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| August 26, 2003 | Tuesday | Jumadi-us-Sani 27, 1424 |
US blocks resolution on protecting aid workers
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25: The United States on Monday blocked the adoption of a UN Security Council resolution on strengthening protection of humanitarian workers in conflict zones, diplomats said....
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US faces intelligence problem in Iraq: Congressmen’s assessment
BAGHDAD, Aug 25: The US-led forces in Iraq have not been able to gather the intelligence they need to maintain security, a visiting US congressional delegation said here Monday....
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Thousands turn out at funerals in Najaf
 NAJAF, Aug 25: Thousands gathered here on Monday at the mausoleum of Hazrat Ali for the funerals of three men killed a day earlier in an assassination attempt on one of...
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Dalai Lama hails China’s initiative
PARIS, Aug 25: The Dalai Lama has told China that he’s “overjoyed” that Beijing has resumed direct contacts with the Tibetan government in exile, but warned Chinese authorities that they have...
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AL leader shot dead in Khulna
KHULNA, Aug 25: The main opposition party leader in a southwestern Bangladesh city was shot dead on Monday, prompting hundreds of his supporters to go on the rampage and attack offices...
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Jordan refuses to recognize Council
AMMAN, Aug 25: Jordan on Monday pledged to work with the US-backed Iraqi interim Governing Council to set up a representative national government in Baghdad, but rejected its request for formal...
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Lawmakers call for US military role in ME
WASHINGTON, Aug 25: In the wake of more deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence, key US lawmakers called on Sunday for outside military forces to help secure the fading chance for peace — something...
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Ex-Nepal PM escapes bid on life
KATHMANDU, Aug 25: Former Nepali prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, whose sacking last year sparked Nepal’s latest round of political instability, survived a rebel attack in the west of the country...
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Rwanda holds first polls since 1994 genocide
KIGALI, Aug 25: Rwandans voted on Monday in their first election since a 1994 genocide in which hundreds of thousands were killed, with incumbent Paul Kagame widely expected to beat two...
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3 US troops wounded in attack
FALLUJAH, Aug 25: Three US soldiers were wounded on Monday morning when three rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) were fired at their convoy near Habbaniya, near the flashpoint town of Fallujah, 50...
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Film actors on strike in BD
DHAKA, Aug 25: The Film Development Corporation (FDC) and other studios of the country continued to incur a huge loss in income as the strike called by the Film Federation entered...
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Mumbai blasts portend violent election season
NEW DELHI, Aug 25: The two blasts in Mumbai on Monday coincided with a seemingly unrelated but bitter split in Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s coalition in faraway Uttar Pradesh, both...
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Bush goes scot-free as Blair bears the brunt: WMDs claim
PARIS: While the two governments that most staunchly supported the United States in the Iraq conflict face tough questions into allegations they “sexed up” the case for war, President George W....
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China aims to keep US, North Korea talking
BEIJING: China, sandwiched between a North Korea threatening to go nuclear and a United States that has proved willing and able to topple regimes, will press for one major outcome from...
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Father’s Nazi past haunts US actor’s candidature
VIENNA: So far Arnold Schwarzenegger’s most publicized family ties have been his marriage to a Kennedy, but his bid to become governor of California has thrown the spotlight onto his father’s...
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Russian oil boom spells disaster, say experts
NOGLIKI (Russia): It will be the largest energy project in the world, but ecologists fear that a huge pipeline and three drilling platforms on and around the Russian island of Sakhalin,...
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Ex-UN officials slam pro-US tilt
LONDON: The United Nations is in crisis because it is seen as little more than an American appendage, two of the organization’s most senior former leaders have warned....
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UP CM seeks fresh polls
LUCKNOW, Aug 25: The chief minister of India’s most populous state sought fresh elections on Monday after a rocky alliance with a Hindu nationalist party collapsed....
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