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| April 21, 2003 | Monday | Safar 18, 1424 |
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WMD claims: farce, dishonesty perfected
WASHINGTON: Exactly one month ago, US President George W. Bush declared that unless Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his two sons left the country, the United States would take military action... 
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Communist newspaper back in Baghdad
BAGHDAD: It would not be Washington’s first choice, but the long-banned Iraq Communist Party on Sunday won the race to publish the first newspaper in Baghdad since the fall of Saddam...
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Iraqi oil: Israel’s dream not far from reality
WASHINGTON: Plans to build a pipeline to siphon oil from newly conquered Iraq to Israel are being discussed between Washington, Tel Aviv and potential future government figures in Baghdad....
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US, allies at odds over talks with N. Korea
TOKYO: Days before the Bush administration approaches its first negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear ambitions, the United States is at odds with its nominal allies on the issue —...
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Iran learns lessons to deal with US
TEHRAN: If the rival factions that dominate Iranian politics have drawn one common lesson from the war in Iraq, it is not to underestimate Washington’s resolve in confronting what it considers...
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Poor do more for Third World than Western governments
LONDON: There is a new and unexpected force behind the global movement of money. Restaurant workers, taxi drivers and au pairs are increasingly stepping in where bankers and bureaucrats refuse to...
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Saddam took refuge in ‘guard’s house’
 BAGHDAD, April 20: Saddam Hussein’s entourage hid out in the home of a former family bodyguard for much of the US-led air war, leaving only when a bunker-busting bomb meant for...
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US misjudged Iraq transition: lawmaker: ‘Govt formation’ to take five years
WASHINGTON, April 20: A senior US lawmaker said on Sunday the United States had underestimated the first phase of what he envisaged could be a four to five-year effort to form...
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Avoid clash between religions, says Pope
VATICAN CITY, April 20: Pope John Paul used his Easter Sunday message to call for peace in Iraq and in the world’s forgotten conflicts which he said threatened “a tragic clash...
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Yemen next target, says expert
PARIS, April 20: Edward Luck, the Columbia University international relations specialist, has said that Yemen could be the next target of US military. Interviewed by Le Journal du Dimanche, Professor Luck...
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China backs call for US pullout
BEIJING, April 20: China said on Sunday that it supported a call by eight Middle Eastern foreign ministers for US and British forces to pull out of Iraq and for the...
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India asks US to pressure Israel: Awacs deal
NEW DELHI, April 20: India has asked the United States to let it buy Israel’s early warning Phalcon aircraft but reports on Sunday said that the US Director of Central Intelligence...
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Chinese minister, mayor sacked over SARS crisis
BEIJING, April 20: The Chinese leadership took dramatic action on Sunday to end a cover-up of the SARS epidemic by revealing 14 new deaths and hundreds of cases, sacking two senior...
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Koreans urged to unite against US moves
SEOUL, April 20: Koreans across the world should unite against US moves towards a war, North Korea’s official media said Sunday, warning the nation faced “national extermination”....
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Fernandes in China
NEW DELHI, April 20: Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes began a rare visit to China on Sunday and Beijing expressed the hope that it would help the two countries to work...
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US threatens to slap sanctions against Syria
DUBAI, April 20: Syria will face “sanctions” if it continues to support extremist movements such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage...
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