| 05 July 2004 | Monday | 16 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 |
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Third female UN worker dies in Afghanistan
KABUL, July 4: A third woman working with a UN team to register voters for Afghanistan's upcoming elections has died of injuries she sustained in a bomb blast last month ... 
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Afghanistan is Nato's 'Wild West'
HERAT: Nato's top commander, US General James Jones, is used to stiff challenges. Gazing out on the sun-baked mountains of western Afghanistan, he is keenly aware of the importance of this one. ...
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Blair aides, spy chiefs facing criticism on Iraq
LONDON, July 4: Some of Britain's top spy masters and government figures face criticism by an inquiry into intelligence British Prime Minister Tony Blair cited to justify war against Iraq, media reported on Sunday. ...
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Justice on trial in Iraq
Justice, like evil, has a banal face. The dock to which Saddam Hussein was brought sat in one of those familiar blond-wood courtrooms which feature on television whenever American celebrities or British au-pairs face the might of the US judicial process. ...
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Israel warns ICJ over West Bank barrier
AL QUDS, July 4: Israel warned the world court on Sunday against ruling on the legality of its West Bank separation barrier later as a Jewish settler and three Palestinians were shot dead. ...
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ElBaradei urges Israel to open up nuke plan
VIENNA, July 4: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, goes to Israel on Tuesday to try to persuade the Jewish state to open up its nuclear programme, but officials said Israel was not ready to scrap its atomic arsenal. ...
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Iran to return Britain's boats
TEHRAN, July 4: Iran pledged on Sunday that the three boats seized during the arrest of eight British servicemen alleged to have entered Iranian waters would be returned, despite a spat over the circumstances of last month's incident. ...
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Nepal's communists join govt
KATHMANDU, July 4: Nepal's communists on Sunday formally joined the government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba after last week agreeing to a common agenda to seek peace with Maoist rebels and fully restore democracy. ...
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BD govt suspends wrestling event
DHAKA, June 4: The government of Bangladesh suspended on Saturday night what would have been the first-ever women's wrestling competition in Dhaka. The competition was to be held at the city's Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex on Sunday. ...
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Algerian media executives jailed
ALGIERS, July 4: Two top Algerian press executives have received jail sentences here in the latest of what critics say is growing state pressure to rein in freedom of speech in the strife-torn north African country. ...
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Row with Myanmar puts ASEAN in a tight corner
SINGAPORE: It's not every day that Colin Powell dresses up as a construction worker and belts out the 1970s disco hit YMCA. ...
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An African army, for Africans?
BULAWAYO: As the third annual summit of the African Union (AU) draws closer, the spotlight is falling on the organization's newest branch: the Peace and Security Council, and its proposed standby force. ...
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