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May 23, 2003 Friday Rabi-ul-Awwal 20,1424 US, Britain acted ‘illegally’: UK AG LONDON, May 22: British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday denied claims, after a leaked memo from his top legal adviser, that Britain and US forces may have acted unlawfully in... Britons to replace US troops: paper: Baghdad peacekeeping LONDON, May 22: Thousands of British paratroopers are set to leave southern Iraq to take over US peacekeeping duties in Baghdad in a bid to restore order to the Iraqi capital,... Sikh shot at after being mistaken as Muslim WASHINGTON, May 22: A Sikh, who was recently shot and severely wounded by two white men in Phoenix, Arizona, was attacked because the shooters believed he was a Muslim, police said... Gen Franks to retire WASHINGTON, May 22: US General Tommy Franks, who led US forces in two invasions in two years in Afghanistan and Iraq, has decided to retire but probably won’t hand over his... Two shot dead after attack on US soldiers FALLUJAH, May 22: US troops in the flashpoint Iraqi city of Fallujah were ambushed on Wednesday night and shot two attackers dead, US soldiers said.... 200,000 Baath men told to turn themselves in BAGHDAD, May 22: The US-led administration in Iraq on Thursday ordered around 200,000 members of the Baath Party to turn themselves in as part of a sweeping crackdown on the remnants... Six Frenchmen handcuffed at US airport LOS ANGELES, May 22: Six French journalists were handcuffed, body searched and locked up before being kicked out of the United States after arriving in Los Angeles to cover a video... US curtails military ties with France PARIS, May 22: The United States is curtailing military ties with France despite some improvement in relations badly damaged by the rift over the Iraq invasion, US Secretary of State Colin... Gwadar port a threat to India: Navy chief’s observation NEW DELHI, May 22: The Indian navy is “closely monitoring” Chinese activity in Makran coast, navy chief Admiral Madhavendra Singh has said in an interview published by the Jane’s Defence Weekly.... SARS came from space: scientists PARIS, May 22: SARS may have come from space, according to a novel theory aired by a trio of astrobiologists in Britain and India.... Russia ready to work with US: Putin MOSCOW, May 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he would work with his US counterpart George Bush on all fronts in a bid to repair relations marred by disagreements... Bush’s ME gamble is an election bet WASHINGTON: President Bush’s decision to advance the Middle East “roadmap” in the year before his re-election campaign represents a break with a cardinal rule of presidential politics. Presidents are supposed to... Film on Vietnam war draws parallels with Iraq CANNES: Parallels between the Vietnam war and this year’s Iraq conflict were highlighted on Wednesday when a documentary on Robert McNamara, US defence secretary from 1960 to 1968, was screened at... US, Russia N-stance dangerous, say experts WASHINGTON: More than a decade after the Cold War, the world faces a possible “perfect storm” of security factors that has increased the risk of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear arms... Nato unable to argue with pro-US states LONDON: Poland plans to host a conference of Nato countries prepared to contribute to a peacekeeping force in Iraq. Even a short time ago, the prospect would have seemed bizarre. A... Live from top of the Everest KATHMANDU: When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay scaled Mount Everest 50 years ago, they were rewarded with a view nobody else had ever seen.... After Iraq, France faces sanctions PARIS: France is facing US economic, military, and diplomatic sanctions as punishment for its opposition to the war in Iraq, according to official sources.... The US, the hard right and isolationism LONDON: It was a classic piece of Americana. The Democrats in the Texas state legislature hired a bus and slipped across the border to Oklahoma, so blocking a blatant Republican attempt...

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