| 19 April 2004 | Monday | 28 Safar 1425 |
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Bush looked for 'options' on Iraq in Nov 2001
WASHINGTON, April 18: President George W. Bush asked military leaders in November 2001 about 'options' in Iraq, US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday, despite Washington's public claims of the search for a diplomatic solution. ... 
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Kerry slams Bush policies
WASHINGTON, April 18: Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry slammed President George W. Bush's team on its handling of foreign policy on Sunday, promising, if elected, to chart a new more cooperative course in US relations with other nations. ...
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Thousands look for big money in Baghdad
BAGHDAD: Mica Misic is a muscular Austrian of Serb extraction. Last summer he took his camper van and armoured it himself with mild steel plates and drove it to Baghdad. ...
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Blair has lost his grip
LONDON: The prime minister seems genuinely frustrated that we don't share his analysis and complains that it is "not easy to persuade people of all this". Perhaps the message is wrong? ...
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Rantissi's murder linked to Sharon's Gaza plan?
AL QUDS: Politics and violence have got all tangled up once again in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Israeli military killed the newly appointed local leader of Hamas, Abdel-Aziz Rantissi ...
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Bush's dangerous arrogance
LONDON: Somewhere in the mesmerizing performance by Robert S. McNamara, the former US defence secretary, in the film 'The Fog of War', he says: "America has no friends, only allies." ...
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Riyadh arrests eight 'militants'
RIYADH, April 18: Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said on Sunday it had arrested eight suspects linked to recent clashes between militants and security forces and the booby-trapping of cars. ...
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Deputy head of Iranian parliament quits
TEHRAN, April 18: The deputy head of Iran's parliament, reformist deputy Behzad Nabazi, resigned on Sunday with an angry parting shot against the most senior figures in the regime. ...
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Asia tells Europe to back off Myanmar
STRAFFAN, April 18: The European Union and Asia wrapped up annual talks here on Sunday overshadowed, yet again, by a rift over how to handle the military dictatorship ruling Myanmar. ...
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35 injured as police clash with protesters in Nepal
KATHMANDU, April 18: Around 35 people were injured on Sunday as police in Nepal's capital brawled with thousands of anti-monarchy protesters including former lawmakers and radical students, witnesses said. ...
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Indian vessel sails around the world
COLOMBO: India's tallest sailing ship, the Tarangini, is completing its maiden round-the-world voyage after 15 months passing through exotic islands under the stars with an aircraft pilot at the helm. ...
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Florida faces ballot worries
MIAMI: Florida's infamous hanging chad has gone forever, but not everyone is convinced the state that made such a mess of the presidential election four years ago can avoid a similar debacle this time around. ...
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