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March 30, 2003 Sunday Muharram 26, 1424 UN needed to give occupation legitimacy: Powell NEW YORK, March 29: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday said the United Nations was needed to give a US-British occupation of Iraq “international legitimacy” but noted that the... Doctor who identified virus dies: Killer pneumonia SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, March 29: The World Health Organization doctor who first identified the deadly pneumonia virus which has killed at least 55 people worldwide has died, the latest victim of the... Iraq says ‘hundreds of enemy’ killed: US claims killing 55 soldiers BAGHDAD, March 29: Iraq said on Saturday that its military had killed hundreds of enemy soldiers in the 10-day-old war and shot down five fighter planes and four helicopter gunships, one... FBI issues alert for Pakistani woman WASHINGTON, March 29: The FBI has issued a worldwide search notice for a woman of Pakistani origin for her alleged connections with the Al Qaeda network.... Protests turn violent ISTANBUL, March 29: Another wave of demonstrations against the US-led war in Iraq rippled around the world on Saturday with protesters continuing — sometimes violently — to show their anger and... Turks pelt US experts with eggs ANKARA, March 29: Villagers in southeastern Turkey on Saturday pelted a team of US experts with eggs and stones when they turned up to investigate the crash of a cruise missile,... Bush says he does not know duration WASHINGTON, March 29: President George W. Bush said on Saturday that Iraqi troops had put up a fierce resistance against the US and British forces and that’s why he was not... Tenth day of the war * A suicide bombing kills four US soldiers at checkpoint near Najaf. Baghdad promises more such attacks... UK soldiers ‘kidnapped’ BASRA, March 29: A British official in southern Iraq said on Saturday four or five British soldiers had been kidnapped in Basra on Friday night.... Pope fears ‘religious catastrophe’ VATICAN CITY, March 29: Pope John Paul said on Saturday he feared the US-led war on Iraq could provoke a religious catastrophe in the world and said everything should be done... Commanders admit ‘quick war strategy’ has failed LONDON: Senior American and British military commanders were on Friday night accepting the unwelcome reality that the strategy of a quick war leading to an early collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime... Knives come out for US hawks WASHINGTON: Just a week ago, Richard Perle, the powerful chairman of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board (DPB) and the leader of the neo-conservative hawks who have pushed the drive to war... Spanish PM facing political disaster MADRID-ROME: The Spanish prime minister, Jose Maria Aznar, the third man on the international stage beside George Bush and Tony Blair in the run-up to war, was staring at political disaster... Through the prism of CNN, Al Jazeera CAIRO: When star reporter Taysr Aluni suddenly gets his head down as another missile hits Baghdad, around 50 million Arabs also instinctively duck as they sit in front of their television... Indonesia treading a perilous path JAKARTA: The Indonesian government is treading an increasingly perilous path in balancing its own anger — and the wrath of its mostly Muslim population — with pragmatic economic and political interests... Bush alters rhetoric of reasons for war WASHINGTON: In a shift of emphasis, President Bush on Friday termed the war against Iraq “a noble purpose” that would not only make the world safer but “free the people of... Berlin keeps up pressure on US-UK coalition BERLIN: Considering that Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was the first leader of a major European power openly to challenge the Americans’ Iraq policy last August, his government and country’s response to what... Unity over Iraq relief package LONDON: Britain and France temporarily set aside their differences on Friday to support a fresh United Nations security council resolution that will provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Iraq....

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