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August 20, 2003 Wednesday Jumadi-us-Sani 21, 1424 Iraq losing billions due to attacks: Bremer BAGHDAD, Aug 19: Attacks by saboteurs on Iraq’s decrepit infrastructure and oil industry have cost the economy billions of dollars, the country’s US governor said on Monday, as firefighters battled to... Seoul voices regret over anti-Pyongyang rallies SEOUL, Aug 19: South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun expressed regret on Tuesday over anti-Pyongyang demonstrations here that have pushed inter-Korean reconciliation into stalemate.... Ohio firm faces suit over blackout NEW YORK, Aug 19: First Energy Corp., a major supplier of electricity, is facing a class-action suit seeking damages in connection with an initial failure that triggered the biggest blackout to... Blair aide says he had no role in WMD claim LONDON, Aug 19: British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s top media adviser, Alastair Campbell, on Tuesday rejected claims that he “sexed up” a dossier on Iraq ahead of the invasion, as an... Blast leaves UN HQ in chaos BAGHDAD, Aug 19: One man was carried away on a stretcher, a long metal rod stuck in his face. Another walked away from the carnage completely covered in blood and still... Iran not to abandon N-plan: Khamenei TEHRAN, Aug 19: Iran’s supreme leader has said his country will never give up its nuclear technology under pressure from the United States and others, who are urging Tehran to agree... No letup in violence as Afghans mark independence KANDAHAR, Aug 19: Afghans turned out in their hundreds on Tuesday to celebrate independence from Britain 84 years ago, but growing instability and violence was foremost in their minds.... US sees militant group as suspect WASHINGTON, Aug 19: The militant group Ansar al Islam is considered a possible suspect in Tuesday’s bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad, and US officials are examining any connection to... Saddam’s capture won’t end resistance: US DUBAI, Aug 19: The capture of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein would end the Baath Party, but not anti-US attacks, Washington’s overseer in Iraq, Paul Bremer, said in an interview published... RSF for probe into newsman’s killing PARIS, Aug 19: In a letter to US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, international journalists’ rights organisation Reporters sans frontieres (RSF) said it was “appalled and shocked” by the fatal shooting of... UN not to be deterred, says SC UNITED NATIONS, Aug 19: The UN Security Council on Tuesday declared that the attack at the UN headquarters building in Baghdad would not deter the international community from carrying out its... Charity head jailed WASHINGTON, Aug 19: A district judge in Chicago has sentenced the head of a US-based Muslim charity to more than 11 years in prison for defrauding donors. Enaam Arnaout had pleaded... Priest’s murder WASHINGTON, Aug 19: Christians living in the United States on Monday strongly condemned the murder of a Catholic priest in Pakistan. “The brutal death of Father George Ibrahim has brought both... Israeli fence in Gaza goes unnoticed RAFAH (Gaza Strip): This dirt-poor Palestinian town on the southern edge of Israeli occupation has long felt isolated. But Rafah is now being cut further by an Israeli security wall going... Experts split on plan for UN trusteeship of Liberia UNITED NATIONS: A proposal for a virtual takeover of war- devastated Liberia by the United Nations is being given a mixed reception by African advocacy groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and human... US has world’s highest incarceration rate: Justice Department’s study WASHINGTON: About one in three African American males in the United States can be expected to be jailed during their lifetime, according to a Justice Department report released on Sunday. One... Iraqis rush for villas in Amman AMMAN: Iraqis, whose country has been racked by insecurity since the US-led war, have this year become the number one buyers of luxury villas in Jordan.... Ex-envoy holds Pentagon responsible for chaos in Iraq LONDON: Following are reactions from military analysts and security experts to the explosion at the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad on Tuesday.... Protesters question Gyanendra’s right to rule KATHMANDU: A stone’s throw from King Gyanendra’s imposing palace in Nepal’s capital, demonstrators are staging a sit-in demanding that he stop meddling in the nation’s politics.... Journalists in Iraq jittery after killing BAGHDAD: Journalists in Iraq are facing double danger as tense US troops, nervous after weeks of attacks from Iraqi militants and looters, accidentally place reporters and photographers in their gunsights....

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