| 22 June 2004 | Tuesday | 03 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 |
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Judge allows questioning of five US commanders: Lawyers seek access to Bush
BAGHDAD, June 21: The top five US commanders in the Middle East can face questioning about abuse in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison over the next few weeks, a military judge ruled on Monday ... 
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A wreck will be hard to drive
BAGHDAD: The authorization was in writing. Brigadier-General Amer Ali, the second most senior officer of the Iraqi police had authorized IPS to interview officers inside the Asha'ab police station in Baghdad. ...
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UK troops accused of mutilating bodies
LONDON, June 21: Military police are investigating claims that British soldiers mutilated the bodies of Iraqi guerillas after a firefight last month near the southern Iraqi town of Majar al Kabir. ...
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US mustn't pressure Pakistan, India: body
WASHINGTON, June 21: The United States should stop demanding that Pakistan, India and Israel give up their nuclear weapons and join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as non-weapon states ...
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Clinton furious with BBC
LONDON, June 21: Former US president Bill Clinton lost his temper during a BBC interview after being repeatedly asked if he was genuine in voicing regret over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, according to British newspapers. ...
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Iran must master N-fuel cycle, says Khamenei
TEHRAN, June 21: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that it was essential for Tehran to master the nuclear fuel cycle, but again denied his country was seeking to develop nuclear weapons. ...
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S. Korea ignores captors' threat
SEOUL, June 21: South Korea stood firm on Monday on its pledge to deploy thousands of troops to Iraq as a militant group threatened to behead a terrified Korean hostage unless the plan is scrapped. ...
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First private craft flies into space
MOJAVE, June 21: A US rocket-plane, Space Ship One, on Monday became the first privately-financed craft to fly into the fringes of space and return to Earth. ...
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Israeli military 'training Kurdish fighters'
NEW YORK: Israeli military and intelligence operatives are active in Kurdish areas of Iran, Syria and Iraq, providing training for commando units and running covert operations that could further destabilize the entire region ...
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Farmer's son returns to India as MP
NEW DELHI: By day he campaigns with sweaty, ill-clad farmers in south India, promising them a better future. By night he switches on his virtual office and links to his 10th floor office in Manhattan. ...
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