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February 27, 2003 Thursday Zul Hijjah 25, 1423 ‘Virtual’ protest jams US senators’ phones WASHINGTON, Feb 26: Thousands of opponents of an invasion of Iraq called and faxed their senators on Wednesday, paralysing the telephone lines of many lawmakers for several hours.... Heat may influence decision: Rumsfeld: Nato deploys Awacs in Turkey WASHINGTON, Feb 26: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday the United States prefers not to wage a summer war in Iraq and acknowledged the stress of maintaining a large... Sharon ousts Netanyahu after coalition deal TEL AVIV, Feb 26: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ousted hawkish Foreign Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a surprise move on Wednesday after forging a new rightist coalition likely to toughen Israel’s... Bush speech to fit war in ‘big picture’ WASHINGTON, Feb 26: US President George Bush plans to detail on Wednesday night (Thursday morning in Pakistan) how an attack on Iraq fits into a “big picture” strategy to promote democracy... FDR relative says Bush is a bully PARIS, Feb 26: Curtis Roosevelt, the grandson of America’s great wartime president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, says that as far as he’s concerned, President George W Bush is nothing less than a... Savarkar’s portrait sparks walkout NEW DELHI, Feb 26: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, India’s first non-politician president, was boycotted in parliament on Wednesday when he unveiled the portrait of a Hindu nationalist leader.... Compound to block sour taste found: experts PARIS, Feb 26: A natural compound that blocks the taste of bitterness could slash the quantities of sugar and salt that lace processed foods today, thus helping the fight against obesity... Lankan parties hold reconciliation talks COLOMBO, Feb 26: The opposition parties — Peoples Alliance and the Marxist party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna — on Tuesday began their first round of talks in order to reach an... Four Indian states go to the polls SHIMLA, Feb 26: Four Indian states — Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya — voted for local assemblies on Wednesday, including in a key northern state where the performance of ruling... BD EC accuses government of interference DHAKA, Feb 25: Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) appears to be on another collision course with the government following its expression of dissatisfaction over the transfer of election officials during the ongoing... Poor drug-producing countries do not reap profit: UN VIENNA, Feb 26: It is a myth that poor countries are enriched by drug production as more than 96 percent of the profits from illegal substances are earned in the countries... Annan meets Cypriot leaders NICOSIA, Feb 26: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan presented Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders with the latest draft of his plan to reunite the Mediterranean island as he kicked off a... BD air force jet catches fire DHAKA, Feb 26: A Bangladesh Air Force FT-7 jet fighter caught fire on the runway of Zia International Airport as it was about to take off disrupting air traffic here for... US military needs more soldiers, Senate told WASHINGTON: Army Chief of Staff Gen. Erik Shinseki told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that “several hundred thousand soldiers” will be needed both to win a war with Iraq... Rushing to war is no solution LONDON: The choice is now clear. It is a choice for governments but also for individuals. It is a matter of judgment and of conviction. It is a decision with momentous... Russia may scupper Kyoto pact LONDON: Pressure on Russia to ratify the Kyoto protocol is intensifying amid fears in the European Union that Moscow may scupper the agreement to combat climate change by refusing to sanction... Tehran fears Washington more than Saddam TEHRAN: Amid the rumbling rhetoric and anti-US diatribes issued from Tehran in recent weeks over a possible US-led war on Iraq, wily former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani summed up Iran’s position... Operation to cost $85 bn: Pentagon WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is telling the White House and Congress that defeating Iraq and occupying the country for six months could cost as much as $85 billion, according to sources —... Americans want UN backing for war: poll NEW YORK: As the diplomatic bargaining over a second resolution gathers pace at the United Nations, American public opinion remains strongly in favour of delaying war plans to give the weapons... Chasm emerges in pro-invasion camp LOS ANGELES: One line of division over the prospect of war with Iraq was vividly displayed on the streets of America and Europe two weekends ago: the chasm between those who...

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