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May 6, 2003 Tuesday Rabi-ul-Awwal 3, 1424 UN asks US to allow investigation: Looting at nuclear plants VIENNA, May 5: The United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Monday it had asked the United States to let it send a mission to Iraq to investigate reports of widespread looting... Israeli minister opposes state plan AMMAN, May 5: Jordan’s state minister for foreign affairs has dismissed as “ridiculous” efforts by Israel’s ultra-nationalist minister of tourism to block the creation of a Palestinian state west of the... Oxfam objects to US firms’ role AMMAN, May 5: Aid group Oxfam International said on Monday Iraqis should lead efforts to rebuild their country and not Western firms chosen by the United States and Britain in their... US to focus on halting export: N. Korea’s N-programme WASHINGTON, May 5: US President George W. Bush sees it as unlikely that North Korea will be persuaded to halt production of nuclear-weapons material and is trying to muster international resolve... Comedy film about Sahhaf CAIRO, May 5: A comedy short movie has been produced in Egypt about former Iraqi information minister Mohammed Said al-Sahhaf, who became a global celebrity for his persistent refusal to admit... Chinese villagers riot over SARS HONG KONG, May 5: China on Monday quarantined 10,000 more citizens in its desperate efforts to contain SARS as panic riots hit rural areas despite global successes in halting the spread... US asks Russia not to help Iran MOSCOW, May 5: The United States on Monday held high-level talks with Russia on Iran, aimed at persuading Moscow to rethink its nuclear cooperation with Tehran as it is trying to... US urges Abbas to stop ‘violence’ RAMALLAH, May 5: US Middle East envoy William Burns on Wednesday told Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas to launch a “decisive fight against terror”, at Mr Abbas’ first meeting with a... Sinha to meet Powell in Moscow NEW DELHI, May 5: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha will hold talks with US Secretary of State Colin Powell in Moscow next week, their first face-to-face meeting since the current peace... Scientist arrested BAGHDAD, May 5: The United States on Monday announced the capture of a top female biological weapons scientist working for the former Iraqi government.... LTTE seeks amendments to accord COLOMBO, May 5: The LTTE has submitted to the Norwegian Embassy a proposal for four amendments to the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Lankan government. The proposed amendments mainly relate... McCarthy hearings opened after 50 years WASHINGTON, May 5: Fifty years after Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s scorched earth investigation into supposed communist infiltration of America’s most sensitive institutions, transcripts released on Monday from his secret hearings add more... US bid to rebuild Iraq derailed BAGHDAD: Nearly a month after Baghdad fell to US forces, the reconstruction effort is struggling to get off the ground, crime is a rising problem, Iraqis desperate for jobs and security... East Europe looking for its dollar of flesh BRATISLAVA: As the US and Britain look to the spoils of the war in Iraq, some of the countries which backed the coalition campaign against Saddam Hussein’s regime are looking for... Open border may seal Turkish Cyprus fate KYRENIA (Cyprus): Greek Cypriots flood into Turkish northern Cyprus for the first time since war rent the island asunder three decades ago. Turks greet them with smiles and tea in homes... Bush’s roadmap leads to Israel’s dilemma WASHINGTON: Israel may have never had a better friend in the White House than George W. Bush. But suddenly, that friendship is becoming uncomfortable for the lawmakers and lobbyists who push... Syria trying to reorient under US criteria DAMASCUS: When the United States was pushing the UN Security Council to take action against Iraq last fall, Syria joined the unanimous vote demanding that Saddam Hussein surrender any weapons of... Little has changed in Myanmar since Suu Kyi’s release YANGOON: A year after Aung San Suu Kyi was freed from house arrest, Myanmar’s generals still cling to power and have no intentions of starting serious political talks with the opposition...

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