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| May 18, 2003 | Sunday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 15, 1424 |
US brings another 9,000 soldiers: Lawlessness in capital
 BAGHDAD, May 17: The US army has posted an additional 9,000 soldiers to Baghdad to combat the crime-wave that has swept the capital since its fall on April 9, a US...
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Jakarta warns Aceh rebels of mly action
JAKARTA, May 17: Indonesia warned Aceh rebels meeting for last-ditch peace talks in Tokyo that they had to give up their fight for independence by Sunday or face an imminent military...
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UP minister sacked over poet’s murder
NEW DELHI, May 17: The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday sacked a powerful minister following a political storm sparked by the murder of a pregnant poet, officials said....
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28 Germans die in accident in France
LYON, May 17: Twenty-eight Germans headed for a holiday in Spain were killed and 47 were hurt when their coach slid off a motorway in driving rain near the southeastern French...
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US backs away from deadline
BAGHDAD, May 17: The US-led administration in Iraq banned senior members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath party from returning to government posts but after talks with Iraqi leaders appeared to back away...
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Sharon invited to India
NEW DELHI, May 17: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, shunned by much of the world for his extremist policies against Palestinians, is scheduled to visit India soon, Indian newspapers said on...
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Baghdad university reopens
BAGHDAD, May 17: Baghdad’s university reopened for business on Saturday, with hundreds of students returning in hope of resuming courses and a new director of the campus in the process of...
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Zimbabwe deports US reporter
LONDON, May 17: A US correspondent for a British newspaper has been deported from Zimbabwe, despite a last-minute legal order ordering him to be produced before the country’s High Court, the...
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Russia not ready to back draft
MOSCOW, May 17: Russia said on Saturday it was not ready to back a US draft resolution to lift UN sanctions on Iraq, warning that it would not be rushed into...
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Fear and anger grip Casablanca after night of terror
CASABLANCA, May 17: Residents of Casablanca were gripped by fear, anger and disbelief on Saturday after a series of deadly bomb attacks scattered debris and splattered blood across this bustling Moroccan...
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Three killed in Arab-Kurd fighting
ARBIL, May 17: At least three people were killed and several injured in shootouts between Arabs and Kurds in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk that began on Friday night, witnesses...
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‘Globalize’ jihad, says Salafi leader
DUBAI, May 17: The time has come to “globalize the jihad”, a senior leader of the Salafi movement in Morocco told a magazine published on Friday, the same day suicide attacks...
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French FM to meet Arafat
PARIS, May 17: Although no formal announcement has yet been made, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin is fully expected to maintain his plans to meet Palestinian President Yasser Arafat during...
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Abbas accepts Erakat’s resignation
GAZA CITY, May 17: Palestinian prime minister Mahmud Abbas accepted on Saturday the resignation of negotiations minister and peace advocate Saeb Erakat, a top official said....
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Belgium to block suit
BRUSSELS, May 17: Belgium will block a lawsuit filed here against the US commander in the Iraq war for alleged war crimes, including use of cluster bombs in civilian areas, a...
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Bombing in Riyadh was Saudi ‘Pearl Harbour’
RIYADH: They used to call it the gilded cage. The 2,000 people at al-Hamra compound in Riyadh had everything they needed for a comfortable life: swimming pools, tennis, squash and basketball...
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Aceh truce under threat
JAKARTA: The detention of five negotiators for the Aceh separatist movement as they set off for peace talks with the Indonesian government in Japan on Friday raised the fear of an...
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McCarthy punished the ‘politically naive’, transcripts show
THE release this month of transcripts of closed hearings conducted 50 years ago by witch-hunting anti-communist US Senator Joseph R. McCarthy could not have come at a more appropriate time. McCarthy’s...
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Minister’s remarks infuriate rebels: Talks in Nepal
KATHMANDU: The optimism raised by last week’s second round of peace talks between Nepal and Maoist rebels has given way to doubts, now that the rebels have threatened to pull out...
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More Texas links to Iraq oil revealed
NEW YORK: The US-led effort to rebuild Iraq was facing more criticism on Friday after the Texan businessman installed to run the country’s oil industry admitted having financial links to a...
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