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| February 28, 2003 | Friday | Zul Hijjah 26, 1423 |
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UK slams EU for advocating federalism
BRUSSELS, Feb 27: Britain on Thursday rejected the “f-word” raised by the convention drafting an EU constitution — federalism — and demanded instead respect for a Union of nation states.... 
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Gujarat govt is biased against Muslims: AI
NEW DELHI, Feb 27: Amnesty International criticized the western Indian state of Gujarat on the first anniversary on Thursday of a major massacre, for what it described as severe bias against...
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US diplomat resigns in protest: Iraq policy
WASHINGTON, Feb 27: A career United States diplomat now serving in Greece has resigned his position in protest over US policy toward Iraq, State Department officials said on Thursday....
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Design for WTC memorial unveiled
NEW YORK, Feb 27: A plan calling for soaring “gardens in the sky” and a submerged memorial was unveiled on Thursday for the World Trade Center site, but wrangling between leaseholders,...
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Bush, Putin to work for consensus
MOSCOW, Feb 27: US President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to find a mutually acceptable solution on Iraq through the UN Security Council, the Kremlin said...
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HRW faults Delhi for inaction
NEW YORK FEB 27: One year after the beginning of communal violence in Gujarat that claimed over 2,000 lives, there have been no convictions of those responsible and little in the...
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Aga Khan meets Madagascar PM
ANTANANARIVO (Madagascar), Feb 27: “A fresh approach to ethics in public life and in the private sector, and improved recognition of the inherent pluralism of contemporary societies, and increased opportunity to...
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Climate change to affect half of humanity: study
PARIS, Feb 27: Billions of people will be at risk from storms, floods and droughts in the near future, partly as a result of global warming, an international water agency warned...
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What a profitable, unrefusable war!
LONDON: The approaching Middle East convulsion is hardly an aberration. America has been fighting wars all our lifetimes, from Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf to Serbia, Afghanistan and now, again, in...
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Blair’s war strategy shaken to the core
LONDON: Tony Blair’s Iraqi war strategy was shaken to the core on Wednesday night when 122 members of his own Labour Party in the House of Commons defied a three-line whip...
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Pacifism under scrutiny in Japan
TOKYO: A rocket will blast Japan’s first two spy satellites into orbit next month, in a potent symbol of how North Korea’s brinkmanship is pushing the pacifist country into beefing up...
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Australia changes defence priorities
SYDNEY: Australia must dedicate itself to assisting in US-led wars around the world rather than regional conflicts, a major shift in defence policy suggested on Wednesday....
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EU constitution in trouble
BRUSSELS: The EU’s quest for a fully fledged constitution is running into trouble because of an avalanche of amendments, and deep divisions between the old and the new European Union over...
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Old friends in Arab world see US betraying ideals
CAIRO: With the bitterness of betrayal, Said Naggar looks out at a region on the brink of war and sees the wreckage of ideals he cherished and principles he proclaimed....
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