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| May 26, 2003 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 23,1424 |
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Europe poised for first mission to Mars
BAIKONUR: Deep in the sunbaked steppe of Kazakhstan, Russian rocket technicians are due shortly to launch the countdown to the European Space Agency’s epic maiden voyage to another planet.... 
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Resources stretched by EU enlargement
BRUSSELS: The enlargement of the European Union next year will overstretch already limited resources for developing countries, say members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of states....
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‘Federalism’ omitted
BRUSSELS: EU elders are to present the latest draft of a new constitution on Monday (today), notably omitting the “F” word as haggling over the bloc’s future legal blueprint goes down...
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China, India to gingerly try and mend ties
NEW DELHI: India and China will reaffirm their warming relations when their leaders meet in Europe next month but they must step past their border dispute and Pakistan’s stand on Kashmir...
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UK tests fate of currency
LONDON: As British ministers pore over reams of research on whether five economic tests for euro entry have been passed, experts warn the questions are so ambiguous they can be made...
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Vajpayee revamps cabinet to win allies
NEW DELHI: India’s Hindu nationalist government overhauled its cabinet over the weekend in a move experts said on Sunday was aimed at bolstering the Indian premier’s BJP party ahead of forthcoming...
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Saudi woman pilot chips at tradition
AMMAN: Saudi Arabia’s first woman pilot hopes all women in the conservative Islamic kingdom will one day have the freedom she now enjoys....
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Chinese military decades behind US forces: report
WASHINGTON: China is pursuing a deliberate course of military modernization, but is at least two decades behind the United States in terms of military technology and capability, says a report by...
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US-led coalition underestimated work: Oxfam: Challenge in Iraq
LONDON, May 25: An official of the charity group Oxfam has strongly criticised the US-led coalition for not putting in enough staff to reassure Iraqis and get the country up and...
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US plans to destabilize regime in Iran: report
WASHINGTON, May 25: Washington has cut off contacts with Iran and is considering “public and private actions” to destabilize the Iranian government, The Washington Post reported on Sunday....
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US troops pull 58 tons of ammo out of Baghdad
BAGHDAD, May 25: The US military said on Sunday it had hauled another 58 tons of ammunition out of Baghdad as it pressed ahead with efforts to bring security and safety...
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LTTE’s demand for powers gets backing
COLOMBO, May 25: The Ceylon Workers Congress, the Tamil political party working for equality with regard to the Tamil workers, has said that it would support the LTTE’s demand for administrative...
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SAFMA begins in Dhaka
DHAKA, May 25: The two-day “Third South Asian Free Media Conference” begun here on Sunday with a call to build regional cooperation for ensuring democratic environment in South Asia, freedom of...
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Bridges group formed in US
WASHINGTON, May 25: The US Attorney’s office in Michigan has formed a new group called BRIDGES for promoting dialogue between Muslims and other Americans, officials said on Sunday....
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Algeria’s death toll passes 2,000 mark: Building industry blamed for loss
ALGIERS, May 25: Hope of finding more survivors from Algeria’s killer earthquake was all but lost on early Sunday, three days after the disaster claimed at least 2,000 lives in the...
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UK police hunt for bombers: report
LONDON, May 25: Police and intelligence services are hunting two men in Britain who have been trained as suicide bombers by Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network, the Sunday Times reported....
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Australia’s G-G resigns amid sex scandal
CANBERRA, May 25: The embattled representative in Australia of the British Queen resigned on Sunday after a sex scandal from his clergyman past stripped him of public and political support, Australian...
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Explosions rock town amid hunt for rebels
 BANDA ACEH (Indonesia) May 25: A series of explosions rocked the district town of Lhokseumawe in North Aceh on Sunday, as the death toll continued its climb at the end of...
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Films from Afghanistan, Iran win at Cannes
CANNES, May 25: Two shoe-string budget films on war-ravaged Afghanistan, one by an Iranian, one by an Afghan, reaped a slew of plaudits on the sidelines of the Cannes film festival,...
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28 dead after Philippine ferries collide
MANILA, May 25: At least 28 people drowned and 203 others were plucked to safety on Sunday after two Philippine passenger ferries collided during bad weather, a navy spokesman said....
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