10 November 2004 Wednesday 26 Ramazan 1425 'Al Qaeda has become a global insurgency' NEW YORK, Nov 8: A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official said On Monday that Al Qaeda was now a 'global Islamic insurgency' rather than a terrorist organization and charged that the Bush administration had failed to recognise ... Chirac urges Bush to act 'constructively' PARIS, Nov 9: French President Jacques Chirac finally phoned George W. Bush on Tuesday to congratulate him a week after his re-election as the US president and his foreign minister Michel Barnier called for better transatlantic ties. ... Military deaths in Iraq LONDON, Nov 9: Two US soldiers were killed when guerillas fired mortar bombs at their base in Mosul on Tuesday, the US military said in a statement. ... Iraqis struggle to cope with emergency BAGHDAD: Inam is one of the lucky ones. With her daughter, the Iraqi mother succeeded in leaving Baghdad Monday morning for Amman. ... Chronology of Arafat's medication PARIS, Nov 9: Following is a summary of events on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's ailing health, following conflicting reports on Tuesday about his condition. ... Arafat thrives on walls of Gaza GAZA: It takes Gaza artist Baha Al-Qidra less than a day to slap up a house-sized mural of Yasser Arafat, but there is no way he can keep up with demand. ... US sceptical about Iran-EU nuclear deal VIENNA, Nov 9: The United States is skeptical about the EU's efforts to cut a deal with Iran to get it to give up uranium enrichment that could be used to make nuclear weapons, a senior US official said here on Tuesday. ... Koreas to be united soon: Kim Dae-Jung STOCKHOLM, Nov 9: North and South Korea will be reunified one day but not the same way Germany was 15 years ago, former South Korean president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-Jung said during a visit to Sweden on Tuesday. ... Lawyer defending held Saudi reformers arrested RIYADH, Nov 9: Saudi authorities have arrested vocal Abdul Rahman Al-Lahem, one of the lawyers defending three reform activists currently on trial in the kingdom, it was reported here on Tuesday. ... Obesity bad for heart: study NEW ORLEANS, Nov 9: Just being obese - even if you don't have diabetes, heart disease or ailments - is still a heavy load on your heart, researchers said on Tuesday. ... Hundreds storm president's office in Caucasus MOSCOW, Nov 9: Hundreds of protestors rampaged on Tuesday through the president's office in the volatile Russian Caucasus republic of Karachayevo-Cherkessia to demand his resignation over the killings of seven people allegedly carried out by his son-in-law. ... Iran cracks down on Internet: HRW NEW YORK, Nov 9: Iran is cracking down on Internet communications, one of the country's last forums for free speech and a crucial tool for local social activists, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. ... Sudan signs deal with rebels, says mediator ABUJA, Nov 9: Sudan bowed to international pressure on Tuesday for a ban on military flights over the Darfur region, where 1.5 million have been forced from their homes, and signed two landmark peace deals with rebels. ... Puritanism of the rich WASHINGTON: "If Bush wins," the US writer Barbara Probst Solomon claimed just before the election, "fascism is possible in the United States." Blind faith in a leader ...

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