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| December 1, 2003 | Monday | Shawwal 6, 1424 |
Govt agrees to pull out heavy arms from Kabul
KABUL, Nov 30: Afghanistan’s defence ministry has belatedly agreed to withdraw heavy arms and factional fighters from Kabul under an international agreement to demilitarise the capital, a ministry spokesman said on...
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UK would block EU deal over foreign policy
LONDON, Nov 30: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Sunday London would block a European Union constitution unless a proposal to allow foreign policy decisions to be taken by majority...
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EU claims progress made on charter
NAPLES (Italy) Nov 30: EU foreign ministers made more progress than some expected in tough weekend talks on a new constitution for the bloc, but the central battle on voting power...
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Millions to vote in Indian elections
NEW DELHI, Nov 30: Millions of Indians will vote on Monday to elect four new state assemblies in balloting seen as a litmus test of popularity for India’s ruling Hindu nationalists...
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Turkey charges man in bomb blast case
ANKARA, Nov 30: A Turkish man was on Sunday charged with treason after police said he ordered the bombing of an Istanbul synagogue, one of four suicide attacks that killed 61...
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Army chief criticizes Sharon Plan: report
AL QUDS, Nov 30: Israel’s army chief has privately voiced reservations about Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s proposal to take unilateral steps if peacemaking with the Palestinians fails, Haaretz newspaper reported on...
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Fahd grants new powers to Saudi parliament
RIYADH, Nov 30: Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd has granted a greater legislative role to the kingdom’s consultative Shura council as the absolute monarchy cautiously presses ahead with political reforms called for...
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17 die in Kuwait
BASRA, Iraq, Nov 30: At least 17 Kuwaitis returning from the burial of a senior Shia cleric in Karbala were killed in a bus crash, the British army and a religious...
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TV channel denies US charges over Iraq
DUBAI, Nov 30: Arab television station Al Arabiya denied on Sunday US allegations that it was linked to insurgents in Iraq and asked American officials to prove the accusations or retract...
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Bush has hurt ME peace process:Carter
WASHINGTON, Nov 30: Former president Jimmy Carter has criticized the White House for favouring Israel and abandoning “a bipartisan commitment” to Middle East peace, Time magazine reported on Sunday....
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USS Cole back in service
WASHINGTON, Nov 30: The destroyer USS Cole has rejoined the US war on terrorism three years after it was the target of a suicide bomb attack in Yemen....
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North Korea urges EU to keep Bush at bay
PYONGYANG: North Korea called on Europe to prevent the peninsula from becoming a “second Iraq” on Friday, as Pyongyang’s scepticism grows about the credibility of six-party talks aimed at resolving its...
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Liberia starts disarmament
BUCHANAN (Liberia): Sam accepted the offer of a cigarette, let his AK-47 rifle fall to his side and admitted that a life spent as a Liberian rebel had largely been a...
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US wins reprieve from tariff sanctions
LONDON: The US sent the first signals on Friday that it is prepared to defuse a dangerous transatlantic clash over steel tariffs, when it asked the EU and its allies to...
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Politicians exploit Bhopal tragedy
BHOPAL: Indian politicians pumping up vote banks for key polls are wooing the thousands of people affected by a toxic gas leak in 1984, but the victims are wishing up to...
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Baghdad stunt underscores deepening crisis of Bush administration
WASHINGTON: President Bush’s Thanksgiving Day visit to US troops in Baghdad, organized by the White House to shore up crumbling public support for the occupation of Iraq, only confirms the deepening...
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