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!Date! !Day! !Hijri! A difficult autumn awaits Bush WASHINGTON: If foreign leaders and diplomats appear increasingly confused about where US foreign policy is being made, they are not alone.... Democrats attack Bush’s credibility WASHINGTON: During the 2000 White House race, Republican George W. Bush repeatedly charged that Democrat Al Gore would “say anything to get elected president.” Democrats are now using variations on that... US seeks exemption from prosecution : Peacekeepers for Liberia UNITED NATIONS: Washington is asking that if its peacekeepers are sent to Liberia they be exempted from prosecution for war crimes in the International Criminal Court (ICC).... US media too soft on White House WASHINGTON: This summer, many journalists seem to be in hot pursuit of the Bush administration. But they have an enormous amount of ground to cover. After routinely lagging behind and detouring... You are what you eat WASHINGTON: In a study that shows more than ever you are what you eat, US scientists said on Friday they had changed the coat colours of baby mice simply by altering... Questions remain as Nepal talks set to begin KATHMANDU: The stalled peace negotiations between Nepal’s government and Maoist rebels are likely to restart by mid- August, though where it will proceed from there is anybody’s guess.... Protests planned against small N-bombs in US NEW YORK: Peace activists country-wide will combine commemorations of the August 1945 US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with protests against the Bush administration’s proposal to develop new, low-yield nuclear... 20 fighters arrested at Arafat’s HQ: Fatah faction ends truce JENIN, Aug 2: The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, linked to Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, announced on Saturday it was ending its truce on anti-Israeli attacks after the arrest of 20 of... US holding secret talks with Iran, says TV WASHINGTON, Aug 2: The Bush administration is holding secret talks with Iran to try to persuade Tehran to hand over three top Al Qaeda men, NBC News reported on Friday.... Four Afghan militants killed in operation KANDAHAR, Aug 2: Some 500 Afghan troops, backed by US-led forces and helicopters, killed four militants in the mountains of southern Afghanistan on Saturday and were hunting up to 100 more... Saudi agents knew hijackers: paper NEW YORK, Aug 2: The classified part of a contentious Congressional report on the 9/11 attacks says that two Saudi citizens who had at least indirect links with two hijackers were... Germany puts Saudi interests under watch HAMBURG, Aug 2: Federal intelligence authorities have recently placed the Saudi embassy, consulates and other facilities in Germany under surveillance, according to a published report.... Blair surpasses Attlee’s tenure record LONDON, Aug 2: Tony Blair became Britain’s longest serving Labour Party prime minister on Saturday, but had little else to celebrate, with an appearance before a suicide inquiry looming and public... Iran refuses to hand over suspect to US WASHINGTON, Aug 2: Iran is holding Saif al Adel, the third-ranking member of the Al Qaeda network, but has refused to hand him over to the United States, the New York... BD alarmed at India’s river project DHAKA, Aug 2: Bangladesh is to protest India’s plans to interlink some of its major rivers to transfer water from surplus to deficit basins — a move that would threaten the... Raghd, Rana not to give interviews AMMAN, Aug 2: Saddam Hussein’s daughters, Raghd and Rana, have decided to give no further media interviews after speaking out to satellite television channels Al Arabiya and CNN on Friday, a... Kenyan Muslims accuse govt of harassing them to please US NAIROBI, Aug 2: Hundreds of Kenyan Muslims gathered here on Saturday to protest a controversial draft anti-terrorism law they say will allow police to single them out for harassment.... New US Army chief sworn in WASHINGTON, Aug 1: Gen Pete Schoomaker was sworn in on Friday as chief of staff of the US Army, returning from retirement to lead a service strained by operations in Iraq... Bush reviewing visa rules WASHINGTON, Aug 2: President George W. Bush is considering suspending or sharply restricting US rules that allow foreigners to transit at US airports without obtaining visas, the New York Times reported... Jobless Iraqis demonstrate outside US HQ BAGHDAD, Aug 2: Hundreds of jobless Iraqis demonstrated outside the headquarters of the US-led forces in Baghdad on Saturday, demanding that Iraq’s occupiers give them either work or unemployment benefits....

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