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| November 9, 2003 | Sunday | Ramazan 13, 1424 |
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Bush has polarized US electorate
WASHINGTON: Of all the campaign lines delivered in his stump speeches country-wide in the autumn of 2000 this one, “I’m a uniter, not a divider”, was perhaps the most reassuring among... 
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‘Friends of the fish’ try to sink subsidies
BUENOS AIRES: An informal group of nations calling themselves the ‘Friends of the Fish’ are attempting to sink fishing industry subsidies, charging that they distort the international market — as do...
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Shock after lawyer says she was apartheid spy
JOHANNESBURG: It was a tale of betrayal and treason that stunned those who knew her, the televised confession of a white South African lawyer who represented black and white militants in...
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Spain-France sign police deal
MADRID-PARIS: Armed police officers from Spain and France will operate in each other’s countries to tackle terrorism and drug-trafficking under the terms of a groundbreaking agreement signed on Thursday by President...
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Rich nations fail aid pledge to poor
UNITED NATIONS: When more than 50 world political leaders and finance ministers from rich nations gathered in Mexico in March last year, they solemnly pledged to substantially increase their official development...
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Massive security fiasco in Israel
JERUSALEM: Reality TV has finally caught up with the Israeli military....
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Massive security fiasco in Israel
JERUSALEM: Reality TV has finally caught up with the Israeli military.But the country’s generals had no idea that their every move was being watched, their secret missile codes broadcast to their...
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Chandrika tightens grip on security: Sri Lankan power struggle
COLOMBO, Nov 8: President Chandrika Kumaratunga has tightened her grip on security in Sri Lanka while backing down from a state of emergency and offering a political sop to her nemesis...
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Protesters call for Shevardnadze’s resignation
TBILISI, Nov 8: About 10,000 protesters staged a vigil in front of the parliament building of the former Soviet republic of Georgia on Saturday pledging they would not move until a...
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Berlusconi probed for fraudulent TV deal
ROME, Nov 8: Italian prosecutors have broadened an investigation against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, suspected of fraudulent television deals with a US company in the mid-1990s, to include embezzlement, lawyers said...
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US court rules it is OK to hold 9/11 witnesses
NEW YORK, Nov 8: In a victory for Washington’s anti-terrorism arrest tactics, a US appeals court ruled on Friday that a Jordanian student could be held as a material witness in...
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Jail sentences for Indian newsmen over articles critical of govt
MADRAS, Nov 8: Indian leaders across the spectrum on Saturday condemned a state government for giving six journalists 15-day jail terms and sending police to the office of a top daily...
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US warns countries as Saudi missions shut
RIYADH, Nov 8: The United States shut its diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia on Saturday and its close ally Britain declared there was a high threat of terrorist attacks in neighbouring...
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Quai d’Orsay mission to US
PARIS, Nov 8: In a surprise change of position that may be symptomatic of a general turnabout in its overall foreign policy with regard to terrorism and the United States, France...
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Eight killed as Taliban step up activities
KABUL, Nov 8: At least eight people were killed when suspected Taliban attacked government offices in troubled southeast Afghanistan amid a wave of renewed activity by militants, officials said on Saturday....
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Ugandan rebels kill scores, says army
KAMPALA, Nov 8: Rebels shot and hacked to death scores of civilians in northern Uganda on Thursday night and Friday morning, beheading some of them, in apparent revenge for the killing...
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Two Afghan corps to be merged to end fighting
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Nov 8: Two military corps dominated by rival warlords are to be combined in a bid to end fighting between their militiamen which has plagued northern Afghanistan, a defence ministry...
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Over 3,000 smugglers held in S. Arabia
RIYADH, Nov 8: Authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested 3,000 people who tried to cross clandestinely from Iraq smuggling weapons and drugs, a report carried in the Saudi daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat...
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BD HC judge ‘embarrassed’ to hear petition
DHAKA, Nov 8: A High Court judge on Saturday felt embarrassed to hear a petition filed by Awami League president and leader of the opposition in parliament Sheikh Hasina for quashing...
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India to change its force in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Nov 8: The head of the main force battling the insurgency in Indian-held Kashmir said on Saturday it will go ahead with a pullout and replacement by lesser trained police...
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