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September 17, 2003 Wednesday Rajab 19, 1424 US sounds warning to Syria over WMDs: Damascus accused of helping Iraq fighters WASHINGTON, Sept 16: The United States on Tuesday warned Syria that it would be “held accountable” for any attempts to acquire or market weapons of mass destruction and its links to... Baghdad had no N-plan after ’91: Iraqi scientists’ statement VIENNA, Sept 16: Iraqi scientists working under the new provisional government confirmed on Tuesday United Nations claims made before the invasion that Iraq has not had any nuclear weapons programme for... US holding 4,000 ‘extra’ detainees ABU GHARIB, Sept 16: US officials said on Tuesday they were holding 10,000 prisoners in Iraq, nearly double the number previously reported, and count among the security cases six inmates claiming... Russia sold arms to Iran: US WASHINGTON, Sept 16: The United States on Tuesday accused the Russian government of selling weapons to Iran, but waived sanctions against Moscow in the US “national interest”.... Clark enters White House race WASHINGTON, Sept 16: Former Nato commander Wesley Clark has decided to join the 2004 White House race, making the retired four-star US Army general the 10th Democratic presidential candidate.... US govt intimidated networks: reporter NEW YORK, Sept 16: CNN star reporter Christiane Amanpour has stirred a media hornets’ nest by claiming US television networks, including CNN, were “intimidated” by the Bush administration in their coverage... UN resolution not enough to bring troops: paper WASHINGTON, Sept 16: Opinion polls in some of the countries the United States wants to contribute troops for Iraq show that people strongly oppose the suggestion, the USA Today reported on... Bush urged to dismiss invasion’s architect WASHINGTON, Sept 16: Top Democrats in the US House of Representatives said on Tuesday President George Bush must fire the key architect or architects of his Iraq operations to gain help... Pakistani artist honoured in Canada TORONTO, Sept 16: An international exhibition to honour the late artist Zahoorul Akhlaq opened this weekend in the presence of hundreds of art connoisseurs in Mississauga, three kilometres west of Toronto.... Washington to reduce Israel’s loan guarantees WASHINGTON, Sept 16: The United States said on Tuesday it was working on how much money to deduct from loan guarantees for Israel in response to Israel’s refusal to stop building... Man wanted in Lindh killing caught STOCKHOLM, Sept 16: Swedish police said on Tuesday they had caught a man wanted in connection with the murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh.... Woman in SARS scare tests negative HONG KONG, Sept 16: A 34-year-old Hong Kong woman suspected of having SARS was cleared by health officials on Tuesday, easing fears of a re-emergence of the disease which killed nearly... US ships leave base to avoid hurricane WASHINGTON, Sept 16: US warships began steaming out of the giant US naval base at Norfolk, Virginia Tuesday and warplanes scattered to inland air bases out of the path of Hurricane... Iraq to attend OPEC meeting VIENNA, Sept 16: Iraq will attend the next OPEC meeting of ministers in Vienna on Sept 24, a spokesman for the cartel said on Tuesday, marking a return to business for... BD workers on strike DHAKA, Sep 16: Industrial workers throughout Bangladesh enforced a countrywide shutdown on Tuesday to press home their eight-point charter of demands.... Iraqi Shias playing a waiting game NAJAF: Yasser Thaferi, a young Shia militiaman brandishing an AK-47 rifle on the steps of the Imam Ali mosque in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf boasts about his peoples’ power... My love affair with India is dead LONDON: I can identify the moment I fell out of love with India quite precisely. It happened at the end of last February. Riots had just broken out in the western... UK still drawing asylum seekers CALAIS (France): Nine months after the closure of the Sangatte refugee camp near the Channel Tunnel, the dream of a new life in Britain is still luring asylum hopefuls to France’s... Property boom lures foreigners to Dubai DUBAI: For as little as 500,000 dollars you can buy your own home on an island off the coast of Dubai, an island that has been built in the shape of... America’s battlefield toll soars LONDON/NEW YORK: The true scale of American casualties in Iraq is revealed by new figures, which show that more than 6,000 American servicemen have been evacuated for medical reasons since the...

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