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October 28, 2003 Tuesday Ramazan 1, 1424 Five outposts granted ‘legal’ status: Israel violating roadmap: Qorei TEL AVIV, Oct 27: Israel was accused on Monday of breaching the terms of the Middle East roadmap after granting “permanent settlement” status to at least five illegal outposts in the... Sharon urges EU to pressure Iran TEL AVIV, Oct 27: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urged European MPs here on Monday to exert pressure on Iran, charging that the country was the “main threat to Israel” and... Israeli planes bomb Hezbollah positions KIRIAT SHMONA (Israel), Oct 27: Israeli warplanes bombed Hezbollah positions on Monday after their forces came under fire from the militia in the disputed Shebaa Farms border area.... Israel not planning to kill Arafat, says PM TEL AVIV, Oct 27: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said for the first time in public on Monday that Israel has no plans to kill Palestinian President Yasser Arafat despite the Israeli... Iraq blasts herald start of guerilla war: experts LONDON, Oct 27: Two straight days of deadly attacks in Baghdad signal the start of a “classic guerilla war” against US and British forces in Iraq, but it’s hard to say... Firestorms kill 13, destroy 800 homes: Emergency declared in California LOS ANGELES, Oct 27: Firestorms roared through California on Monday, after killing at least 13 people, forcing tens of thousands from their homes and disrupting air travel across North America, officials... US Senate places curbs on Malaysia WASHINGTON, Oct 27: The US Senate on Monday placed restrictions on some US aid to Malaysia to show its displeasure over Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s recent assertions that Jews control... N. Korea offers to show US team plutonium processing SEOUL, Oct 27: North Korea, having hinted it might be ready for fresh talks on its nuclear intentions, has offered to show a group of US legislators how it makes weapons-grade... Butler’s book on Diana goes on sale LONDON, Oct 27: Princess Diana’s former butler ignored an unprecedented plea from Britain’s two young princes and went ahead on Monday with publication of an intimate book about their dead mother.... Rescuers race against time to save 13 miners ROSTOV-ON-DON, Oct 27: Rescuers desperately worked against the clock on Monday in their search for 13 miners who have been trapped by icy water in a coal mine in southern Russia... Malaysian state plans show on women’s attire KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27: A roadshow planned by a Malaysian state government to teach women to dress in “proper Muslim attire” has been criticized by a minister as “ridiculous and embarrassing”,... Hotel attack was a propaganda coup BAGHDAD: The guerrilla assault on the Rashid Hotel on Sunday morning was designed to grab public attention by flaunting the ability of the anti-American resistance to inflict casualties on US soldiers... 12,000 need permits to live in their own homes: Israel serves notice to Palestinians AL QUDS: The Israeli military has ordered thousands of Palestinians living near the steel and concrete “security fence” throughout the West Bank to obtain special permits to live in their own... Picasso’s piles of paper PARIS: Pablo Picasso may well have been one of the artistic giants of the 20th century, but he was also one of the century’s mightiest hoarders of minutia. “Why should I... Oil giant in the dock LONDON: ChevronTexaco could be fined hundreds of millions of dollars and be forced to spend more than $1bn cleaning up pollution from 28 years of oil extraction in Ecuador, if a... Inquiry may subpoena White House WASHINGTON: The Bush administration was embroiled on Saturday in a new controversy over its handling of intelligence after the chairman of the commission investigating the September 11 attacks warned he would... Italy claims core of Red Brigades smashed ROME: The Italian government on Friday claimed to have smashed the core of the Red Brigades terrorists with an extensive police operation that put six people behind bars, including the alleged... Russia in turmoil after tycoon’s arrest MOSCOW, Oct 27: Russian President Vladimir Putin faced his first market crash on Monday that analysts said was of his own making as political turmoil engulfed the country in the run-up...

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