Quit or face war, Saddam told: •US, Britain withdraw resolution •UN recalls staff from Iraq
 UNITED NATIONS, March 17: The United States and Britain abandoned diplomacy on Monday, telling President Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq or face certain war, as the United Nations ordered its staff...
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Israeli forces kill 10 in Gaza attacks
GAZA CITY, March 17: Israeli troops killed 10 Palestinians, including a toddler and a 13-year-old boy, in raids on the Gaza Strip on Monday, while two Palestinian militants were killed in...
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Baghdad rejects ultimatum
BAGHDAD, March 17: Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri rejected Monday a US ultimatum for President Saddam Hussein to leave the country or face war....
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Govt, opposition still poles apart
ISLAMABAD, March 17: The government and opposition parties seemed still poles apart on Monday over the controversial presidential powers ahead of a special National Assembly session convened for Tuesday mainly to...
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Cook resigns over Blair’s Iraq policy
LONDON, March 17: British Prime Minister Tony Blair suffered his biggest political blow of the Iraq crisis on Monday when a senior cabinet minister resigned in protest at the prospect of...
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Peace be given every chance, says Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, March 17: The foreign ministry spokesman here on Monday refused to offer any comment on the outcome of the Azores summit of the leaders of the United States, Britain and...
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Pakistan, Iran agree on joint border patrol
QUETTA, March 17: Pakistan and Iran signed a document on Monday night aimed at enhancing cooperation in joint border patrols and combating drug trafficking and human smuggling....
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17 killed in Kashmir gunbattles
SRINAGAR, March 17: Indian troops shot dead 12 Kashmiris in gunbattles on Monday in occupied Kashmir, in the wake of a major attack on a police post, officials said....
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Japan gives $50m non-project grant
ISLAMABAD, March 17: Japan has decided to extend non-project grant aid (NPGA) amounting to $50 million to Pakistan....
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ATC transfers Qudoos’ case
RAWALPINDI, March 17: An anti-terrorism court on Monday rejected the application of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) to the case of Aqeel Ahmad Abdul Qudoos, the alleged harbourer of Al Qaeda activist Khalid Shaikh Mohammad,...
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Turkey hints at assisting US
ANKARA, March 17: Turkey signalled on Monday that it may be ready to take urgent steps to assist its NATO ally the United States in any war on neighbouring Iraq....
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Musharraf inaugurates Allama Iqbal Airport
 LAHORE, March 17: Lahore’s new Rs10-billion Allama Iqbal International Airport was inaugurated by President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday where he said the Civil Aviation Authority would also set up modern...
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Peace groups call for direct action
WASHINGTON, March 17: Major peace groups in the United States issued a national call on Monday for non-violent direct action beginning immediately to step up peace protests....
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‘Israeli army deliberately killed US woman’
 RAFAH, Gaza Strip, March 17: Rafah’s small bunch of peace activists were Monday more determined than ever to keep up their perilous protection work after one of them was killed by...
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‘War will be disastrous for Africa’
PORT LOUIS, March 17: The chairman of the African Union Commission, Amara Essy, warned on Monday that a US-led war on Iraq would be disastrous for Africa....
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S. Arabia urges Iraq’s sovereignty
JEDDAH, March 17: Saudi Arabia on Monday urged the UN Security Council to safeguard the independence and sovereignty of Iraq and try to avert a looming US-led war on the country....
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