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September 21, 2003 Sunday Rajab 23, 1424 India-China bloc to dim US clout NEW YORK: Two giant Asian neighbours, together accounting for one-third of the world’s people, are taking tentative steps to form a formidable trading bloc, in defiance of the historic ‘triangle’ theory... Underground Jewish groups killing Palestinians AL KHALIL: Even Israel’s pervasive intelligence services are uncertain whether the Infants Underground and its allies are fringe groups of extremist settlers or the stirrings of a Jewish- style Hamas organisation.... ISAF to be extended beyond Kabul BRUSSELS: Nato began taking steps on Thursday night to extend its Afghan peacekeeping mission to areas beyond Kabul, in an attempt to tackle tribal warlords and improve security and reconstruction efforts.... No end to Iran’s nuclear crisis TEHRAN: Britain, France and Germany have made an unsuccessful attempt to encourage Iran to comply with the International Atomic Energy Agency rules and curb its nuclear ambitions by offering to share... Latvia set to vote to join EU BRUSSELS: The EU’s biggest ever enlargement is due to be completed on Saturday when the people of Latvia vote to join the EU and put their Soviet-dominated past behind them.... Akila: a savvy Iraqi technocrat BAGHDAD: Akila al-Hashimi, the first member of Iraq’s US-installed administration to come under attack, is known as a savvy Shia diplomat and foreign policy expert who made a smooth transition from... Koizumi re-elected LDP chief TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was re-elected by a landslide as head of Japan’s ruling party on Saturday, allowing him to keep the premiership and to lead his coalition into... Russia won’t send troops to Iraq, says Putin MOSCOW, Sept 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin, preparing for a summit with his US counterpart, was quoted as saying on Saturday that Russian troops would not serve in any international force... US soldiers surround town near Baghdad FALLUJAH, Sept 20: An explosion and an exchange of small arms gunfire struck the centre of the hotspot of Fallujah on Saturday as hundreds of US troops and vehicles were deployed... Bush to issue ‘call to action’ at UN WASHINGTON, Sept 20: US President George Bush will issue a “call to action” to UN member states to help out with reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan when he addresses the UN... Curfew in Maldives after riot COLOMBO, Sept 20: Authorities in the Maldives imposed a night curfew on the capital Male on Saturday after a man’s death in prison sparked unprecedented street rioting, residents said.... Mock hijacking at Delhi airport NEW DELHI, Sept 20: Commandos on Saturday ringed an airplane at the New Delhi airport they thought was being hijacked, only to find it was a false alarm meant to test... BD lawmakers form AIDS group DHAKA, Sept 20: Despite differences, lawmakers from Bangladesh’s various political parties have got together to address two global issues — HIV/AIDS and trafficking — as the country is now at a... RSF urges Eritrea to free newsmen PARIS, Sept 20: International journalists’ rights organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has appealed to the Eritrean government to free 14 of the country’s leading journalists imprisoned for the past two years... US arrests Muslim chaplain WASHINGTON, Sept 20: A Muslim chaplain for the US Army who worked with suspected Al Qaeda militants in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been arrested in the United States on suspicion of... Israel seeks US support for West Bank barrier TEL AVIV, Sept 20: A diplomatic tug-of-war continued on Saturday as Israel decided to send envoys to Washington to seek approval for its controversial West Bank barrier and the Palestinians rejoiced... Taliban in ‘control’ of town near border: Afghan official’s disclosure URGUN, Sept 20: The Taliban have been in control of a southeastern Afghan town near the Pakistan border since hundreds of them attacked government offices a month ago and sent officials... Clinton inaugurates Bosnia memorial SREBRENICA, Sept 20: Former US president Bill Clinton inaugurated a memorial on Saturday to thousands of Muslim victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and called for the arrest of fugitive leaders... Saudi envoy complains of US ‘arrogance’ SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 20: Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States said on Friday that his country was staunchly opposed to terrorism and had moved to discipline the radicals who had... Kabul shakes up defence ministry KABUL, Sept 20: Afghanistan announced a long-delayed reform of the powerful defence ministry on Saturday and said it would allow the start next month of an ambitious plan to disarm factional...

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