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| April 27, 2003 | Sunday | Safar 24, 1424 |
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Punitive measures if Syria supports Iraq: US congressman wants normal ties
DAMASCUS, April 26: Punitive measures could be taken against Syria for collaborating with the Iraqi regime, a United States congress man said Saturday, calling Syria’s ties with Iraq a “horrendous mistake... 
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Some power, water restored: US
BAGHDAD, April 26: US military engineers and Iraqi workers have ensured about 60 per cent of normal water and power supplies are available in Baghdad, with full services set to resume...
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400 tons of mustard gas destroyed, says Russia
GORNY-MOSCOW, April 26: Russia, the possessor of the world’s largest stocks of chemical weapons, completed the first step in fulfilling its international obligations by destroying 400 tons of mustard gas, a...
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ME ‘roadmap’ next week: US official
AL QUDS, April 26: An international “roadmap” for Middle East peace will be unveiled as early as next week once Palestinian legislators endorse new reform-minded prime minister Mahmoud Abbas, a US...
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Blast was triggered by attack, says US
AS-SALIYAH (Qatar) April 26: The US military said on Saturday a blast outside Baghdad that left at least six people dead was the result of an attack on US soldiers guarding...
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Afghan books to be digitally preserved
WASHINGTON, April 26: After the recent destruction of the contents of the Iraq National Library in Baghdad, scholars in the United States are now working on a project to electronically preserve...
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Blair, Straw were ready to quit over vote
LONDON, April 26: British Prime Minister Tony Blair and senior ministers were braced to resign if a key vote in parliament last month on the Iraq war went against the government,...
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US shuttle to have Japanese astronaut
WASHINGTON, April 26: The crew of the next US space shuttle to take off when the programme resumes following the February 1 disaster that killed seven astronauts will include a Japanese...
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File-swapping software deemed not different from VCRs
LOS ANGELES, April 26: Makers of software that allows users to swap music and film files over the Internet for free are not responsible for copyright infringements, a judge here ruled....
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Asian nations form united front to combat SARS
HONG KONG, April 26: Asian nations vowed to form a united front to halt the spread of the killer SARS virus on Saturday as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called for...
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Soyuz blasts off for first mission after Colombia
BAIKONUR, April 26: A US and a Russian astronaut blasted off on Saturday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the first manned space flight since the Columbia shuttle disaster three...
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Degas’ ‘Little Dancer’ brought to life at opera
PARIS, April 26: One of the most appealing works by 19th century French sculptor and painter Degas, his statuette of the “little dancer”, has been brought to life on stage in...
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France suggests environment body
PARIS, April 26: France is pushing for a “World Environment Organisation” that would put the environment on the same world footing as global trade, French Ecology Minister Roselyne Bachelot said on...
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Linguists still struggling with Sahaf’s elusive vocabulary
CAIRO: Long after the former Iraqi Information Minister Mohamed al-Sahaf vanished from the public spotlight linguists are still struggling to define some of the vocabulary he used in explaining Iraq’s version...
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Tigers put Lankan ceasefire to test
BANGKOK: By pulling out of this month’s round of peace talks, the Tamil Tigers have forced a 14-month old ceasefire agreement between the Sri Lankan government and the rebels to face...
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US lied about WMDs: Ritter
WASHINGTON: Scott Ritter, a UN weapons inspector in Iraq for seven years, said that if the American and British justification for the attack on Iraq turns out to be a fabrication,...
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India, China, US, Pakistan in game: ‘Encirclement’
NEW DELHI: India, Pakistan and China are busy weaving a complex web of treaties, defence alliances and covert agreements with South, Central and East Asian nations to strategically “encircle” one another....
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Call for preserving Iraqi heritage
LONDON: A group of academics from British and US universities have called for the setting up of an all-Iraqi historical commission to reconstitute the historical archives of Iraq....
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Washington undermining arms control, say experts
UNITED NATIONS: The United States is undermining the international disarmament regime by abandoning multilateralism in favour of unilateralism, according to senior UN officials and US arms control experts....
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Opec may loose grip on oil markets
VIENNA: The planned rebuilding of Iraq’s oil industry could drive down prices and loosen the grip on world markets of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its leader, Saudi Arabia....
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