likely to lead an invasion of Iraq in the next two months and the war should be over by the end of June,... Iran lets Iraq chair UN moot UNITED NATIONS, Jan 31: Iraq’s controversial chairmanship of an international conference on disarmament will be moved up two months, to March, after Iran switched places, a UN spokeswoman said on Friday.... Lankan army uniform sets seized OMANTHAI (Sri Lanka), Jan 31: Lankan police on Friday seized 300 sets of army uniforms in a lorry suspected to belong to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.... Bollywood can help better ties: Khanna NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Pakistan and India were on the brink of war last year, but a dose of Bollywood could mend fences between the two countries, according to India’s new... India steps up arrests of ‘BD immigrants’ KOLKATA, Jan 31: Security forces in eastern India have stepped up arrests of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants after the interior ministry labelled them a security threat and ordered them deported, an official... India plans to clone cheetah BANGALORE, Jan 31: A leading Indian research institute has asked Iran to loan it a pair of cheetahs or offer some cells to clone an animal that has been extinct in... Case filed against clone proponents PARIS, Jan 31: A former French minister and presidential hopeful, Bernard Kouchner, has filed a criminal complaint against the Raelian sect following the announcement on Jan 29 of the birth of... Fake IDs, open spaces make US border easy to cross: study WASHINGTON, Jan 31: Government investigators told a U.S. Senate panel on Thursday that undercover agents were easily able to cross the U.S. border from Mexico and Canada using fake identification that... Why is the US going to war against Iraq? WASHINGTON: Why is the administration of US President George W. Bush preparing to go to war against Iraq?... Iraqis get ready to endure a long war BAGHDAD: In these days of great uncertainty Iraqis are developing a taste for the simple things of life: date syrup, honey, sesame seeds — and most coveted of all, a well... Gene find raises hopes of cancer treatment LONDON: Scientists have discovered how a genetic switch that allows cancerous cells to divide and spread works, in a finding that could open up a new avenue to treat many of... Study links DNA component with life expectancy WASHINGTON: Life expectancy in elderly people is linked to the length of special structures in their DNA, according to a study published on Friday in the British medical journal Lancet. The... Link between schizophrenia, immigrants LONDON: Immigrants in Denmark are more than twice as likely as native Danes to develop schizophrenia, but psychologists said on Saturday they do not know why.... Sharon, Bush hold the answer to peace in ME TEL AVIV: Israelis call Ariel Sharon the bulldozer. Big, tough and driven, he won re-election this week as prime minister on a vow to protect them. But will he ever lead... US, allies could be prosecuted for war: experts UNITED NATIONS: The United States and allies who attack Iraq without United Nations sanction could face international legal action, even though Washington has opted out of the new International Criminal Court...

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