| 15 May 2004 | Saturday | 24 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 |
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BJP admits it got it all wrong: Sonia as PM opposed
NEW DELHI, May 14: Shocked by its defeat in elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party said on Friday that it had failed to read the pulse of the people and may have overestimated the feel-good factor in the country. ... 
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Peace with Pakistan still a wish, says Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, May 14: Outgoing Indian premier Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Thursday in a departure speech that peace with Pakistan and other South Asian nations would remain his life-long wish. ...
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Congress needs communists' help only
NEW DELHI, May 14: An alliance between the Congress party and the communists will be able to form the next Indian government even without securing new partners, according to election results as of Friday. ...
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Ex-athlete wins, 2 ex-cricketers defeated
NEW DELHI, May 14: Asian Games double gold-medallist Jyotirmoyee Sikdar won a seat in India's parliament but the country's passion for cricket did not translate into votes for two former internationals. ...
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It's time to forget differences: Bush - G8's assistance sought over Iraq
WASHINGTON, May 14: US President George Bush told foreign ministers from seven key allies on Friday it was time to put past differences over Iraq behind them and work together for the country's future. ...
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Iraqi prisoners recall torture: 293 freed from Abu Ghraib
BAGHDAD, May 14: Prisoners released from Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison on Friday complained of being hung by their hands from walls for hours and humiliated by grinning American guards. ...
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US troops beat Iraqi to death: TV
BERLIN, May 14: German television reported on Friday that US troops tortured to death an Iraqi prisoner in their custody in January this year and captured the abuse on film. ...
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Iran not cleared yet: IAEA
VIENNA, May 14: UN atomic energy inspectors see a pattern in Iran of radiation contamination that could indicate attempts to enrich uranium to bomb-grade levels, diplomats close to the agency said as it waits for a report from Iran on its nuclear programme. ...
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Vatican tells Catholics not to marry Muslims
VATICAN CITY, May 14: The Vatican warned Catholic women on Friday to think hard before marrying a Muslim and urged Muslims to show respect for human rights, gender equality and democracy. ...
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Meteor in mass extinction found: scientists
WASHINGTON, May 14: A recently discovered layer of glassy fragments could only have been made by a meteor slamming into Earth and helps prove such an impact nearly wiped out life on the planet 250 million years ago, scientists said on Thursday. ...
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Italian town sends greetings to Sonia
ORBASSANO, May 14: Sonia Gandhi's home town in Italy sent the surprise winner of India's elections a congratulatory telegram on Friday saying they were proud of her victory in the world's biggest democracy - "her India". ...
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Sonia's 'Made in Italy' label no issue for Indians
NEW DELHI: India's watershed election has finally laid to rest a long-running debate about whether Sonia Gandhi's foreign birth disqualified her from ruling the world's largest democracy as head of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. ...
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Is this a new dawn for India?
NEW DELHI: For many of us who feel estranged from mainstream politics, there are rare, ephemeral moments of celebration. Today is one of them. When India went to the polls ...
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Gujarat gives up politics of hate
GHODASAR: Jivamia Punjamia Belin, a Muslim farmer whose 70-year father was hacked to death and burnt by a Hindu mob in the western Indian state of Gujarat is relieved to see Hindu nationalists thrown out of office. ...
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Would US exit be more chaotic?
CAN the American occupation of Iraq be sustained any longer? In the wake of the prison horrors revealed at Abu Ghraib, has the time not come for a serious debate on the immediate withdrawal ...
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Porous China border tempts N. Korean refugees
DANDONG: They met as children diving for fish when their countries, China and North Korea, touted a relationship as close as "lips and teeth" and when neither thought getting rich was glorious. ...
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