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May 20, 2003 Tuesday Rabi-ul-Awwal 17, 1424 Karzai threatens to quit over revenue row KABUL, May 19: President Hamid Karzai has threatened to step down if Afghanistan’s border provinces failed to hand over customs duties estimated to be worth millions of dollars to the cash-strapped... 10 killed in Arab, Kurd clashes KIRKUK, May 19: At least 10 people have been killed in clashes between Arabs and Kurds in Kirkuk in the worst violence in Iraq’s northern oil city since the invasion, a... Berlin blocks EU statement BRUSSELS, May 19: Germany on Monday blocked the adoption of a statement drafted by the European Union’s Greek presidency, which failed to underscore the United Nations’ central role in postwar Iraq,... 16 killed in Kashmir SRINAGAR, May 19: Sixteen people, six of them members of a Muslim family, were killed and 19 others injured in occupied Kashmir in a fresh bout of violence, officials said on... India, China close to deal on Sikkim: daily NEW DELHI, May 19: As Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee gets set to visit China next month, Beijing appears ready to give ground on the thorny issue of the sovereignty... Violence may thwart US plans, says paper NEW YORK, May 19: The United States is stuck in a proverbial “quagmire” in Iraq as its plans for rebuilding and running the country have stalled and restoring peace in the... Baathist boss be reinstated: drivers BAGHDAD, May 19: About 100 bus drivers staged a protest on Monday demanding their company chief be reinstated by the US authorities who sacked him because of his Baath Party background.... Indonesian army starts operation in Aceh BANDA ACEH, May 19: Indonesia’s military launched rocket attacks on rebels in Aceh on Monday and troops began parachuting in as a big offensive got under way just hours after the... Saddam still dangerous: ex-generals BAGHDAD, May 19: Saddam Hussein is hiding in Iraq with a small group, probably including his sons, and issuing orders to trusted supporters as he plots a return to power, according... Govt not on the horizon, says US BAGHDAD, May 19: The US-led coalition in Iraq said on Monday that a national political congress would likely be held next month, but insisted it would not be creating the new... Israeli warning to diplomats who see Arafat AL QUDS, May 19: The Israeli government will boycott any foreign official who meets Yasser Arafat, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office said on Monday as it stepped up moves to isolate... Fleischer quits WASHINGTON, May 19: White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said on Monday that he was resigning his position and would join the private sector this summer after 21 years in government-connected work.... Saddam relative captured BAGHDAD, May 19: A brother-in-law of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has been captured by coalition forces, the US Central Command (Centcom) announced on Monday.... Sars epidemic ending, say experts WASHINGTON: The Sars epidemic appears to be coming to an end everywhere there has been an outbreak except China and Taiwan, scientists concluded at the close of an international assessment this... Free market policies hurt world’s poor LONDON: In November 1999, during the World Trade Organisation ministerial conference in Seattle, I watched from my hotel room as thousands demonstrated against the evils of globalisation.... Morocco wakes up to reality of violence THE FIRST time, the reality of terrorism is palpable. Photographs in the local press have excited fear and indignation. Moroccans will never look at TV images of victims of terrorism in... US invasion of Iraq is no panacea for Middle East LONDON: Reality is fast puncturing the Bush administration’s visions of a new Middle East order.... Japanese develop robots to save lives TOKYO: They look like something out of a science fiction movie, but they are real.... Belgium’s poll shows major changes BRUSSELS: At first sight things seem to have stayed the same after Belgium’s national elections. Guy Verhofstadt is likely to remain in office as prime minister.... Turkish writer wins major literary prize DUBLIN: Turkish author Orhan Pamuk won one of the world’s richest literary prizes on Monday, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award....

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