| 18 May 2004 | Tuesday | 27 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 |
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Western troops kill 51 Iraqis
BAGHDAD, May 17: US-led forces in Iraq have killed 51 guerillas in southern Iraq, 20 in an airstrike on militiamen loading and unloading weapons from vehicles in southeastern Iraq, the US military said on Monday. ... 
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Shell with sarin found in Iraq, claims US
BAGHDAD, May 17: A small amount of the nerve agent sarin was found in a shell that exploded in Iraq, the US army said on Monday in the first announcement of discovery of any of the weapons on which Washington made its case for war. ...
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UK troops to leave Iraq as soon as possible: PM
LONDON, May 17: Under growing political pressure to find an Iraq exit strategy, the British government said on Monday it planned to step up training of Iraqi forces to allow its own military to leave as soon as feasible. ...
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There is one way to preserve Iraq
IRBIL: The news from Iraq is so bad that even President Bush no longer describes successive disasters as evidence of progress. The Bush administration is now moving to increase troop levels in Iraq, and is asking the British government to do the same. ...
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Bush family has ties with Ladens: film
CANNES, May 17: American film-maker Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," a savage indictment of President Bush's handling of Iraq and the war on terror, was cheered and applauded at the Cannes film festival on Monday. ...
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Movie to help oust Bush, hopes Moore
CANNES: Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 is without doubt the most flaming-hot ticket at the Cannes film festival. And with good reason: Moore hopes that it will bring down the US government. ...
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Palestinians abandoning Gaza homes
RAFAH, May 17: Panicked Palestinians left their homes on Monday as Israeli forces surrounded a Gaza refugee camp after threatening to carry out a mass demolition in a militant hotbed despite an international outcry. ...
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Congress won't alter process: Wisner on Pakistan-India CBMs
NEW YORK, May 17: Frank G. Wisner, a former US ambassador to India, has said that the new coalition government led by the Indian Congress Party may slow-but not alter-Indian economic reform and efforts to improve relations with Pakistan. ...
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Arundhati warns Sonia campaign against her is not over
NEW DELHI, May 17: Novelist Arundhati Roy rejoices that Sonia Gandhi, who "doesn't play the princess", humbled the men who berated her and warns she will face a "blatant game" from a corporate world unmoved by the electoral verdict of India's poor. ...
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Japan PM gambles on nuclear progress
TOKYO: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will win kudos at home if he reunites the families of kidnapped Japanese as a result of his upcoming summit in Pyongyang ...
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Italian PM under fire for partying
ROME, May 17: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was in hot water on Monday for attending a victory party for his football team while his troops suffered casualties during fierce fighting with militiamen in southern Iraq. ...
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Germany links Saudi to plot
BERLIN, May 17: Germany alleged on Monday that foreign states may be sponsoring local Muslim militants, as an official report linked a Saudi diplomat to members of a foiled bomb plot last year. ...
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Arab states must initiate reforms: Jordanian king's warning
SHUNEH, May 17: Jordan's King Abdullah warned Arab governments on Monday they could face civil unrest if they failed to deliver on promises to reform. ...
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£80m heist attempt at Heathrow
LONDON, May 17: Armed police arrested seven men on Monday after foiling an attempted gold heist at Heathrow airport that would have been one of Britain's biggest robberies. ...
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