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October 9, 2003 Thursday Sha’aban 12, 1424 Spectre of Somalia haunts UN in Iraq MOGADISHU: Charred engine parts overgrown by cactus are all that remain today of two US Black Hawk helicopters downed by Somali gunmen a decade ago. Looters were quick to turn the... Delhi counts down to polls with an eye on onion prices NEW DELHI: India is counting down to state polls in December with politicians keeping a hawk eye on onion prices, which became the hottest electoral issue and caused the rout of... South Koreans look for an overseas future SEOUL: Youm Seungbin, a 31-year-old school administrator, is not alone in seeking a better life. But Youm and thousands of other South Koreans seem to feel there is only one way... Authors paint Bush as liar in a flurry of new books NEW YORK: Bookstore display tables give the distinct impression there is a lot of lying going on in America these days, with President George W. Bush and his top advisers portrayed... Bali shook Australia’s foreign policy SYDNEY: John Borgia lost his wife and daughter in the terrorist attack that 12 months ago obliterated Bali’s Sari nightclub.... US, Nato urged to rethink N-policy WASHINGTON: Important non-proliferation treaties are threatened by a renewed interest in nuclear weapons programmes on the part of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), says a new... Taliban popular in Zabul QALAT: Despite being toppled two years ago, the Taliban have maintained their popularity in the southern province of Zabul, where the central government struggles to assert its authority even in the... Wars aggravate plight of poorer nations, says UN UNITED NATIONS: A rash of military conflicts and civil strife in parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America has aggravated the plight of the world’s poorer nations, according to a new... Rumsfeld annoyed with White House move WASHINGTON, Oct 8: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld complained in an interview out Wednesday that the White House kept him in the dark before revamping US-led stabilization and reconstruction efforts in... Sikkim taken out of Chinese website NEW DELHI, Oct 8: China on Wednesday announced that it had removed the Himalayan state of Sikkim from the list of regional countries on its official website, a haltingly incremental move... Protests in Turkey over Iraq troop decision ISTANBUL, Oct 8: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Turkey on Wednesday to denounce the government’s controversial decision to send troops to Iraq, with police detaining some 60 Kurdish... Thousands hold demonstration in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Oct 8: Iraqis voiced anger on Wednesday over Turkey’s decision to send troops to their war-wracked country, as thousands of Shias, including militiamen, demonstrated outside the US headquarters in Baghdad.... Israel clears way to call up reservists TEL AVIV, Oct 8: Israel cleared the way for a call-up of army reservists on Wednesday over fears of a new wave of Palestinian suicide bombings, but said it was not... Arnold elected governor LOS ANGELES, Oct 8: Arnold Schwarzenegger swept to power as governor of California on Tuesday as furious voters ousted the unpopular incumbent in a historic election rocked by drama worthy of... Bank robbery in Jeddah RIYADH, Oct 8: Masked gunmen, wielding machine guns, on Tuesday robbed the branch of the Al-Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation, the third bank robbery here this year.... Kissinger gave Israel tacit approval to flout 1973 truce: documents WASHINGTON, Oct 8: Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger gave Israel tacit approval to violate a US-Soviet brokered truce in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, according to newly declassified documents... 2 get Nobel for cell membrane study STOCKHOLM, Oct 8: US scientists Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon have won this year’s Nobel chemistry prize for studies of cell membranes, which have contributed to the understanding of fundamental life... Time series duo wins economics prize STOCKHOLM, Oct 8: US economist Robert Engle and Britain’s Clive Granger have won the 2003 Nobel economics prize for inventing models used to evaluate investment risk and study the relations between...

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