| 08 September 2004 | Wednesday | 22 Rajab 1425 |
|
US troops' deaths sharpen debate
WASHINGTON, Sept 7: Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry blamed President Bush for leading the United States into a "quagmire" as the US media reported on Tuesday ... 
|
|
US sinks deeper into Iraqi quagmire
Following the protracted siege in Najaf, news of Iraq has largely been pushed to one side in the international media. The end to the Najaf stand off has, however, resolved nothing. ...
|
|
||
|
EU 'big 3' rule out deal with Tehran
LONDON, Sept 7: An agreement aimed at getting Iran to abandon its efforts to enrich uranium is still some way off, a European diplomat said on Tuesday, contradicting earlier reports of an imminent deal. ...
|
|
Membership opposed on religious grounds: EU official on Turkey
BRUSSELS, Sept 7: The European Commission sought on Tuesday to play down comments by one of its own members apparently warning that to allow Turkey into the EU would undo Europe's repulsion of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century. ...
|
|
|
||
|
Turbaned Sikhs barred from schools in France
PARIS, Sept 7: Around 30 young members of France's small Sikh community were refused access to classes on Tuesday, as a row broke out over whether their headwear constitutes a breach of the country's new ban on religious insignia in state schools. ...
|
|
Enrichment material seized
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 7: South Africa seized 11 shipping containers of uranium enrichment material in a raid on a firm run by a man it has charged under laws forbidding nuclear proliferation, a government agency said on Tuesday. ...
|
|
|
||
|
BD FM criticizes Indian media
DHAKA, Sept 7: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Morshed Khan on Tuesday brushed aside an Indian allegation about insurgent hideouts inside his country and criticized the Indian media for "instigating their government to intervene in the internal affairs of Bangladesh". ...
|
|
EU faces an image problem in India
HYDERABAD: In India, the European Union has an image problem. Seen as an impregnable economic fortress and yet a shaky political sandcastle, the 25-nation bloc faces an uphill battle to be taken seriously in the world's biggest democracy. ...
|
|
|
||
|
You needn't be dumb to vote for Bush
LONDON: If the polls are right, and I begin to think that they might be, then George Bush will be re-elected in November. And we on the left and centre-left of politics will somehow have to account for it. ...
|
|
Secret post scans US skies after 9/11
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN: Buried inside a mountain beneath 2,000 feet of rock, a top-secret watch post scans the skies around the clock to make sure America is never again caught off guard by an attack like those of September 11. ...
|
|
|
||
|
Beslan: a Chechen viewpoint
LONDON: The bloody denouement to the Beslan tragedy was barbaric: no other word will suffice. There could never be any justification for terrorists who we are told shot fleeing hostages in the back - nor for those who died at the hands of the ill-judged Spetsnaz operation. ...
|
|
Brunei prepares for royal wedding
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: As the royal wedding of Brunei's Crown Prince Muhtadee Billah and his 17-year-old bride Sarah Salleh inches closer, the whole of Brunei is gearing up to host the country's social event of the year. ...
|
|
|
||
