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February 24, 2003 Monday Zul Hijjah 22, 1423 Protests against war on Iraq continue RABAT, Feb 23: Tens of thousands of people marched through the centre of the Moroccan capital Rabat on Sunday to protest at US threats to wage war on Iraq.... Iraq cannot be trusted to disarm: Blix interview WASHINGTON, Jan 23: Iraq cannot be trusted to disarm, but only the UN Security Council can decide when to end arms inspections, top UN arms inspector Hans Blix said in an... UN vaccinates Iraqi children BAGHDAD, Feb 23: Health workers fanned out across Iraq on Sunday at the start of a UN-sponsored vaccination campaign for four million children, the likely first casualties of a US-led war.... Wet weather in Afghanistan KABUL, Feb 23: More than a week of heavy rain and snow in Afghanistan have broken recent records in many areas of the parched country, UN experts said, though stopping short... France not for second resolution on Iraq PARIS, Feb 23: France opposed a second UN Security Council resolution on Iraq for now, a French diplomatic source said on Sunday, as Washington prepared a new resolution contending Baghdad was... Syria rejects US call for new resolution DAMASCUS, Feb 23: Syria said on Sunday it had turned down a request by US Secretary of State Colin Powell that it back a new UN Security Council resolution likely to... 70pc still pro-US in France: poll PARIS, Feb 23: Seventy per cent of the French affirm that although they are opposed to a war with Iraq, they nevertheless remain staunchly pro-American. An IFOP opinion poll published in... No plans for vote on US troop deployments: Erdogan ANKARA, Feb 23: The leader of Turkey’s ruling party Sunday cast fresh doubt on US plans to invade Iraq from Turkey, saying there were still no plans for a parliamentary debate... Saddam flays ‘pusillanimous’ Arabs BAGHDAD, Feb 23: President Saddam Hussein criticised on Sunday some of his fellow Arabs as “pusillanimous,” reminding them that Iraq was capable of countering any US-led war, the state news agency... Valentines Day for Muslims proposed TEHRAN, Feb 23: An Iranian cleric has proposed holding an Islamic Valentine Day, the government daily Iran reported on Sunday.... French Muslims clinch deal on national council PARIS, Feb 23: French Muslim leaders have reached a long-awaited deal to create a council that would talk to the state on behalf of Europe’s largest Muslim community.... Globalization creates world crisis: Castro HANOI, Feb 23: Cuban President Fidel Castro wrapped up his three-day visit to communist ally Vietnam on Sunday, saying US hegemony and globalization have plunged the world into its worst-ever crisis.... BD approves amnesty for security forces DHAKA, Feb 23: The ruling BNP-led four-party coalition managed to pass the controversial bill to indemnify those involved in the recent army-led joint operation against criminals, on Sunday, amidst a rowdy... Dangerous precedent being set for war WASHINGTON: The outcome of the struggle for a new UN Security Council resolution on Iraq could influence the way nations go to war for years to come, foreign policy analysts say.... US firms consuming more Iraqi crude UNITED NATIONS: American oil refineries have dramatically increased their reliance on Iraqi crude, even as the Bush administration steps up preparations for a military attack against Baghdad, to offset a shortfall... New economic zone MOSCOW: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan are working on plans for a joint economic zone, the presidents of the four former Soviet republics said in a statement on Sunday.... Hezbollah, a proxy in need of a proxy ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER: The infiltrators’ bodies lie somewhere in Israel, still unclaimed and unnamed after their shooting spree in what Israeli officials describe as a new proxy war by the Lebanese guerrilla... NAM states eye deeper South-South links KUALA LUMPUR: While officials of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member countries here debate a statement on Iraq, many governments are forging ahead to pursue closer South-South cooperation, which they say is key...

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