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March 12, 2003 Wednesday Muharram 8, 1424 First signs of US, UK discord surface LONDON, March 11: The first signs of discord between the United States and Britain over measuring Iraqi compliance in disarming surfaced on Tuesday.... Indian Christians go to court after govt ‘survey’ NEW DELHI, March 11: An Indian state has confirmed it is surveying a section of the Christian population living in the region, provoking court action from minority rights organizations alleging harassment,... U-2 flights suspended UNITED NATIONS, March 11: UN arms inspectors said on Tuesday they had withdrawn two U-2 reconnaissance planes over Iraq for safety reasons after Baghdad complained both aircraft were in the air... Undecided six moot 45-day ultimatum UNITED NATIONS, March 11: The UN Security Council’s six undecided nations on the Iraq issue have proposed a 45-day deadline for Baghdad to demonstrate that it is fully meeting its disarmament... Annan fails to clinch Cyprus accord THE HAGUE, March 11: A frustrated UN chief Kofi Annan admitted on Tuesday that he had failed to get Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders to agree on a reunification deal for... Iraqi army to be used for rebuilding WASHINGTON, March 11: The United States plans to use the depleted and demoralized Iraqi regular army to help rebuild postwar Iraq, a senior US defense official said on Tuesday.... Scuffling Turkish MPs oppose US presence ANKARA, March 11: Scuffles broke out and insults flew in the Turkish parliament on Tuesday during a debate on the presence of US military personnel in the country despite a recent... Guantanamo detainees’ petition rejected WASHINGTON, March 11: A US appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a challenge by Afghan war detainees, including two Britons and two Australians at the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay in... ‘Mother of all bombs’ ready WASHINGTON, March 11: The US air force prepared to test its heaviest bomb, a 21,000-pound, satellite-guided conventional weapon, at a Florida range Tuesday as US troops ready for war against Iraq,... Australian official resigns SYDNEY, March 11: A senior Australian intelligence analyst on Tuesday became the first government insider to resign in protest at what he called the government’s “abhorrent” hardline stance on disarming Iraq.... Libya agrees on Lockerbie compensation LONDON, March 11: Libya reached agreement with the United States and Britain on Tuesday to accept civil responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and compensate victims’ relatives, a source close to... It’s up to Iraq to avoid war, says Baradei VIENNA, March 11: War in Iraq is not inevitable but “the ball is very much in Iraq’s court” to prove that it does not have weapons of mass destruction, the head... Bush apologizes to Karzai WASHINGTON, March 11: US President George Bush apologized to Afghan President Hamid Karzai over his treatment by US lawmakers during a late February visit to Washington, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer... China worried about US unilateralism BEIJING: Deep anxiety over US hegemony and its impact on international relations in the future has led China to assume a more vocal stance against the idea of US-led military action... Real battle at UN is over new world order LONDON: The division between leading members of the United Nations represents a conflict not over the threat posed by Saddam Hussein but the underlying goals for the world order.... West’s failure to donate aid threatens millions LONDON-SORAN (Iraq): With a war against Iraq perhaps days away, the world’s richest governments have given the United Nations barely a quarter of the funds its agencies have asked for to... Cannibalism case is ICC’s first NAIROBI: Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) controls much of northern Congo, has been referred to the international criminal court by Congo’s government and the International Federation... Between Iraq and a hard place TEHRAN: Like any good guest, the new British ambassador here brought a present when he visited the cleric who heads the Iran’s chief foreign policy agency. It was far more important...

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