| 08 February 2004 | Sunday | 16 Zilhaj 1424 |
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Nato ignoring Afghan drug trade, says Moscow
MUNICH, Feb 7: Nato forces in Afghanistan are turning a blind eye to a flourishing drug trade that threatens the security of Russia and its neighbours, Russia's defence minister said on Saturday. ... 
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Berlin agrees to Nato role in Iraq: German deployment ruled out
MUNICH, Feb 7: Germany opened the door on Saturday for Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) to take a stabilization role in Iraq, but voiced serious doubts and ruled out deploying its own troops. ...
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Iraqi body says it's not bound by UN findings
BAGHDAD, Feb 7: The head of Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council said on Saturday that a UN ruling on the feasibility of elections demanded by Ayatollah Sistani would not be binding, and that Iraqis must settle the question themselves. ...
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Doubts arise as UN readies team: Elections in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS: Pressed by the United States, the United Nations will send an electoral team to assess the feasibility of holding nation-wide elections in Iraq before the end of June. ...
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Palestinians lose a lot in post-war Iraq
BAGHDAD: The 80,000 or so Palestinians in Iraq feel they have lost out twice since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Many have lost both their jobs and their homes in the aftermath of the war. ...
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Bush's WMD probe panel is part of neo-con network
WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush's choice to co-chair his commission to investigate intelligence failures prior to the Iraq War is a long-time ...
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Germany urges West to launch new ME plan
MUNICH, Feb 7: German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer urged Western allies on Saturday to launch a unified initiative for the Middle East this year in which social and economic goals featured as highly as security concerns. ...
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Israel must yield land for peace, says Annan
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 7: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Friday that Israel would have to return land to the Palestinians in order to achieve peace, and that pulling out of the Gaza Strip would not be enough. ...
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Bird flu virus found in US
WASHINGTON, Feb 7: A strain of bird flu has been discovered in chickens in a non-commercial flock in the US state of Delaware, but it is not the same deadly strain that is affecting humans in Asia, newspapers said on Saturday. ...
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Haiti police move into city held by rebels
GONAIVES, Feb 7: Police streamed into this rebel-held city in Haiti on Saturday to try to pry it out of the hands of rebels demanding the resignation of embattled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. ...
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Catholic prince seeks Muslim godfather
BRUSSELS, Feb 7: The youngest son of staunchly Roman Catholic Belgium's King Albert made the unusual suggestion on Saturday that he might ask a Muslim to be the godfather of his new-born daughter. ...
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Baby with rare defect dies after operation
SANTO DOMINGO, Feb 7: A seven-week-old Dominican girl born with one of the world's rarest birth defects died on Saturday, hours after undergoing a delicate operation to remove an undeveloped second head. ...
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Indian MiG crashes
JODHPUR, Feb 7: An Indian air force MiG-23 fighter aircraft crashed on Saturday in Rajasthan, killing the pilot, a defence spokesman said. ...
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Liberia awaits aid for rebuilding
UNITED NATIONS: After nearly 14 years of civil strife that claimed the lives of over half a million people, a war-battered Liberia is looking for a new roadmap to political and economic recovery ...
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