|
| May 14, 2003 | Wednesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 11, 1424 |
|
Iraq crisis damaged US standing: IISS
LONDON, May 13: Washington’s policy during the Iraq crisis has harmed its position on the world stage, the leading IISS international security think-tank said on Tuesday.... 
|
|
Suit against Franks to be filed today
BRUSSELS, May 13: Relatives of victims of the Iraq war are to file a lawsuit alleging war crimes on Wednesday against US General Tommy Franks, the commander of coalition forces during...
|
|
||
|
Normal ties with US a surrender: Khamenei
TEHRAN, May 13: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned a thaw in relations with the United States would be tantamount to surrender, the state news agency IRNA reported Tuesday....
|
|
Myers terms action ‘very serious’
BRUSSELS, May 13: Lawsuits filed in Belgium against US officials for alleged war crimes are “very serious” and could impact on travel arrangements of US officials, the chairman of the US...
|
|
|
||
|
Iraqi TV accuses US of censorship
BAGHDAD, May 13: The US-sponsored Iraqi television news station complained of American censorship ahead of its first broadcast on Tuesday, including attempts to stop it airing passages from the Koran, the...
|
|
Fortified Saudi compounds fail to protect expats
RIYADH, May 13: Armed guards and high walls around fortified compounds gave scant protection to expatriates living in the Saudi capital Riyadh when suicide bombers shot their way into three complexes...
|
|
|
||
Soldier held for attack on Afghanistan peacekeepers
 KABUL, May 13: A soldier was arrested after international peacekeepers patrolling north of the Afghan capital were fired upon Tuesday, injuring two Norwegian soldiers in the latest of a wave of...
|
|
UN members divided on resolution
UNITED NATIONS, May 13: The 15-member UN Security Council on Monday continued to fret over the US drafted resolution which seeks to lift UN imposed sanctions against Iraq and will relegate...
|
|
|
||
|
Pro-democracy, pro-monarchy demonstrations
BAGHDAD, May 13: About a hundred Iraqis marched Tuesday in support of Iraq’s long-abolished monarchy as around the same number held a demonstration calling for a “democratic republic.”...
|
|
Peace award at Cannes
 PARIS, May 13: Largely the result of the war in Iraq, the Cannes Film Festival, which opens on Wednesday, is to unveil a new prize — labelled the “Time for Peace”...
|
|
|
||
|
Saudi, Chechen suicide attacks linked: Putin
MOSCOW, May 13: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday a recent spate of suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia and Chechnya bore “the same imprint” and proved the need for close...
|
|
Kurds ask Turks to leave Iraq
ARBIL, May 13: The Iraqi Kurdish parliament has passed a resolution asking Turkish peacekeepers to leave northern Iraq where they have been deployed since 1996 to curb internecine fighting, a Kurdish...
|
|
|
||
|
Iran takes fresh look at ties with US
TEHRAN: Jolted by the swift collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, the hardline clerics who rule Iran have been cracking down on dissent at home and talking discreetly to US...
|
|
World leaders have failed children: Unicef’s observation
UNITED NATIONS: When 70 world leaders gathered at the United Nations last year for a special session of the General Assembly, they solemnly pledged to create “a world fit for children”....
|
|
|
||
|
Rocket to track primordial rock
TOKYO: A Japanese rocket has blasted off on one of the most ambitious missions ever undertaken by space engineers. The tiny Muses-C probe will travel 400 million miles to return a...
|
|
A democratic Iraq is at least a decade away
LONDON: The case for the war against Iraq rested on fluctuating rationales. Those of us who opposed it watched with cynical fascination as the words of the statesmen groped for new...
|
|
|
||
|
Reporter brings bad name to NYT
LOS ANGELES: A New York Times reporter has fabricated and plagiarized dozens of stories that have appeared in the paper, according to a report published on its own front page on...
|
|
Bombings highlight threat to Saudi rulers
LONDON: The suicide bombings in Riyadh sent a harsh message to Saudi rulers that an American troop withdrawal has not mollified militants bent on destabilizing the world’s biggest oil exporter....
|
|
|
||
