Final push begins: US: •Key bridge seized •Hospital bombed
 SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, April 2: US forces on Wednesday claimed smashing through elite Iraqi divisions to within 30kms of Baghdad, using fearsome...
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Senate voices ‘shock and dismay’: Invasion of Iraq
ISLAMABAD, April 2: After a marathon five-day fiery debate, the ruling and opposition parties in the Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed only a mild, compromise resolution, voicing “shock and dismay” at...
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Pakistan protests US sanctions
ISLAMABAD, April 2: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Wednesday that Pakistan had protested against the US sanctions slapped on its nuclear research plant at Kahuta....
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MMA urges unity against US
QUETTA, April 2: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Wednesday urged the Muslim world and other anti-war countries to get united and fight the United States with full force....
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Turkey allows US to use its territory: Supplies for troops in Northern Iraq
ANKARA, April 2: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday secured Turkish logistical support for US operations in northern...
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Israel arrests 1,000 Palestinians
TULKARM, April 2: Israeli troops rounded up at least 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Wednesday in a fresh sweep for wanted militants after a suicide bomber...
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Bush may not gain control over funds
WASHINGTON, April 2: Both Republican and Democrat lawmakers are reluctant to give President George W. Bush full control over the $74.7-billion emergency spending funds he is seeking to continue his fight...
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Russia does not want America to fail in Iraq: Putin
MOSCOW, April 2: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia does not want the United States to fail in its war in Iraq....
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Acquisition of frigates on priority: Musharraf
KARACHI, April 2: Pakistan is a peaceful nation but it will give an appropriate reply should anyone cast an evil eye on it, President Pervez Musharraf reiterated here on Wednesday....
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Hizb chief killed in Valley
NEW DELHI, April 2: The head of Jammu and Kashmir’s Hizbul Mujahideen group was killed by Indian security forces on Wednesday evening, news reports quoted the region’s police chief as saying....
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Eight killed in fresh Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, April 2: Occupied Kashmir’s main political alliance on Wednesday called for talks with India and Pakistan as eight more people were killed and 18 others injured in unabated violence....
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US-Afghan base attacked
BAGRAM AIR BASE (Afghanistan), April 2: A US base came under rocket attack in eastern Afghanistan, a military spokeswoman said on Wednesday as Washington expressed concern...
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‘North Korea gave missile technology to Pakistan’
ISLAMABAD, April 2: The US for the first time on Wednesday explicitly accused Pakistan and North Korea of missile-related trade, but said it was unable to substantiate reports of nuclear technology...
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Iraq should be run by Iraqis: Blair
LONDON, April 2: Iraq must be governed by Iraqis as soon as the US-led war to overthrow President Saddam Hussein is over, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday....
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Saddam appears on TV
BAGHDAD, April 2: Iraqi state television Wednesday night showed President Saddam Hussein chairing a meeting which paid tribute to the “heroic resistance” of Iraqi fighters against US and....
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Bahrain expels Iraqi diplomat
MANAMA, April 2: Bahrain announced on Wednesday the expulsion of the first secretary at Iraq’s embassy in the Gulf kingdom and linked him to an explosion outside a giant US naval...
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US plane crashes
AS-SALIYAH (Qatar), April 2: Two US airmen were rescued on Wednesday after their F-14 crashed in Iraq following mechanical failure, Central Command said in a statement....
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Prisoner of war rescued
AS SALIYAH (Qatar), April 2: US forces freed a prisoner of war during a rescue operation in Iraq, US Central Command announced on Tuesday....
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