| 28 June 2004 | Monday | 09 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 |
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Iraq elections as planned: Allawi
BAGHDAD, June 27: Elections will take place in Iraq as planned by the end of January, interim prime minister Iyad Allawi insisted on Sunday, playing down his earlier comments that violence could delay the polls. ... 
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Rumsfeld likens Iraq violence to Tet offensive
ISTANBUL, June 27: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld likened the surge of kidnapping and violence in Iraq to the 1968 Tet offensive, a psychological turning point in the Vietnam War. But he said it would not succeed. ...
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Will Iraq suggest new path to the region?
LONDON: There seem to be plenty of people who are totally confident that the current attempt to build a democracy in Iraq will fail. ...
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CIA suspends use of harsh tactics: report
WASHINGTON, June 27: The CIA has halted the use of harsh interrogation techniques approved by the White House pending a review by Justice Department and other administration lawyers ...
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Israel should clarify its N-programme, says IAEA chief
MOSCOW, June 27: UN atomic energy agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Israel should "clarify" its nuclear activities and sign on to a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, in comments in Moscow ahead of a nuclear power conference on Sunday. ...
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30,000 attend mass funerals in Nablus
NABLUS, June 27: Furious Palestinians called for swift revenge attacks as they paid their last respects on Sunday to seven militants, including three senior commanders, shot dead by Israeli troops in Nablus. ...
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Foreign envoys want tough security cover in S. Arabia
JEDDAH, June 27: Foreign envoys asked Saudi Arabia on Sunday to upgrade its security forces to combat a wave of Al Qaeda-linked attacks against Westerners and other expatriates in the world's largest oil exporter. ...
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Seven Kurds jailed in Syria: rights group
DAMASCUS, June 27: Seven Syrian Kurds, arrested 12 months ago during a demonstration in Damascus, were jailed by a state security court on Sunday for between one and two years, the Syrian Human Rights Association (ADHS) said. ...
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UAE arrests drug lord after 7-year chase
DUBAI, June 27: Police in the Gulf emirate of Dubai said on Sunday they had captured a fugitive drug baron after a seven-year chase that spanned several Middle Eastern countries and ended in Lebanon. ...
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Thousands protest against Nato summit
ISTANBUL, June 27: Tens of thousands of protestors spilled into the streets in Turkey's largest city on Sunday for a noisy demonstration against a two-day Nato summit and the presence of US President George W. Bush. ...
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Bush's time is up
LONDON: For my entire journalistic life, the most salient political and cultural fact has been the rise of the American right. It is not just that America has been governed by Republican presidents or by Bill Clinton ...
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Democracy still stands a chance in US
LATER this week the United States Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on whether Guantanamo Bay can remain beyond the rule of law. ...
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Britain must support Iran's evolution
LONDON: The saga of the eight British servicemen released on Thursday (June 24) is Anglo-Iranian relations in microcosm. The 'old fox' or 'little Satan' (America is 'big Satan') reacted with official firmness and tabloid outrage. ...
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Russia, Nato practise 'anti-terror' wargames
MOSCOW: A terrorist group seizes 70 hostages on an oil rig in the Baltic Sea, then blows it up: this is not the latest Al Qaeda attack, but the scenario of a joint Russia-Nato anti-terror drill that took place this week ...
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