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| April 22, 2003 | Tuesday | Safar 19,1424 |
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US undermining aid efforts: UN: Refusal to grant air corridor
AMMAN, April 21: UN officials voiced disappointment on Monday at the “mysterious” refusal by US forces to grant them an air corridor to fly back much-needed international staff into Iraq, charging... 
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US troops accused of arresting Shia leader
BAGHDAD, April 21: Thousands of fist-shaking Iraqi Shias staged an angry demontration in central Baghdad on Monday, complaining that a prominent religious figure had been arrested by US soldiers....
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Saddam is still in Iraq: Chalabi
LONDON, April 21: Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is still inside the country, and his son Qusay has been seen over the weekend in the heart of Baghdad, a key Iraqi...
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Attack feared in Karbala
KUWAIT CITY, April 21: Shia leaders in Iraq will not take part in rituals marking the 40th day of the Karbala tragedy, which will reach a climax on Wednesday, for fear...
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Russia to lose contracts, says Perle
MOSCOW, April 21: A senior US defence adviser suggested in an interview published on Monday in Moscow that Russia was likely to lose rights to Iraqi oil contracts signed under the...
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Garner dismisses claims of governor, mayor
BAGHDAD, April 21: The new US administration of Iraq, led by Jay Garner, on Monday dismissed the claims of the two men who have appointed themselves as the new leaders in...
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Gold reserves stolen
BAGHDAD, April 21: Thieves stole gold reserves estimated to be worth millions from a state bank in the Iraqi capital on Monday. Shocked employees said the robbers seemed to know the...
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Tamil Tigers suspend peace talks
COLOMBO, April 21: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels on Monday announced they were suspending peace talks with the Colombo government in a move diplomats saw as the biggest setback ever to...
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Muslims face harassment in Gujarat, says MP
NEW DELHI, April 21: An Indian legislator on Monday alleged police were harassing Muslims in Gujarat state in connection with the murder last month of a Hindu politician....
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Fly-on-the-wall film set to make EU leaders blush
COPENHAGEN, April 21: A Danish television documentary charting three months of behind-the-scenes dealings by European Union leaders has kicked up a storm ahead of its broadcast on Tuesday....
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Kashmiris hail Blackwill’s resignation
SRINAGAR, April 21: A prominent Kashmiri leader said on Monday militants were happy at the resignation of the US ambassador to India, Robert Blackwill, saying the top US envoy was “partial...
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Syria imposes visa curbs
DAMASCUS, April 21: Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq al Shara said on Monday that Iraqis now need a visa to cross the border into his country, which has faced US charges of...
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Rumsfeld seeks ouster of North Korean leaders
WASHINGTON, April 21: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has circulated a memo within President George W. Bush’s administration suggesting the United States should work with China to seek the ouster of...
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Bush’s four-point idea for change
WASHINGTON: Iraq was only the beginning. Fresh from a rout of the Middle East’s most feared regime, the Bush administration is charting an ambitious plan to further transform the volatile region....
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Uproar in Iran over Rafsanjani’s comment
TEHRAN: An interview with a key leader published in a magazine two months ahead of schedule raises new questions about Iranian relations with the US...
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SARS action signals a more open China
BEIJING: A week ago, Beijing was saying it only had 37 cases of SARS and the health minister was declaring China safe to visit. And world outrage was growing as the...
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What is SARS & how to avoid it
LONDON: What is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars)? A serious disease which first seems to have emerged in the Guangdong province of southern China in November last year, although global........
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Pope’s coded rebuke to US
LONDON: The Pope delivered a coded rebuke to Washington on Easter Sunday when he urged Iraqis to take charge of the rebuilding of their country while working closely with the international...
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US president needs his next fix
NEW YORK: Immediately after the last Gulf war, the late June Jordan, a prominent poet and peace activist, was asked to explain the national euphoria propelling George Bush Sr to the...
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Occupation of Iraq is a disaster
LONDON: Abdul Al-Malaki lives opposite the gatehouse of the extravagant palace that Saddam Hussein built in his home town of Tikrit. Flanked by megalomaniac twin statues of the former Iraqi president...
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