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September 29, 2003 Monday Sha’aban 2, 1424 Italy grinds to halt in nationwide blackout ROME, Sept 28: A nationwide power blackout struck Italy in the dead of night on Sunday, unleashing chaos, stalling lifts, stranding travellers, but causing no known disasters.... 72pc in US want some authority to UN: poll WASHINGTON, Sept 28: A large majority of Americans, 72 per cent, want US President George W. Bush to pass some of the authority for rebuilding war-ravaged Iraq to the UN, according... Lata feted on her 75th birthday BOMBAY, Sept 28: India’s most celebrated singer Lata Mangeshkar, who has more than 40,000 recorded songs over a career spanning six decades, marked her 75th birthday on Sunday with tributes from... White House says it had Iraq WMD intelligence: Rice WASHINGTON, Sept 28: White House national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday there was new US intelligence obtained before the Iraqi war about Baghdad’s weapons of mass destruction programmes, despite... 2 children among 15 dead in Kashmir SRINAGAR, Sept 28: Freedom fighters shot dead a policeman and his two children in Kashmir, a police spokesman said on Sunday, as gunbattles raged in the disputed region, where violence has... Fresh poll blow to Blair ahead of moot LONDON, Sept 28: British Prime Minister Tony Blair, facing the worst crisis of his six-year tenure, on Sunday signalled his determination to serve a third term in office despite a continued... Chechen president poisoned before poll MOSCOW, Sept 28: The acting president of Chechnya was seriously ill in hospital on Sunday, officials said, victim of an attempt to poison him a week before an election critical to... Iran says it is willing to work with IAEA WASHINGTON, Sept 28: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said Sunday his country was willing to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog agency, amid mounting international pressure over its atomic programme.... Pope creates 31 new cardinals VATICAN CITY, Sept 28: Pope John Paul II nominated 31 new cardinals on Sunday, most of them under 80, and thus eligible to participate in the election of the next pope.... Aftershocks rattling Japan TOMAKOMAI (Japan), Sept 28: Orange flames and black smoke from a blazing fuel tank spewed into the sky on Sunday, triggered by several aftershocks registering 5.0 or more on the Richter... Seriously ill Izetbegovic talks on TV SARAJEVO, Sept 28: Bosnia’s ailing wartime leader Alija Izetbegovic, in a critical condition for the past eight days, gave a brief telephone interview on local television on Saturday for the first... 22 die in Nepal clashes KATHMANDU, Sept 28: At least 22 people have died in weekend clashes between Nepalese rebels and government troops, Nepalese media reported on Sunday.... RSF demands India stop blocking site PARIS, Sept 28: International journalists’ rights organisation Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) demanded that New Delhi rescind instructions issued to Indian internet service providers to block access to the “Kyunhun” discussion forum,... Former BD MP gets 7-year RI DHAKA, Sept 28: Joinal Hazari, a former MP of the Awami League, the main opposition in Bangladesh, was awarded seven years’ rigorous imprisonment on Sunday.... Ariane rocket launched KOUROU (French Guiana) Sept 28: Europe’s first mission to the moon has blasted off aboard a European Ariane rocket, space officials said.... UN revival requires US commitment WASHINGTON: “Four times in the modern age,” English historian John Keegan has written, “men have sat down to reorder the world — at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 after the... G7 may gamble with mass devaluation DUBAI: Maybe it was Dubai’s 41C heat. Or perhaps they were inspired by the grandiose engineering projects, such as the first underwater hotel, or the 200 artificial holiday islands shaped like... US fears Sars outbreak WASHINGTON: With winter nearing, federal health officials are making elaborate preparations in anticipation of another outbreak of Sars, the flu-like illness that erupted for the first time last year and for... Scientists plan alternate to CFCs RIO DE JANEIRO: Scientists hope by 2005 to launch alternatives to two chemicals used as replacements for ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases but which themselves contribute to climate change.... Blair faces turbulent Labour over Iraq LONDON: Tony Blair has signalled his intention to plough on with his Iraq policy and with reforming Britain’s public services, thrusting aside criticism from within the Labour Party and from the...

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