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| December 21, 2003 | Sunday | Shawwal 26, 1424 |
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116 Saudis appeal for constitutional reforms
RIYADH, Dec 20: A group of 116 Saudi businessmen, intellectuals, university professors, scholars and leaders of civil society have submitted what they said was a “national appeal for constitutional reforms” to... 
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3 Iraqi policemen killed by US troops: Aznar visits Spanish contingent
KIRKUK, Dec 20: Three Iraqi policemen, mistakenly taken for guerillas, were killed by US troops near Salman Pak, south of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, on Saturday....
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US reeling under blows: Zawahiri
DUBAI, Dec 20: In a new message attributed to him, and aired cautiously by the Al Jazeera television network, Al Qaeda number two Ayman al Zawahiri has once again taunted the...
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Saarc states urged to revoke ‘impunity’
DHAKA, Dec 20: Human rights experts and activists from across South Asia on Saturday appealed to the regional leadership to frame a Saarc convention on “impunity” in the upcoming summit in...
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Russian liberals to boycott elections
MOSCOW, Dec 20: Leaders of one of the two wings of Russia’s democratic opposition said in a statement on Saturday they would boycott next year’s presidential elections....
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Osama slams US ‘crusade’
DUBAI, Dec 20: Osama bin Laden slammed the US-led invasion of Iraq as “a new crusade” against Muslims, in an audiotape attributed to him by the Dubai-based Al Arabiya satellite channel...
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DMK quits Vajpayee’s coalition
CHENNAI, Dec 20: A south Indian party on Saturday pulled its 11 MPs out of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s coalition to protest a tough federal anti-terror law it claims has...
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Saddam’s informer was his ‘right hand man’, says US official
TIKRIT, Dec 20: The Iraqi man who gave up Saddam Hussein to US forces last weekend was his top aide through eight months on the lam, a senior US military intelligence...
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Palestinian, Israeli PMs to meet soon: radio
 TEL AVIV, Dec 20: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei plan to meet this week, Israel Radio said on Saturday....
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Experts call for better forecasting
DHAKA, Dec 20: South Asian meteorologists gathered on Saturday in Dhaka for four days of brainstorming on how to minimize the damage from natural disasters in the calamity-prone region....
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Poppy still a problem in Afghanistan, says US
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: Poppy is still a major problem in Afghanistan despite international efforts to eradicate the crop, a senior US official said on Thursday. James Kunder, who is in charge...
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74 Bangladeshis feared drowned turn up safe
BARISAL, Dec 20: Seventy-four Bangladeshi fishermen feared to have drowned in the Bay of Bengal have been accounted for after being missing for two days, an official said on Saturday....
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Annan to meet Iraqis on Jan 15
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday that he hopes to meet next month with members of Iraq’s Governing Council as well as the coalition to elucidate...
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US withdraws staff from S. Arabia
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: The United States on Thursday urged family members non-emergency employees at the US Embassy and consulates in Saudi Arabia to leave the country....
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To hang or not to hang
LONDON: It has always seemed mistaken to perceive Iraq as the epicentre of the “Iraq crisis”. Events there represent only one manifestation of a much more profound issue: how the rest...
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Terror suspect recalls torture in British jail
LONDON: A man detained in Britain without charge or trial for two years on the basis of secret evidence he can neither know about nor challenge has told of his despair...
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Rich nations must sign treaty on migrant workers: Annan
WASHINGTON: Wealthy nations that benefit from migrant labour must ratify a global treaty designed to protect those workers and their families, which to date has been confirmed only by labour-sending countries,...
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Chechen refugees’ plight
NAZRAN: Satsita Khadirova watches from a corner of the cramped room as her 15-year-old daughter washes clothes in a baby bath, then huddles over a two-ring gas stove to make lunch...
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Dispute over scarves to aggravate segregation
PARIS: A law banning the Muslim headscarf and other religious symbols from French schools will only aggravate a sense of segregation, several teachers and social scientists say....
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Israel should follow Libya’s move: AL
CAIRO: The head of the Arab League said on Saturday that Israel, which is widely believed to have a nuclear weapons capability, should be put under pressure to follow Libya’s decision...
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