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September 20, 2003 Saturday Rajab 22, 1424 Taliban escape siege by Afghan troops SHARAN (Afghanistan), Sept 19: Several dozen Taliban fighters escaped a siege by Afghan government troops in a madressa (religious school) with the help of locals in violence-wracked eastern Afghanistan, a police... EU sets terms for role in Iraq reconstruction BERLIN, Sept 19: European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana was quoted on Friday as saying that a United Nations mandate and timetable for handing power to the Iraqi people were... UK, France offered N-knowhow to Iran: US pressure ignored BRUSSELS/VIENNA, Sept 19: Britain, Germany and France defied the United States last month by offering Iran the prospect of sharing technology if it stops its disputed nuclear fuel enrichment programme and... Resolution against Israel withdrawn VIENNA, Sept 19: The Arab League withdrew a draft resolution on Friday that called on Israel to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and allow the UN to inspect its nuclear programme,... Israeli ministers favour barrier cutting into West Bank AL QUDS, Sept 19: Ministers from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Likud party said on Friday a controversial security barrier being built to cut off the West Bank should pass well... Mayawati complains of victimization NEW DELHI, Sept 19: A former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state said on Friday she was being framed in a multimillion-dollar scandal over the world famous Taj Mahal because she... Sobhraj arrested in Nepal KATHMANDU, Sept 19: Charles Sobhraj, a notorious criminal accused of the killings of young Western tourists around Asia, was arrested on Friday morning at a casino in Kathmandu and will face... Tipu’s sword fetches £175,000 at auction LONDON, Sept 19: A fighting sword used by an 18th century Indian hero and later given to the British general who defeated him was bought at auction in London on Friday... 6 killed in blasts near US base in Afghanistan BAGRAM AIR BASE, Sept 19: At least six people were killed on Friday in two blasts at an explosives-filled house next to the US-led coalition’s Afghanistan headquarters at Bagram Air Base,... India may sign major accord with US WASHINGTON, Sept 19: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is expected to sign a major agreement on Indo-US high-tech cooperation when he meets President George Bush next week, diplomatic sources told... Sweden bids farewell to Lindh STOCKHOLM, Sept 19: Swedish politicians and European leaders bade an emotional farewell on Friday to murdered Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, grieving at the loss of a woman they said had brought... French govt’s warning to Muslims PARIS, Sept 19: In an interview in Thursday’s issue of the French daily Le Figaro, Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy has told French Muslims that he will be tougher than ever with... Dhaka-Agartala bus service launched DHAKA, Sept 19: The Dhaka-Agartala bus service was opened on Friday, with the hope of increasing people to people contracts and fostering co-operation between Bangladesh and India.... Correction In the AFP picture published on page 15 of Friday’s issue, the name of the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community was wrongly given as Dr. Syedna Tahir Saifuddin. It... BD film festival DHAKA, Sept 19: Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia here on Thursday inaugurated weeklong International Film Festival Bangladesh, 2003.... Cancun meet leaves WTO a shambles GENEVA: Negotiators will notice shifts in the traditional balance within the World Trade Organization when they sit down to renew talks after last week’s failed ministerial conference, say diplomatic sources.... Arms suppliers eyeing Libyan market UNITED NATIONS: The lifting of the 11-year-old UN economic and military embargo on Libya  one of North Africa’s richest oil- producing nations paves the way for a mad scramble... Choppy waters threaten Opec’s smooth sailing LONDON: Four years into an oil price boom sceptics said would never last, Opec cartel ministers gather next week aiming once more to fend off the threat of lower prices.... Donor fatigue aggravating situation in Afghanistan: agency WASHINGTON: By completing just one per cent of the reconstruction required in Afghanistan to date, the United States and other donors are risking renewed conflict, if not disintegration, in the devastated... Forest sale raises alarm in Russia MOSCOW: A plan by the Kremlin which would allow Moscow to sell off the 843 million hectares of Russia’s forests to private logging companies has raised fears of an ecological disaster....

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