20 June 2004 Sunday 01 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 Iraqis not to take Saddam custody before trial BAGHDAD, June 19: US senators said on Saturday that interim Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi had told them that Baghdad would not try to take custody of former president Saddam Hussein before the country was properly ready to try him. ... Biggest regret for Clinton: an elusive Osama NEW YORK, June 19: Former US president Bill Clinton says in his memoir to be released on Tuesday that his failure to capture Osama bin Laden was his "biggest disappointment", according to Newsweek magazine. ... US troops shoot at Afghan near base KABUL, June 19: US soldiers shot dead an Afghan man who approached a guard tower at a US military base north of Kabul brandishing a pistol, a military spokesman said on Saturday. ... Israelis fire at British MPs JERUSALEM, June 19: Three British MPs said on Saturday that Israeli troops had fired at them twice during a visit to the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah a day earlier, a spokesman for the British consulate said. ... Palestinian captured after jailbreak JERUSALEM, June 19: A jailed militant from the Islamic Jihad group who broke out of an Israeli prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday was recaptured just hours later, Israeli military sources said. ... EU leaders clinch constitution deal BRUSSELS, June 19: European Union leaders adopted a historic first constitution for a united Europe on Friday, ending months of tortuous negotiation over power-sharing in a bloc that now spans the former Iron Curtain. ... US warns Sudan of sanctions WASHINGTON, June 19: The United States threatened on Friday to impose sanctions on Sudanese officials as a way of intensifying pressure on the Khartoum government to help ease a humanitarian crisis in the western region of Darfur. ... China not to back US on ICC immunity UNITED NATIONS, June 18: China said on Friday it would abstain on a resolution giving the United States immunity from the new International Criminal Court (ICC), a decision that may leave Washington short of votes to pass the resolution. ... Dreamer, billionaire visualize space tourism MOJAVE, June 19: A dreamer and a billionaire have teamed up to send the world's first privately-owned rocket into suborbital space on Monday. ... Hostage's murder angers US Muslims SAN FRANCISCO, June 19: Fearing a backlash, leading American Muslim and Arab organizations were very prompt today in vehemently condemning the murder of American hostage ... Mubarak to have surgery in Germany CAIRO, June 19: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 76, will go to Germany on Sunday to have an operation for a slipped disc, an official source said on Saturday, amid persistent rumours about his health. ... US govt intimidating media: lawyer NEW YORK, June 19: A leading American lawyer accused the White House on Friday of intimidating reporters, attorneys and judges who question the Bush administration's "relentless pursuit of power." ... Old rivalries and EU summit BRUSSELS: What is it about Jacques Chirac at European Union summits? He is often in a bad mood, inclined to snap and cause offence as he nurses a beer at the ever-larger and increasingly impersonal summit table. ... Bush team tries to brazen it out WASHINGTON: "The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and Al Qaeda," US President George W Bush told reporters on Thursday, is "because there was a relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda." ... China, India and Brazil: candidates for G8? SAO PAULO: China, Brazil and India, three major players in the developing world, may be invited to join the ranks of the world's most powerful group of nations, the Group of Eight (G8), according to diplomatic sources here. ... Al Jazeera film gets positive reviews in US LOS ANGELES: A new documentary which looks at the Iraq war coverage by Arab satellite network Al Jazeera is receiving positive reviews in the US press as it hits art house theatres nationwide Friday. ...

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