| 03 February 2005 | Thursday | 23 Zilhaj 1425 |
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Sunni group terms next govt illegal
BAGHDAD, Feb 2: Influential Sunni religious leaders on Wednesday branded Iraq's election illegitimate as the electoral commission admitted there were flaws in the vote. ... 
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Iraqi govt seeks end to sanctions
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2: Iraq on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to lift all sanctions and stop using the country's oil revenue to pay compensation to the victims of the 1991 Gulf War and the salaries of UN weapons inspectors. ...
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12 Iraqi soldiers killed near Kirkuk
KIRKUK, Feb 2: Rebels killed 12 Iraqi soldiers near Kirkuk on Wednesday, said an Iraqi military commander. The 12 soldiers were travelling back from their jobs guarding oil pipelines ...
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Libya got N-material from N. Korea: US
WASHINGTON, Feb 2: The United States has developed new evidence which bolsters earlier indications that North Korea is the source of nuclear material exported to Libya, US officials said on Wednesday. ...
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Africa, South Asia head climate change's hit list
EXETER, Feb 2: Africa and South Asia are likely to be the regions worst-hit by climate change a few decades from now, according to projections unveiled on Wednesday at an international conference on global change. ...
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Pope Paul taken to hospital
VATICAN CITY, Feb 2: Pope John Paul's fragile health stabilized on Wednesday after urgent medical treatment for severe breathing difficulties, but the Vatican said he would have to remain in hospital for the time being. ...
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Parties hail Indian PM's decision: Saarc summit
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: India's mainstream political parties from the left to the right on Wednesday rallied behind Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision not to travel to Dhaka for the Saarc summit. ...
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HR group fears killings in Nepal
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: The Asian Human Rights Commission criticized on Tuesday what it said was a palace-led coup in Nepal and urged the United Nations to intervene to prevent feared extra-judicial killings, illegal detention and torture that it said might follow. ...
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Indians see action as snub to New Delhi: Dismissal of Nepal govt
NEW DELHI: King Gyanendra's dismissal of Nepal's elected government on Tuesday and assumption of direct power for the next three years is being seen here as a clear snub to India and western powers ...
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Little has changed for Dalits since the WSF meet
MUMBAI: When dalits (or India's 'untouchables') were out in force at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai in January 2004, their voices and protests became one of the hallmarks of the gathering. They took the opportunity at the forum to vent their outrage at social injustice. ...
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Gyanendra unveils new cabinet
KATHMANDU, Feb 2: Nepal's King Gyanendra on Wednesday swore in a new cabinet dominated by royalists, a day after he fired the government and seized power in a move that sparked international condemnation. ...
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Opposition offers truce to Chandrika
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's main opposition, United National Party, in an unexpected move said on Tuesday that it was ready to support the Chandrika Kumaratunga administration if it agreed on the party's 15-point plan launched last week to rebuild Sri Lanka. ...
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