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December 11, 2003 Thursday Shawwal 16, 1424 Council forms tribunal to try Saddam BAGHDAD, Dec 10: Iraq’s US-installed interim leadership set up on Wednesday a special tribunal to try Saddam Hussein-era war crimes. The tribunal will sit in the former president’s personal museum.... Karzai calls for quick accord on constitution KABUL, Dec 10: Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed to delegates to this weekend’s Loya Jirga to reach a quick agreement on a new constitution with a strong presidency to guide the... Two US soldiers killed in Mosul MOSUL, Dec 10: Two US soldiers and a Kurdish official were killed in Mosul on Wednesday.... UN rules out return to Iraq UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10: Saying that Iraq was still too dangerous for the United Nations to resume work in the near future, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday that the... Ties with Tehran normal: Mubarak GENEVA, Dec 10: Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak declared on Wednesday that his country’s relations with Iran were normal following the first meeting of the two countries’ presidents since they broke diplomatic... Audit of US Iraq operations sought WASHINGTON, Dec 10: Two Republican US congressmen just back from a trip to Iraq urged President George Bush on Tuesday to accept an independent panel to audit US operations there, and... Attack on US embassy foiled BEIRUT, Dec 10: The Lebanese army said it had foiled a bomb attack on the US embassy in Beirut on Wednesday, arresting two men, one of whom was said to be... Annan lauds HR workers UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10: The United Nations observed Human Rights Day on Wednesday, with Secretary-General Kofi Annan paying tribute to those who “stand in the front lines of protection, casting the... Emergency landing BAGHDAD: A US Air Force plane made an emergency landing on Tuesday as one of its engines exploded after being hit by a missile during from Baghdad, a spokeswoman said. One... Deadlock in Lanka persists COLOMBO, Dec 10: A meeting on Wednesday between Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the President’s House failed to evolve a consensus on ways to break... Western leaders under fire at Geneva moot GENEVA, Dec 10: Top UN officials upbraided Western leaders on Wednesday for cold shouldering the world’s first summit on the information society as critics hit out at press repression under many... Dev Anand bags Dadasaheb Phalke award MUMBAI, Dec 10 : Legendary actor and Bollywood filmmaker Dev Anand has been awarded this year’s Dadasaheb Phalke award,the prestigious accolade given by the Indian government for lifetime contributions to the... Diverse individuals prove women’s ‘winnability’ in polls NEW DELHI: The poll victories of a princess and a saffron clad celibate, who join a growing band of female chief ministers in India, appear to dispel the myth that women... The privatization of war WARSAW: Private corporations have penetrated western warfare so deeply that they are now the second biggest contributor to coalition forces in Iraq after the Pentagon, a Guardian investigation has established.... US warning to Taiwan points to China power SINGAPORE: US President George Bush came to office pledging to do “whatever it takes” to defend democratic ally Taiwan. On Tuesday, he issued the strongest warning ever by a US president... Truce brings serenity to war-weary town TANGDAR (Occupied Kashmir): A is for AK-47, B is for Bomb, C is for Curfew — that is how children in occupied Kashmir learnt the alphabet for many years.... UN puts off work on cloning ban UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly decided on Tuesday to put off negotiations for a year on a treaty banning human cloning that the Bush administration wants to extend to research... Some other things to learn about Nazis CAMBRIDGE: It’s a Monday morning in Cambridge and Richard Evans shuffles out of the porter’s lodge at Gonville & Caius College trailing a large suitcase behind him. “Been somewhere nice for...

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