Low Graphics Site

August 17, 2003 Sunday Jumadi-us-Sani 18, 1424 Seoul rally urges US to end hostility to North Korea SEOUL, Aug 16: Security was tight on Saturday around the headquarters of the US forces in South Korea as rival rallies by pro-unification activists and right-wing groups crowded the sprawling military... Israel says it will never allow return of refugees TEL AVIV, Aug 16: Israel stressed on Saturday it would never allow the return of Palestinian refugees to its territory, rejecting a Palestinian claim that such a right was guaranteed in... Normality returns to US, Canada NEW YORK, Aug 16: Life returned to normal on Saturday for millions caught in the worst blackout in North American history, but isolated outages stubbornly continued in communities from Michigan to... Shias warn US troops against patrols BAGHDAD, Aug 16: US troops came under fresh attack north of Baghdad on Saturday, as Shias in one of the capital’s poorest districts again warned the Americans that they would fight... Idi Amin led quiet life in S. Arabia JEDDAH, Aug 16: Former Ugandan president Idi Amin, who died at Jeddah on Saturday, had been living in luxury in Saudi Arabia for around two decades.... Pakistan a major factor in Indian polls: study WASHINGTON, Aug 16: Pakistan is going to be a major factor in the forthcoming general elections in India whether the current move to improve relations between the two nuclear neighbours succeeds... Ex-US envoy to India named Bush adviser WASHINGTON, Aug 16: The White House on Friday named Robert Blackwill, fresh from a stormy two-year term as US ambassador to India, as a key aide to President George Bush and... British claim on WMDs was hearsay: paper LONDON, Aug 16: Britain’s headline-grabbing claim before the Iraq invasion that Baghdad could deploy weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes was based on second-hand information, the Guardian said on Saturday.... Hambali planned action in Thailand: PM BANGKOK, Aug 16: Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday that alleged terrorist mastermind Hambali, who was arrested in Thailand this week, had been planning some kind of action while... Saudi ulema condemn terrorism RIYADH, Aug 16: Saudi Arabia’s leading religious scholars issued a fatwa on Saturday condemning terrorism.... Refrigeration unit sought for French corpses PARIS, Aug 16: With more than 3000 deaths linked directly to the record-level heat wave that hit Paris and France during the past three weeks, French authorities have found it necessary... Saudis to question 12,000 suspects: Anti-terrorism operation LONDON: The authorities in Saudi Arabia have embarked on a vast anti-terrorism operation in which up to 12,000 citizens will be questioned at the behest of the US, a Saudi opposition... Indian river project raises fears in BD DHAKA: Bangladesh and Indian relations have hit a snag as Dhaka lodged a strong protest with New Delhi against proposed Indian plans to inter-link shared rivers raising fears of an ecological... Iraq’s Iranian refugees on the move again TANUMAH (Iraq): Five-month-old Mohsen Hussein cries incessantly in his crib as the desert winds buffet his tent near Iraq’s border with Iran.... Rebels withdraw from Monrovia MONROVIA: Liberian rebels lifted the siege of Monrovia and withdrew from the city after a display of US military might bolstered the West African peacekeepers and opened the port to badly... Iraqi children being held by American troops BAGHDAD: It was a warm spring evening in a Baghdad suburb when American troops stopped the car in which 11-year-old Sufian Abd al-Ghani was riding close to his home with his... Australia to prop up failed states SYDNEY: Islanders were not the only ones surprised by the recent switch in Australia’s dealings with the South Pacific from sublime inertia to eager intervention. Australians were surprised too.... Woman may run for Afghan presidency KABUL: The plaster is falling off the walls of the shabby Soviet-built concrete tower block with run-down corridors and gaping holes where the hall windows should be. The dull apartment block...

Contributions Privacy Policy © DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2005