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September 10, 2003 Wednesday Rajab 12, 1424 Camp David Mideast peace vision blurred 25 years on CAIRO: For 23-year-old Egyptian Hatem, solving the Arab-Israeli conflict could not be more simple.... Antarctica is getting greener LONDON: The face of Antarctica will change in the next 100 years, as ice melts, glaciers retreat, penguins move south and green plants begin to colonize bare rocks of the Antarctic... New US-backed axis in the offing: India-Israel collaboration LONDON: Ariel Sharon arrived on Monday in New Delhi bearing arms, or more precisely, $1bn worth Israeli spy planes. In doing so, the first visit by an Israeli prime minister to... Tea cited as new cancer hope LONDON: Tea, the cup that tones up the immune system, could soon be more than just a drink. Compounds of black and green tea could be used in a lotion to... Iraq borders back in clumsy business KARAMA: The Jordanian-Iraqi border crossing Karama offers what many Iraqis have desperately longed for since the war and occupation of their country.... Bush’s address was notable for key omissions WASHINGTON: President Bush’s speech to the nation on Sunday was notable for three vital foreign policy questions he did not address: whether he still expects to find weapons of mass destruction... Qorei proposes truce to Israel TEL AVIV, Sept 9: Ahmed Qorei, who is likely to succeed Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas, has proposed coming to a ceasefire agreement with Israel, Israeli public television said on Monday... US Muslims protest Sharon’s India visit WASHINGTON, Sept 9: Indian Muslims living in the United States have protested against the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to India at the invitation of their government, said a... ‘Killer para’ was added to dossier: Straw’s admission LONDON, Sept 9: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw acknowledged on Tuesday he had requested that part of a controversial official dossier on Iraqi weapons be “strengthened”, without conceding that the government... US reserves’ stay extended in Iraq WASHINGTON, Sept 9: The US Army has ordered thousands of National Guard and Army reserve forces in Iraq to extend their tours in the country for a year, says an order... Tribal chief suspected of sheltering Saddam BAGHDAD, Sept 9: British troops arrested a tribal chief in southern Iraq on Monday night, triggering rumours that he had been detained on suspicion of sheltering former president Saddam Hussein.... Democrats seek 60-day deadline for answers WASHINGTON, Sept 9: Democrats in the US Senate introduced legislation on Tuesday that would give the White House just 60 days to submit a detailed report to Congress on Iraq.... Russia links force with new govt MOSCOW, Sept 9: Russia said on Tuesday it would not gloat over Washington’s difficulties in chaos-gripped Iraq, but ruled out an international peacekeeping force there until Baghdad gets a new independent... Penalty mooted for buying US arms PARIS, Sept 9: An influential French MP, Guy Teissier, who is chairman of the defence commission of the French National Assembly, demanded on Tuesday that in the future the European Union... Nato may widen Afghan mission BRUSSELS, Sept 9: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), responding to widespread calls to improve security in Afghanistan, is to study extending its peacekeeping mission beyond Kabul, Secretary-General George Robertson said... Fresh Sars case in Singapore SINGAPORE, Sept 9: Singapore health officials on Tuesday declared a laboratory researcher positive for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and more than 50 people went into quarantine in the city-state despite... Shots fired at UK embassy in Tehran TEHRAN, Sept 9: Shots were fired outside the British embassy here early on Tuesday in the second such incident in six days, sparking an angry diplomatic protest and fueling a crisis... Annan calls for expansion of SC membership UNITED NATIONS, Sept 9: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday called for expanding the membership of the Security Council to make the 15-member body more democratic and more representative and thus... Muslim shrines being run by Hindus KARACHI, Sept 9: Hardly 20 kms from the Pakistan border and almost equally close to the East Punjab border are as many as 10 dargahs in small hamlets, where there are... Anti-terror hunt stymied by scattering of camps: experts PARIS, Sept 9: Deprived of their former sanctuary in Afghanistan, extremists have sought refuge in southeast Asia, the Horn of Africa and Pakistan, making it hard for investigators to track then...

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