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December 2, 2003 Tuesday Shawwal 7, 1424 Contempt for legal & natural justice LONDON: Such is the fear of terrorism that our governments now treat natural and legal justice with contempt British Home Secretary David Blunkett got into trouble again last week, and yet... Hiroshima bomber raises controversy WASHINGTON: The plane that dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, 58 years ago, will be on display next week at America’s National Air and Space Museum.... Soros lambasts US’s Iraq policy NEW YORK: George Soros, billionaire financier, has issued a virtual indictment of the Bush administration for what he belives is “the heedless assertion of American power in the world resembles... Affirmative action as practised in France PARIS: Job vacant: High-flier needed for challenging administrative post upholding values of France’s secular republic. Only candidates from minority groups need apply — Muslims preferred.... A nation divided between Bush haters and lovers LONDON: Every weekday afternoon on CNN, a programme called Crossfire pits a Democrat commentator against a Republican. In what passes for debate, they raise topical issues in rapid succession and bellow... Development pushed off agenda by ‘terror war’ : Economist’s lament VIENNA, Dec 1: The war on terrorism has pushed the fight against the poverty that afflicts billions of people off the international agenda, a leading US economist told the UN’s development... French diplomats on strike PARIS, Dec 1: Many French embassies, consulates and cultural centres around the world were shut or offering minimum service on Monday as diplomats staged their first ever strike to protest against... US blasts Kyoto pact as unrealistic MILAN, Dec 1: The United States denounced a UN-sponsored global warming treaty as a “straitjacket” on Monday, but officials meeting in Italy to hammer out its details said they were hopeful... Cost of Aids drug slashed in India NAIROBI, Dec 1: The international medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF — MSF Doctors without Borders), on Monday — World AIDS Day — announced that an Indian drug manufacturer had slashed... Russia undermining Georgia’s independence: president MAASTRICHT (The Netherlands) Dec 1: Georgia’s interim President Nino Burdzhanadze accused Russia on Monday of undermining her country’s independence by holding talks with leaders from three of its restive regions last... Nigeria accused of abusing rights ABUJA, Dec 1: A major international human rights group on Tuesday accused the Nigerian government, the host of this week’s Commonwealth summit, of using violence and intimidation to silence its critics.... EU mly HQ to be set up soon, says Belgium ATHENS, Dec 1: Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt said on Monday he was confident the European Union could soon have a headquarters to coordinate European defence.... Bashir’s treason conviction overturned JAKARTA, Dec 1: An Indonesian appeal court has overturned a treason conviction against militant Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir and has cut his jail sentence from four years to three, prosecutors... 25 Maoists killed in Nepal KATHMANDU, Dec 1: At least 25 Maoists and a security man were killed in several clashes in Nepal, while the rebels killed two civilians, officials and sources said on Monday.... Hopes dim of forming govt in N. Ireland BELFAST, Dec 1: Hopes of reviving Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government looked bleak on Monday after the big winner of last week’s legislative elections said he would never share the table with... Bombers linked to Al Qaeda: Turkey ANKARA, Dec 1: Turkey said on Monday the four suicide bombers who detonated massive truck bombs in Istanbul last month killing themselves and 57 other people were linked to the Al... Violent protest outside French base in I’Coast ABIDJAN, Dec 1: Hundreds of youths staged a violent demonstration on Monday outside a French military base in Abidjan following clashes in central Ivory Coast between French peacekeepers and supporters of... Iraqi town left devastated as questions arise over bodies SAMARRA, Dec 1: The centre of the Iraqi town of Samarra wears a devastated look after ambushes of US troops on Sunday sparked a massive response in which the military claimed... Alternative ME plan launched in Geneva GENEVA, Dec 1: Israeli opposition politicians and prominent Palestinians on Monday launched an alternative Middle East peace plan that was hailed as the most “promising” basis for resolving the issue.... US proposes bigger Nato role in Iraq, Afghanistan BRUSSELS, Dec 1: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld discussed with his counterparts in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) on Monday the possibility of expanding the Alliance’s role in both Iraq...

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