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| September 26, 2003 | Friday | Rajab 28, 1424 |
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Annan asks UN workers to leave Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25: With the bloodshed mounting in Iraq, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday ordered some UN employees to leave the country temporarily.... 
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IAEA claims finding enriched uranium: Iran terms ultimatum unjust
VIENNA, Sept 25: UN atomic inspectors have found more traces of highly-enriched uranium in Iran, but are not certain whether it was produced by Iran or due to contamination from imported...
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Israeli pilots face dismissal after refusing to conduct airstrikes
TEL AVIV, Sept 25: A group of Israeli air force pilots, whose refusal to take part in missions inside the Palestinian territories has generated heated debate, faced the threat of dismissal...
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BD hopeful of getting OIC post
DHAKA, Sept 25: Bangladesh has so far got very positive responses from the OIC member countries in its quest for their support for the candidature of the secretary-general’s position, said foreign...
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Congress refuses to fund Pentagon’s ‘big brother’ programme
WASHINGTON, Sept 25: A controversial Pentagon “big brother” programme that called for monitoring computer databases containing data on millions of Americans for signs of terrorist activity has been hit with a...
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Agency slams report on cameraman’s death
LONDON, Sept 25: Reuters Chief Executive Tom Glocer has criticized the “haphazard” handling of a US report into the killing of a Reuters cameraman by a US soldier in Iraq and...
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US bombed wrong targets, says Sahhaf
DUBAI, Sept 25: Former Iraqi information minister Mohammad Said as Sahhaf said on Wednesday that US bombing did not target the places where Saddam Hussein was sheltering during the US-led invasion...
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Woman wins appeal against stoning
 KATSINA (Nigeria), Sept 25: Nigerian woman Amina Lawal was spared from a sentence of death by stoning on Thursday when a court overturned her conviction for adultery in a case that...
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Megawati supports revamping of OIC
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25: Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri expressed complete support on Wednesday for Pakistan’s proposal to restructure the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in order to meet challenges faced by...
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Saddam may die of cancer: editor
PARIS, Sept 25: “Even if he is never located by American special forces, Saddam Hussein’s days are numbered because of an advanced case of cancer and, that he has only a...
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Maldives president re-elected
COLOMBO, Sept 25: Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom won a landslide in parliament on Thursday that is likely to give him a sixth five-year term leading the most expensive tourist destination...
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Europe’s defence plan worries US
BRUSSELS: Plans to introduce a European Union military planning capability independent of Nato could threaten EU-US relations, says a top US diplomat....
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Pyongyang, Washington’s silence stirs concern
SINGAPORE: All seems quiet on the North Korean front. But any apparent reduction in tension on the last Cold War border is but a lull as protagonists Pyongyang and Washington assess...
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Americans favour Bigger UN role
WASHINGTON: A solid majority of the US public favours giving the United Nations a greater role in guiding the political future and reconstruction of Iraq despite President George W. Bush’s insistence...
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Ghali pessimistic about UN’s future
PARIS: Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who was secretary-general of the United Nations between 1992 and 1996, says that in spite of efforts by President Jacques Chirac to build up the role of the...
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No Opec Surrender on high oil price
VIENNA: Opec’s shock oil supply cut shows the cartel’s leading producer Saudi Arabia is not prepared to compromise on high oil prices despite efforts to mend diplomatic ties with the West....
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