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March 31, 2003 Monday Muharram 27, 1424 Indonesian rally leads Asia anti-war protests JAKARTA, March 30: More than 100,000 Indonesians jammed the streets of Jakarta on Sunday shouting anti-American slogans over the Iraq war, as 200 foreigners in Beijing rallied in China’s first government-approved... Fears grow as HK reports big jump in pneumonia cases HONG KONG, March 30: Hong Kong reported a sharp rise in pneumonia virus cases on Sunday, more than half of them in a single apartment building, as Thailand and Singapore stepped... 10 ‘Taliban’ killed, says military KANDAHAR, March 30: The Afghan military in Kandahar was on Sunday continuing to hunt a group of suspected Taliban in a major operation in which 10 extremists were killed and 13... EU launches first military venture BRUSSELS, March 30: The European Union launches its first military operation on Monday but this ground-breaking if modest new venture for the 15-nation economic bloc may draw scant attention because of... Military campaign bogs down, no end in sight NEW YORK, March 30: As the American and British forces in Iraq are gearing up for a long military campaign to dislodge Saddam Hussein from power a commander of American ground... Former UK minister wants army back home LONDON, March 30: Former British foreign secretary Robin Cook, who quit his senior government post in protest at military action in Iraq, has called for British troops to be pulled out... Eleventh day of the war * Fresh explosions in central Baghdad, large oil-filled trench ablaze; Bombers circle Kirkuk where loud blasts heard... 2 Palestinians killed by Israeli troops AL QUDS, March 30: The Israeli army on Sunday killed two armed Palestinians trying to infiltrate Israeli territories from the Gaza Strip, according to a military source.... UK journalist found dead LONDON, March 30: An award winning TV journalist covering the Iraq war for Britain’s Channel 4 News was found dead Sunday at a hotel in northern Iraq, his employers said, adding... How a killer virus travelled around the world HONG KONG: When visiting Chinese Professor Liu Jianlun was rushed into hospital in Hong Kong on February 22, medical staff might have been forgiven for thinking his high fever had made... Yemen, Nigeria next: report PARIS, March 30: Guillaume Dasquie, editor of Intelligence Online says that he’s learned that the US Under Secretary of Defence Paul Wolfowitz has designated Yemen and Nigeria as being the next... How a butterfly may spawn a tornado WASHINGTON: As President Bush and his aides dig in for a longer war than first hoped for, they face a sobering prospect: longer and tougher combat will create a ripple effect... Israeli reaction to new Palestinian PM is key RAMALLAH: For pilgrims to Ramallah, the symbol of authority in the Palestinian capital was an ugly one.... Iraqis have grounds for mistrusting US-UK ‘liberation’ stunt OXFORD: The fierce resistance that British and American troops have encountered must have come as a very unpleasant surprise to Tony Blair and George Bush. They assumed Saddam Hussein was so... Doubts haunt Turkey’s Kurds ISTANBUL: “For the first time in world history Kurds will gain international recognition,” says Umit Firat an independent Kurdish intellectual from Istanbul, predicting the outcome of the US war on Iraq.... Pyongyang snubs UN inspectors’ role TOKYO: North Korea signalled on Saturday it is learning a lesson from the war in Iraq — though not the one the Bush administration had wanted. The government’s official party newspaper...

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