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| August 11, 2003 | Monday | Jumadi-us-Sani 12, 1424 |
US cultivated Saddam aides before invasion: Newspaper article
 NEW YORK, Aug 10: Three months before the US led war on Iraq a broad-based covert operation was set up by US Military, the CIA and the Iraqi exiles in order...
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BD not to export gas to India
DHAKA, Aug 10: Bangladesh is unlikely to authorize exports of natural gas to India for fear of triggering unrest at home despite mounting pressure from international donors and companies, a source...
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Indian students say a prayer for Taylor’s daughters
NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Students at a New Delhi college have been praying for the safety of two special classmates, Liberian President Charles Taylor’s daughters, it was reported on Sunday....
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Idi Amin gets death threats
JEDDAH, Aug 10: Former dictator Idi Amin has received death threats at a Saudi hospital where he has been critically ill for weeks, a medical source said on Sunday....
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UK bakes in all-time record heat
LONDON, Aug 10: Britain sweltered under record-breaking heat Sunday, with the traditionally tepid nation seeing temperatures climb above 37.8 Celsius for the first time in its recorded weather history....
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Lahore, Dhaka bus link under study: BD
DHAKA, Aug 10: The government of Bangladesh is actively considering the idea of direct bus services linking Dhaka with Kathmandu, Thimphu and Lahore in order to give a much-needed boost to...
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Maoist group targeting US interests in India: body
WASHINGTON, Aug 10: A Maoist group in southern India has attacked American business interests in Andhra Pradesh to protest the US invasion of Iraq, says a report released in Washington this...
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Beverage firm goes to court over report
NEW DELHI, Aug 10: An Indian court will on Monday hear an appeal by US cola giant Pepsi seeking to restrain the publication of a report by a private environmental group...
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US pulls out of Egypt exercises
CAIRO, Aug 10: The US military will not participate in multinational military exercises with Egypt this year due to its mounting troop commitments elsewhere in the world, the US embassy in...
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Enlarged EU struggles to get heard, noticed
BRUSSELS: With nine months still to go before the EU’s biggest expansion yet, the enlarged bloc is already getting into its stride, although not without teething troubles — such as finding...
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Bush’s Liberia strategy assailed
CRAWFORD: President Bush built lofty expectations around the world about his willingness to help staunch the bloodshed in Liberia, and now is facing widespread criticism for sending only a handful of...
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Washington hawks hard to stop: Standoff with Pyongyang, Tehran
LONDON: John Bolton might be termed an old hand. The US under- secretary of state for arms control and international security, a Yale-educated lawyer, has held a string of senior posts...
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Is another Iran-Contra in the offing?
WASHINGTON: As Karl Marx might have said, “A spectre is haunting Washington the spectre of Iran-Contra”....
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Visiting Arafat on his birthday
RAMALLAH: Since we have nothing much better to do, my friend suggests we might pay a visit to Yasser Arafat at his office in Ramallah. It is the chairman’s 74th birthday....
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