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October 7, 2003 Tuesday Sha’aban 10, 1424 LTTE seeks legitimacy with overseas trips COLOMBO: It’s a long way from the jungles of northern Sri Lanka to the pubs of Ireland. And the distance from rebel group to legitimate political organization may be even greater for the Liberation... Syria assesses choices after Israeli raid BEIRUT: An Israeli strike deep into Syria on Sunday is the boldest warning yet to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to cooperate with Israel and the United States to curb militants in... C. Asia battling for water ALMATY: The Soviet Union has gone, the glaciers are getting smaller and in parched oil-rich Central Asia the battle is on for water. Most of it pours down during the hot summer months from the glaciers of the towering Pamir... Gulf foresees change with Saddam’s departure KUWAIT CITY: The fall of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein has triggered domestic changes in neighbouring Gulf Arab monarchies but the nature of such changes will depend on how Washington controls the Arab... Opec looks to non-Opec states for price changes NICOSIA: The surprise decision last month by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to cut its oil output ceiling by 900,000 barrels per day, has reversed the downtrend in prices... Bose still a legend in Indian history MOIRANG (India): A bare metal flagpole jammed into a stone base marks the spot where the soldiers of “Free India” first raised the Indian flag on Indian soil.... Some parallels seen between Iraq, Vietnam WASHINGTON: As the duration and cost of the US occupation of Iraq grow, parallels with the Vietnam War are becoming an increasing part of the public debate. A wide range of... Nato agrees to deploy troops outside Kabul BRUSSELS, Oct 6: Nato agreed on Monday to extend an Alliance-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan beyond the capital Kabul to help clamp down on a recent rise in violence blamed on... Kremlin’s man wins Chechnya elections GROZNY, Oct 6: The Kremlin’s candidate Akhmad Kadyrov won a landslide victory in Chechnya’s presidential election, but few voters on Monday believed he would bring a rapid end to the fighting... Three Indian states, Delhi to hold polls on Dec 1 NEW DELHI, Oct 6: Polls in four Indian states and the capital New Delhi, seen as litmus tests for the ruling Hindu nationalists, will be held on November 20 and December... Guantanamo jail in Manchester MANCHESTER, Oct 6: A British artist is building a life-size copy of Guantanamo Bay’s Camp Delta in a bid to make Britons aware of the conditions in which detainees are being... Australian ship fails to leave Kuwait KUWAIT CITY, Oct 6: A so-called “ship of death” with more than 50,000 stranded Australian sheep on board has been delayed from leaving Kuwait due to a small fire which broke... Sars may strike again next month: WHO GENEVA, Oct 6: Countries must be ready for another Sars outbreak this November, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday, warning that relaxed safety checks at some laboratories, particularly in... 30,000 Dalits embrace Buddhism AHMEDABAD, Oct 6: An Indian Buddhist group vowed on Monday to try to convert all low-caste Hindus in the communally sensitive Gujarat state after 30,000 people embraced Buddhism in a ceremony... Black woman to lead House of Lords LONDON, Oct 6: Guyanan-born Valerie Amos on Monday became the first black woman to head the House of Lords, the highest chamber in the British parliament, officials said.... Scientists behind MRIs awarded Nobel prize STOCKHOLM, Oct 6: Two scientists who played a key role in the development of modern hospital scanners won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday.... 10 charges filed against Salman over accident BOMBAY, Oct 6: Indian film star Salman Khan was charged by a court on Monday over the death of a homeless man in a car crash last year and faces two... Rice to lead efforts for ‘stabilization’ in Iraq WASHINGTON, Oct 6: Under pressure to stabilize Iraq, US President George Bush said on Monday he had ordered a major reorganization of efforts to bring control to that country, headed by... Israel must not feel constrained: Bush: Syria on ‘wrong side’: US envoy WASHINGTON, Oct 6: The United States on Monday said Israel “must not feel constrained” in defending itself from militants and at the same time accused Syria of being on the wrong... Iraqi council rebuffs US lawmakers’ appeals BAGHDAD, Oct 6: Iraq awarded licences on Monday for firms to set up mobile phone networks, rebuffing calls by some American lawmakers to use US-backed technology to restore war-shattered communications....

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