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| May 9, 2003 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 6, 1424 |
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Cheney-linked firm gets big contracts
WASHINGTON, May 8: Oil giant Halliburton, once run by US Vice President Dick Cheney, will now be involved in operation and distribution of oil products in Iraq, the US military said... 
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Israelis kill Hamas leader, refuse to quit self-rule areas
TEL AVIV, May 8: Fresh violence erupted on Thursday as Israel and the Palestinians each prepared to urge US Secretary of State Colin Powell to pressure the other over implementation of...
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US ‘cooperating’ with ‘terrorists’
NORTHEASTERN IRAQ, May 8: US forces said here Thursday they had begun taking over positions of the armed Iranian opposition based in Iraq, in line with a previously agreed ceasefire....
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NYT criticizes management
NEW YORK, May 8: The New York Times on Thursday attacked the US administration’s management of post-war Iraq....
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US soldier killed by sniper in Baghdad
WASHINGTON, May 8: A sniper shot and killed a US soldier in Baghdad on Thursday, a Pentagon spokesman said....
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SARS virus genome is tough, say scientists
 PARIS, May 8: The most complete genetic study to date of the SARS virus has revealed an agent that appears to undergo almost negligible mutation, a phenomenon that is described as...
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Highlights of draft resolution on sanctions
UNITED NATIONS, May 8: Following are highlights of the US draft resolution that proposes lifting of UN sanctions on Iraq....
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Karachi attack on Frenchmen remembered
PARIS, May 8: A special ceremony was held here on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the terrorist attack in Karachi against a busload of employees of the French naval...
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Understanding reached with Russia: US
MOSCOW, May 8: A US envoy said on Thursday after talks with top Russian officials that there was an “understanding” on the need to rapidly lift sanctions on Iraq, but gave...
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US mulls court for Saddam
BAGHDAD, May 8: A special Iraqi tribunal could try Saddam Hussein and members of his former regime for crimes against his people, a top US law official said Thursday as Iraq’s...
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India rejects US request
NEW DELHI, May 8: India has turned down a request by the United States to expel three Iraqi diplomats, whom the Washington administration perceives as a threat to its diplomatic personnel...
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Twins prove inseparable in death
AHMEDABAD, May 8: A set of Indian twins who followed each other every step of their lives proved inseparable even in death when they passed away within hours of each other...
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US approves NATO expansion
WASHINGTON, May 8: The United States on Thursday formally backed NATO’s expansion, with the Senate voting unanimously to add seven Eastern European nations to the military alliance....
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SARS: Russia may shut border, flights with China
MOSCOW, May 8: Russia diagnosed its first case of SARS on Thursday and took emergency steps to prevent the killer epidemic spilling over from China, with a threatened ban on flights...
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Israelis resigned to Palestinian ‘state’
AL QUDS: As this predominantly Jewish nation celebrates its Independence Day on Wednesday, hope along with a large dose of skepticism permeates the air....
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Everest beater faces new challenge
WELLINGTON: Fifty years after conquering the world’s highest mountain, Sir Edmund Hillary is setting a pace that would leave many younger men trailing far behind....
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Reality in Afghanistan belies US rhetoric
KABUL: It was quiet last week in the eastern Afghan town of Gardez, a local aid worker told his headquarters. “Just five rockets landed in the area last night, nothing unusual.”...
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Lankan govt trying to win over Tigers
COLOMBO: International efforts to get the stalled Sri Lankan peace process back on the rails were underway this week after the rebel Tamil Tigers suspended their participation in the negotiations last...
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Nasa may relaunch Apollo spacecraft
LONDON: The mini is back while the miniskirt never really went away, and now another icon of the 1960s could be about to make an unexpected return. The American space agency...
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Iraq gets pro-French US official
PARIS: “Won’t George W. Bush be surprised,” notes a close friend of Paul Bremer, the newly-appointed US civilian administrator for Iraq, “when he learns that the career foreign diplomat is not...
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