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| May 15, 2003 | Thursday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 12, 1424 |
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Shoot-at-sight orders under consideration
BAGHDAD, May 14: The new US administrator for Iraq, Paul Bremer, is considering granting authority to shoot looters on sight, under a new security setup that will include hiring more police... 
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US not happy with Saudi measures
 WASHINGTON, May 14: The United States on Wednesday gently criticized Saudi Arabia for not doing enough to prevent the deadly suicide bombings in Riyadh, but insisted that Saudi authorities remain stalwart...
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US official will not be accepted: Opec: Washington allays debt fears
MOSCOW, May 14: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will not recognize the United States as a representative of Iraq on oil-related matters, OPEC President Abdallah al-Attiyah said here on...
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Algerians rescue 17 kidnapped Europeans
ALGIERS, May 14: Algerian troops stormed a militant hideout deep in the Sahara and freed unharmed 17 European adventure tourists held for two months, but were still searching for 15 others,...
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Srinagar govt asked to explain ‘disappearances’
NEW DELHI, May 14: India’s autonomous human rights watchdog called for an official explanation on Wednesday for the disappearance of people in occupied Kashmir....
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Riyadh vows to make Al Qaeda pay
RIYADH, May 14: Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it would make the Al Qaeda pay for suicide bombings that killed 34 people....
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Indian groups to fight violence
AHMEDABAD, May 14: Rights groups and celebrities have come together to combat growing religious violence in India, which was rocked by bloody riots in Gujarat state last year, an activist said...
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Palestinian DPs mark 1948 ‘catastrophe’
TYRE, May 14: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon commemorated on Wednesday the 1948 “catastrophe” that led to their forced exile and insisted on their right of return to former homes in present-day...
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Toll rises to 34
RIYADH, May 14: At least 34 people, including eight Americans and a Briton, were killed in the bombings, the Saudi interior ministry said....
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Saddam’s strategy stirs debate: Non-use of WMDs
 CHICAGO: Critics of the war in Iraq are now questioning whether the Bush administration intentionally distorted the threat of weapons of mass destruction. They maintain that the failure to find WMD...
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East Europe engaged to EU, flirts with US
BUDAPEST: Just as the EU embarks on its bold expansion into ex-communist eastern Europe, the war in Iraq has opened up a rift between the east and west of the continent...
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US challenges ban on GM food
LONDON: President Bush launched a legal challenge at the World Trade Organization on Tuesday, to force Europe to accept imports of American genetically modified crops....
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Iraq should be rebuilt with indigenous expertise
LONDON: In a matter of days both the US and Britain have lost senior aid figures. It is not a coincidence. To different degrees they are both victims of the bungled...
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Israel’s secretive N-plan
BEIRUT: What are the various estimates of Israel’s nuclear capability and the role this might play in the era of peace. The exigencies that had dictated tackling the Arab-Israeli conflict prior...
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Tangle over mosque site befuddles historians
NEW DELHI: It’s a question that has forced Indian historians out of their ivory towers and into the hurly burly of politics and strife....
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Sars crisis bolsters Hu’s power
BEIJING: Seizing opportunity from crisis over the SARS epidemic, Hu Jintao is emerging from his first real test as China’s new president with a surer grip on power....
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