30 May 2004 Sunday 10 Rabi-us-Saani 1425 IGC decision to name PM takes UN by surprise UNITED NATIONS, May 29. "It's not how we expected it to happen," said a UN spokesman on Friday when the Iraqi Governing Council announced it had chosen Iyad Allawi to lead the interim government taking office on June 30. ... 'War on terror' has just begun: Rumsfeld's speech at mly academy WEST POINT, May 29: The "war on terror" is closer to the beginning than the end, US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld said in a speech at the US Military Academy on Saturday. ... Guantanamo interrogators worked in Iraq: paper WASHINGTON, May 29: Interrogators from a detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were sent to Iraq last fall and played a major role in training American military intelligence teams at Abu Ghraib prison, The New York Times said on Saturday. ... Blair says he has no intention to resign LONDON, May 29: Britain's embattled Prime Minister Tony Blair said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday that he had no thoughts of stepping down and fully intended to lead the Labour Party into the next election, expected early next year. ... Arab League hints at sending troops to Iraq ROME, May 29: Arab League head Amr Moussa can see a possible future role for Arab forces in Iraq - but only once foreign occupiers leave, an Italian newspaper said on Saturday. ... Abu Ghraib and Catch-22 LONDON: The horrors of American military conduct are being documented every day. But one aspect of the leaked US report into prison abuse in Iraq has been little noticed. ... ISAF claims arresting suicide recruiter KABUL, May 29: Afghan police have arrested a man suspected of trying to recruit students to carry out suicide attacks on international peacekeepers in Kabul, a spokesman for the multinational force said on Saturday. ... Vanunu wanted to 'save Israel from holocaust' LONDON, May 29: Former Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu said he blew the whistle about his country's nuclear programme because he wanted to prevent a new holocaust. ... West missed N-shipment for Libya from Turkey: expert VIENNA, May 29: As US, British and UN experts were busy disarming Libya, a shipment of nuclear bomb-related machinery from Turkey slipped past Western intelligence agencies into Libya in March, an atomic expert said on Saturday. ... Libyan nuclear workers trained in Malaysia: official KAMUNTING DETENTION CAMP, May 29: Malaysia revealed on Saturday that Libyans involved in that country's nuclear weapons programme had been secretly trained here under an arrangement by a top agent in the international nuclear black market scandal. ... UN official shot dead in DR Congo BUKAVU, May 29: UN peacekeeping troops moved on Saturday to secure the eastern Bukavu region in the Democratic Republic of Congo after three days of clashes and the killing of a UN military observer, UN officials said. ... Saarc should have cricket team: Natwar New Delhi, May 29: Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said on Saturday that cricket should not be exploited for politics and envisaged a team consisting of players from the Saarc countries who could be the best in the world. ... How Chalabi and White House held front page LONDON: When the full history of the Iraq war is written, the most scandalous chapter may be about how American journalists, in particular those at the New York Times, allowed themselves to be so easily manipulated by both Ahmad Chalabi ... Ousted BJP defends anti-terrorist laws NEW DELHI: India's ousted right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not been looking kindly at moves by the new Congress party-led government to undo its policies ... Giant Arab League backwards TUNIS: The last Arab League summit looks like it will go the way of Arab gatherings that leave behind little more than memories of quarrels. ... Battle royal at Spanish prince's wedding ROME: There's always one at every wedding - the embarrassing guest who causes a scene. Even, it appears, at the royal marriage of the decade. ...

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