| 22 August 2004 | Sunday | 05 Rajab 1425 |
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Pakistanis, Indians visit Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 21: An Indo-Pakistan joint newsmen's delegation, on an official tour of USA, visited the Silicon Valley to meet Indian and Pakistani peace groups working for amity between the two nuclear rivals. ... 
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UN expert berates US on detentions
KABUL, Aug 21: A UN human rights expert on Saturday slammed US military authorities in Afghanistan for barring him from visiting detention centres and pronounced a Kabul prison "inhuman". ...
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Italian sought interview with Sadr: colleague
ROME, Aug 21: An Italian journalist missing in Iraq was set on the idea of getting to Najaf and obtaining a personal interview with Shia leader Moqtada Sadr, a colleague was quoted as saying on Saturday. ...
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US has okayed Israel's settlement plan: paper
NEW YORK, Aug 21: The Bush administration has signalled approval of growth in some Israeli settlements in the West Bank in a policy change aimed at helping Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the New York Times said on Saturday. ...
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19-point resolution adopted by SAFMA
DHAKA, Aug 21: A 19-point resolution was unanimously adopted at the two-day South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) regional conference that ended in Dhaka on Saturday. ...
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Violence leaves six dead in Nepal: Rebels threaten to expand blockade
KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Maoist rebels who have cut off Nepal's capital for four days pledged on Saturday to expand their blockade to the Tibetan border as fresh violence left six people dead. ...
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Newsman breaks silence to defend Kerry
PITTSBURGH, Aug 21: An American journalist who commanded a boat alongside John Kerry in Vietnam broke a 35-year silence on Saturday and defended the Democratic presidential candidate against Republican critics of his military service. ...
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Fake BBC website announces king's death
STOCKHOLM, Aug 21: Hoaxers imitated the BBC news website on the Internet, including a fake announcement that King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden had been assassinated in Athens while attending the Olympic Games. ...
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Rumsfeld asked to account for $8.8bn: Audit of Iraq's money
WASHINGTON: Three US senators have called on US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to account for 8.8 billion dollars entrusted to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq earlier this year but now gone missing. ...
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Najaf siege might not end Sadr's challenge
BAGHDAD: The United States and its Iraqi allies will have to do more than push Moqtada al-Sadr out of a mosque to meet the challenge posed by his movement, according to his followers. ...
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Global military spending to surpass $1 trillion, says UN report
UNITED NATIONS: After declining in the post-Cold War era of the early 1990s, global military spending is on the rise again - threatening to break the one trillion dollar barrier this year ...
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Arab League failing over Darfur
CAIRO: The Arab League's failure to take firm action towards ending the humanitarian crisis in Sudan has cast serious doubts on the ability of Arabs to manage their own regional affairs, say analysts. ...
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