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December 23, 2003 Tuesday Shawwal 28, 1424 Russia to write off 65pc of debt: Iraqi official’s claim MOSCOW, Dec 22: The head of the Iraqi Governing Council said on Monday after talks with President Vladimir Putin that Moscow was ready to write-off 65 per cent of Iraqi debts... GCC states to amend school books KUWAIT, Dec 22: Arab leaders said on Monday they had agreed on new measures to combat terrorism, including purging rhetoric from school textbooks that Washington says fuels anti-Christian and anti-Jewish sentiment.... Saddam relied on bodyguards TIKRIT, Iraq, Dec 22: Saddam Hussein protected himself during eight months on the run, with key help most likely coming from four family members who served in his elite Special Security... Kirkuk’s inclusion in Kurd zone sought KIRKUK, Dec 22: Thousands of Iraqi Kurds gathered here on Monday to demand that the northern oil centre be included in a future autonomous Kurdish region.... World’s biggest ship floated SAINT-NAZAIRE (France), Dec 22: The Queen Mary 2, the world’s biggest passenger liner, was given a low-key sendoff on Monday as it left its French shipyard, just five weeks after 15... Iran warns Israel against attacks TEHRAN, Dec 22: Israel will “dig its own grave” if it attacks Iranian nuclear sites, the head of the Iranian air force General Seyed Reza Pardis warned on Monday, reacting defiantly... Libya ready to sign UN inspection protocol LONDON, Dec 22: Libya is ready to sign a protocol allowing surprise UN inspections of its nuclear sites, Libyan Prime Minister Shukri Mohammed Ghanim said in an interview with BBC radio... Roadblocks creating problems for Palestinian women AL QUDS, Dec 22: The number of Palestinian women giving birth in hospital has dropped by around 50 percent since the start of the intifada as a result of Israeli army... Indian army vacates Red Fort NEW DELHI, Dec 22: The Indian army on Monday moved out of Delhi’s sprawling 17th-century Red Fort, a symbol of power for the Mughal and British empires and for independent India,... Saddam says he is still the president WASHINGTON, Dec 22: Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, in US custody for a week, was shaken but claimed to be the Iraqis’ chosen leader and used a lot of profanity, a... Israeli troops face dismissal over refusal TEL AVIV, Dec 22: Soldiers from Israel’s top commando unit faced being thrown out of the army on Monday after becoming the latest in a line of servicemen to refuse to... BD pilots on strike DHAKA, Dec 22: Pilots of Biman Bangladesh Airlines started a ‘limited strike’ on Monday, forcing cancellation of an international and two domestic flights, and rescheduling of eight others.... Two Israelis, Palestinian die in clash GAZA, Dec 22: Two Israelis were killed in an attack on a vehicle in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Israeli medics said.... ‘The American soldier’ named man of the year NEW YORK, Dec 22: “The American Soldier” was named on Sunday as Time magazine Person of the Year, bumping off US President George Bush and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.... Former leftist pardoned WIESBADEN, Dec 22: Germany pardoned and released on Monday a former leftist terrorist who took oil ministers hostage at a 1975 meeting in Vienna of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries... If Libya can do it, why not Israel? LONDON: There’s a logic to these things. Muammar Gadhafi, growing older, and his isolated Libya, growing poorer, were getting nothing worthwhile from the atomic bomb they hadn’t built yet or chemicals... Britain closes art gallery LONDON: One of Britain’s favourite art galleries has just locked its doors, and will stay shut for the next five years. The museum, home of many of the UK’s best loved... Russia struggles to keep out illegal Asians VLADIVOSTOK: Russia is struggling to keep illegal workers from neighbouring Asian countries flooding into its underpopulated Far East, with border officials helpless because of the huge demand for cheap labour.... Aussies urged to swap turkey for kangaroo CANBERRA: Forget turkey and mince pies. This Christmas Australians are being urged to serve native foods such as smoked kangaroo with wild lime and brandy sauce and wattle seed pavlova.... Iraq war forced Tripoli’s decision WASHINGTON: The US invasion of Iraq played a major role in convincing Libya’s leader Moammar Qadhafi to rid his country of weapons of mass destruction, diplomatic observers said on Sunday....

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