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February 18, 2003 Tuesday Zul Hijjah 16, 1423 French favour veto against war: poll PARIS, Feb 17: A public opinion poll published on Monday has 81 per cent of the French saying that if the United States ever introduces a pro-war resolution before the UN... US, South Korea plan war games: North Korea rattles sabres SEOUL, Feb 17: North Korea said on Monday it would win any nuclear war with the United States as the crisis over the communist state’s suspected drive to manufacture atomic weapons... Pope to keep up anti-war drive VATICAN CITY, Feb 17: Pope John Paul II will meet UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday amid the Vatican’s diplomatic drive to avert a US-led war with Iraq.... SMS messages to fight terrorism in Singapore SINGAPORE, Feb 17: Singapore police will use mobile phone text message alerts and neighbourhood watch teams as part of an intensified effort to fight the threat of terrorism, a report said... ‘Strong cup of tea is good for you’ WELLINGTON, Feb 17: It’s true what many people have said for ages — “Have a nice cup of tea, you’ll feel better.”... Emergency declared as storm shuts US east coast, 12 dead WASHINGTON, Feb 17: The powerful weekend winter storm that buried the Washington, D.C. area also killed at least 12 people across eastern United States and forced authorities to declare a state... Future UK marches may turn nasty LONDON, Feb 17: Britain’s anti-war protesters, buoyed by the biggest peace time protest in the country’s history, warned on Monday future marches could turn nasty if the government ignores them.... Poland, India sign pact on defence NEW DELHI, Feb 17: Poland and India agreed on Monday to boost defence cooperation and signed an extradition treaty during a visit here by Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller.... Greenpeace stops ships from sailing for Gulf BRUSSELS, Feb 17: The environmental group Greenpeace launched an anti-war operation Monday in the Belgian port of Antwerp in a bid to block ships loaded with war materials from heading to... $5,000 spent to oppose war WELLINGTON, Feb 17: A 51-year-old New Zealander who earns a living cleaning motels and sewing has spent 5,000 New Zealand dollars (2,750 US dollars) of her own money on a newspaper... Israel doubles capacity at desert prison AL QUDS, Feb 17: The Israeli army has started work to double the capacity of the Ketziot detention centre where it holds the bulk of Palestinians captured since the beginning of... Khaleda slams campaign against BD DHAKA, Feb 17: Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia has expressed disappointment over a media campaign against Bangladesh, and especially for portraying her government in bad light.... ‘Near miss’ for jets over India MADRAS, Feb 17: Northern India was on Monday the site of a narrowly-missed crash between an Indian Airlines plane carrying 82 and an aircraft flown by Taiwan’s EVA Airways.... Nato may be an early casualty of war BRUSSELS: Poor George Robertson must be re-thinking the old adage that there’s no such thing as bad publicity after Nato’s week from hell. The Atlantic alliance’s sleepy Brussels headquarters hadn’t seen... Up to 30m people demonstrated LONDON: Huge waves of demonstrations not seen since the Vietnam war jammed more than 600 towns and cities around the world over the weekend as protesters from Tasmania to Iceland marched... Pacific islanders use elderly to test fish for poison AUCKLAND: Pacific Island societies sometimes test freshly caught fish for deadly poison by feeding it first to the elderly, scientists have claimed.... Plan to shut down British govt LONDON: Anti-war coalition leaders, emboldened by the massive turnout at peace rallies in London and around the world, are planning to try to shut Britain down should Tony Blair defy public... Condescending Blair invokes ‘morality’ as excuse for war LONDON: Downing Street is at panic stations as the full implications of Hans Blix’s inspections report sink in. The two main US-British arguments in favour of launching a war on Iraq... A route to a new identity for Africans LONDON: “Kunta Kinte. My name is ... Kunta Kinte.” Ask any black person with memories of the late 70s and they will immediately recall the scene. The slave from Alex Haley’s... Arab refusal to help US is toothless gesture CAIRO: An Arab call to deny Washington military assistance in any war on Iraq is a toothless gesture to mollify angry citizens keen to boot US forces out of the region,...

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