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July 15, 2003 Tuesday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 14, 1424 US focuses on role of Tablighi Jamaat: Recruitment for Al Qaeda NEW YORK, July 14: The non-political Muslim missionary group “Tablighi Jamaat” has become the focus of attention and scrutiny by the US law enforcement agencies who believe that the organization was... China braces for flood crest along the Yangtze BEIJING, July 14: Central China’s Hubei province on Monday braced for the largest flood crest of the year along the Yangtze River while the swollen Huai River washed away homes and... UK rebuffs Sharon over Arafat links LONDON, July 14: Britain rebuffed visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s appeal on Monday to cut ties with Yasser Arafat, who Israel has accused of undermining reformist Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud... Two-thirds in UK feel PM misled them: poll LONDON, July 14: Two thirds of British voters feel Prime Minister Tony Blair misled them over the case for launching a war in Iraq, according to a poll in the Daily... 70 still missing in mudslides BEIJING, July 14: Rescue officials on Monday said there was little hope of finding alive any of the 70 people buried under weekend rock and mudslides in two rain-hit mountain areas... 120 die in Indian rain, floods NEW DELHI, July 14: Monsoon rains and floods in India have so far claimed more than 120 lives, while tens of thousands have been forced to evacuate submerged areas, reports said... Mandela steals show at AIDS meeting PARIS, July 14: He turns 85 on Friday, looks a little frail now and walks with a stick, but Nelson Mandela showed at the Paris AIDS conference here Monday that his... New group vows Jihad on US forces FALLUJAH (Iraq), July 14: A previously unknown group, calling itself the Iraqi Jihad Movement, said it would wage attacks against US forces in Iraq, in a statement received here by AFP.... S. Arabia to regulate religious charities RIYADH, July 14: Saudi Arabia has approved a government body, Saudi Relief and Charity Foundation, to oversee religious charities.... Bismillah Khan gets a respite NEW DELHI, July 14: The legendary exponent of the shehnai, musician Bismillah Khan, a recipient of the highest Indian civilian award, received a life-saving respite on Monday when a provincial government... Ferry located; 200 bodies found so far DHAKA, July 14: Specialists on the sonar-equipped Bangladesh navy ship Shaibal located the ill-fated ferry on Monday after a three-day search, almost six days after it sank with over 800 people... 10 killed in held Kashmir SRINAGAR, July 14: Five Mujahideen, three Indian security force personnel and two civilians were killed in a fresh spate of separatist-violence in Indian-held Kashmir, officials said on Monday.... Jazz musician Benny Carter dies at age 95 LOS ANGELES, July 14: Jazz giant Benny Carter has died at the age of 95, a notice on his website said on Monday.... Blast at Chinese food market kills five BEIJING, July 14: Five people were killed and nine injured on Monday when an explosion, which police believe could have been caused by a bomb, ripped through a food market in... Bomb blast JAKARTA, July 14: A bomb exploded at Indonesia’s parliament on Monday, causing minor damage in an attack that came just days after police captured a group of suspected militants and seized... Iraq war forces Syria to change DAMASCUS: The party with a stranglehold on power for decades suggests it will back out of politics. Schoolchildren, long uniformed as cadets in an army comprising the whole of Syrian society,... New body for Mideast being mooted KRONBERG (Germany): Three months after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the idea of a comprehensive security organization for the Gulf and the Middle East is gaining ground.... EU to reexamine its entire strategy: Engagement with Iran TEHRAN: The US administration has been wielding the stick against Iran by lumping it into its “axis of evil” and following up with almost daily accusations of misconduct. The European Union... Bush visit puts Africa on Washington’s new map JOHANNESBURG: He didn’t hand out dollars for economic relief, give a quick answer to calls to send peacekeepers to Liberia or end trade barriers that African farmers say stop them making... Rumsfeld, Rice defend use of UK reports WASHINGTON: Two top senior Bush administration officials on Sunday defended the president’s use of British intelligence about Iraq seeking uranium from Africa in his State of the Union address and said...

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