| 30 January 2005 | Sunday | 19 Zilhaj 1425 |
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US troops to stay in Iraq after polls: Bush
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: Under pressure to start bringing US troops home from Iraq after Sunday's election, President George W. Bush said the US mission must keep going to help the new government get its footing. ... 
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Events since Iraq invasion: a chronology
BAGHDAD, Jan 29: On the eve of Iraq's elections, here is a chronology of events since the US-led invasion 22 months ago: ...
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Iraqi voters await the unknown
BAGHDAD: As darkness fell across Baghdad on Friday night - the silence punctuated by explosions and helicopters - residents, prisoners in their homes, awaited the unknown. ...
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Tehran may reconsider cooperation: Khamenei - Warning to EU on N-talks
TEHRAN, Jan 29: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned European powers on Saturday that they must take their nuclear negotiations with Iran seriously, otherwise Tehran would reconsider its cooperation. ...
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Iran at the point of no return: Israel
PARIS, Jan 29: Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz has told French lawmakers that Iran is at "the point of no-return" on building nuclear weapons, according to a transcript of his remarks to the National Assembly made public on Friday. ...
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Iran has stake in uranium mine: owner
VIENNA, Jan 29: Iran has a stake in the world's biggest open-pit uranium mine in the African state of Namibia, the mine's owner said on Saturday. ...
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BD seeks FBI help to probe attack on rally
DHAKA, Jan 29: Bangladesh on Saturday sought international help for the probe into the latest grenade attack on an Awami League rally that killed former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria and four others in Habiganj on Thursday. ...
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Washington urges Dhaka to expose culprits
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: The United States on Friday condemned the deadly bomb attack on an Awami League rally in Bangladesh and sought prompt government action to expose those behind what it called "political terrorism". ...
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Cut in defence spending sought
PORTO ALEGRE, Jan 29: The second day of the World Social Forum conference began with a peace summit at which speakers stressed the need for peace in the world and war against arms manufacturers, especially in the developed world. ...
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Hundreds attend Zhao's funeral
BEIJING, Jan 29: Hundreds of mourners braved police checks on Saturday to attend a low-key invitation-only funeral for Zhao Ziyang, the Chinese Communist Party chief removed for opposing the army crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen protesters. ...
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Relief work livelier than acting: Jolie
DAVOS, Jan 29: Angelina Jolie fans may have to settle for re-runs because the US actress has found humanitarian work with the UN's refugee agency more fulfilling and interesting than her erstwhile day job. ...
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Europeans turning against Israel
AS THE Middle East conflict burns on, more Europeans are turning against Israel. A growing number subscribe to the belief that the impasse between the Israelis and the Palestinians is the wellspring of much of the world's ills today ...
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