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September 4, 2003 Thursday Rajab 6, 1424 China, Japan, S. Korea to fight Microsoft monopoly PHNOM PENH: Economic ministers from Japan, South Korea and China engaged in “serious discussions” about developing their own secure open source software at a meeting in Cambodia on Wednesday.... India moves closer to N-deployment NEW DELHI: Five years after it conducted a series of nuclear blasts, the Indian government has taken one more step toward the actual induction and deployment of nuclear weapons into the... US move for UN help deflates hawks LONDON: US plans to ask the United Nations to mandate a US-led multinational force represent a policy reversal that shows how Iraq’s post-war torment has deflated the airy predictions of Bush... American to undertake pole-to-pole flight WASHINGTON: Three years ago American aviator Gustavus McLeod flew halfway around the world in a history-making flight to the North Pole and now he plans to finish the trip.... Stakes high along Afghan highway SHEKHABAD (Afghanistan): Before President George W. Bush decides to boost US aid to Afghanistan, he might want to take a ride along the Kabul-Kandahar highway to get an idea of the... ‘Mars coloured by meteorites’ PARIS: Laboratory evidence is challenging theories that Mars’ ruddy surface came from a past when the planet was awash with water, New Scientist says.... New initiatives outlined to tap skills of African expatriates NEW YORK: For thousands of Africans living overseas and seeking ways to contribute to the development of the continent, initiatives aimed at staunching the outflow of professional expertize are offering new... US occupation is unsustainable, warns Congress WASHINGTON, Sept 3: The United States will not be able to sustain its current occupation force in Iraq without increasing the overall size of the military, ending other overseas commitments or... Roadmap is dead, says Arafat WASHINGTON, Sept 3: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said on Tuesday that the US-backed roadmap was dead because of Israeli aggression.... India plans to raise special force NEW DELHI, Sept 3: India will spend more than three billion rupees (65 million dollars) to raise “lethal units” in its infantry battalions to counter terrorism, Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad announced... Pakistan considering recognition: US Jews WASHINGTON, Sept 3: A staunch pro-Israeli lobby group in the United States has approached Muslim religious groups in North America in an attempt to neutralize their opposition to the state of... Charge against Salman dropped MUMBAI, Sept 3: Mumbai’s high court on Wednesday dropped culpable homicide charges against Bollywood action hero Salman Khan, who was accused of killing a homeless man when driving drunk, the actor’s... Poles replace US troops in central Iraq WARSAW, Sept 3: Poland took command on Wednesday of a force of 9,000 soldiers controlling a large swathe of Iraq, in an unprecedented high-risk operation thrust upon the former Eastern bloc... UK intelligence officials felt govt played up WMD claim LONDON, Sept 3: Intelligence officials voiced concern that evidence in a British government dossier on Iraq’s weapons was exaggerated, a judicial inquiry into the death of weapons expert David Kelly was... S. Arabia, Russia to fight terror MOSCOW, Sept 3: Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed on Wednesday to work closely to overcome the threat of terrorism as Foreign Ministers Igor Ivanov and Prince Saud al Faisal held talks... China may soon ratify CTBT, says official VIENNA, Sept 3: Signs that China may soon ratify a global nuclear test ban brought some hope to a conference on the 1996 treaty on Wednesday as diplomats urged the United... Germany, France to build subs PARIS, Sept 3: One of the principal subjects to be discussed on Sept 18 in Berlin at the first joint council of the ministers of France and Germany will be the... Sadr’s guards resist US bid to disarm them NAJAF, Sept 3: US troops moved to disarm the volunteer guard of anti-US firebrand Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday, but were thrice rebuffed, a spokesman for the Shia leader said.... Israel seeks US pressure on Saudis AL QUDS, Sept 3: Israel has asked the United States to put pressure on Saudi Arabia to withdraw F-16 fighters deployed in a base near Eilat, Israel.... Spectre of corruption rears its head once again BRUSSELS: European Union policymakers seeking some respite after a scorching summer are likely to be disappointed. With economic and political woes piling up across the bloc, the EU’s back-to-business autumn agenda...

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