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| October 15, 2003 | Wednesday | Sha'aban 18, 1424 |
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Nato to launch global rapid force today
BRUSSELS, Oct 14: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) will on Wednesday inaugurate a rapid response force eventually totalling 20,000 troops to dramatically extend the military alliance’s reach in the fight... 
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Israel orders 15 prisoners to leave West Bank
TEL AVIV, Oct 14: Palestinians accused Israel of breaching international law after it decided Tuesday to expel 15 prisoners from the West Bank to Gaza, as Israeli tanks and troops moved...
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Twins to be brought out of coma
DALLAS, Oct 14: Two-year-old Egyptian twins separated at the crown of their heads in a marathon operation would soon be brought out of a medically induced coma, after the boys spent...
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Tory leader faces investigation
LONDON, Oct 14: British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s main opponent, already beset by rumours that his followers want to oust him, will face a probe into claims he misused state funds...
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One dies as groups clash in Karbala
BAGHDAD, Oct 14: One person was killed and 24 wounded in a shootout between two factions of Shia Muslims in Karbala, a doctor and witnesses said on Tuesday....
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11,987 homeless in Gaza, says UN
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14: The Israeli demolition of refugee shelters in Rafah camp in the southern Gaza Strip last week has left 1,240 people homeless, United Nations relief workers said on...
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3 US troops killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Oct 14: Two US soldiers died in a military vehicle accident in Baghdad and another was found dead, floating in the Euphrates river in the northwestern Iraqi town of Haditha,...
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Ebadi asks Iran govt to free detenus
TEHRAN, Oct 14: Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi returned to Tehran on Tuesday, immediately calling for the freeing of political prisoners as she was mobbed by...
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UN okays ISAF deployment outside Kabul
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14: The United Nations Security Council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution for the deployment of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) outside Kabul....
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Three suspects extradited to US: S. Arabia
RIYADH, Oct 14: Saudi Arabia has extradited at least three Americans with alleged links to terrorism to the United States, Interior Minister Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz said on Tuesday....
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Bush appeases army for political good: Flattering becomes rules of business
LONDON: The relationship between governments and those who seek favours from them has changed. Not long ago, lobbyists would visit politicians and bribe or threaten them until they got what they...
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Oil wealth — a mixed blessing for Chad
LONDON: Chad joined Africa’s oil states this week when a spigot linked to a 1,040 kilometres pipeline was ceremonially opened, ushering in what optimists say will be a new era of...
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Gurkhas as peacekeepers
MAZAR-I-SHARIF: While better known for their reputation as warriors than peacekeepers, a group of British army Gurkhas is working to reduce tensions in northern Afghanistan amid factional fighting last week which...
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N. Korean refugees pose diplomatic dilemma
SEOUL: While regional powers try to entice North Korea back to nuclear negotiations, much lower-profile talks are under way on a problem that could arguably spark a crisis as momentous as...
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Nature devours men on world’s highest battlefield
SIACHEN BASE CAMP: Nowhere in the world is there a battlefield so remote, so high, so alien....
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Aid groups call for arms trade treaty
LONDON: The “war on terror” has weakened national arms controls and fuelled the proliferation of conventional weapons, a coalition of leading human rights charities warned last week. Launching a global campaign...
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