| 17 February 2005 | Thursday | 07 Muharram 1426 |
|
Lost passports: UN seeks govts' help
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 16: Governments should work more closely with Inter pol to identify lost and stolen passports and other travel documents in order to thwart terrorists planning and executing attacks ... 
|
|
Israeli PM dismisses army chief
AL QUDS, Feb 16: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stunned the army top brass on Wednesday after effectively dismissing a chief of staff for the first time in the country's history ...
|
|
||
|
Tehran will soon have expertise on N-bomb: Tel Aviv
LONDON, Feb 16: Iran is only six months away from having the knowledge to build a nuclear bomb, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said on Wednesday during a visit to London. ...
|
|
China's mly build up a threat to US forces: CIA - Iran working on long-range missiles - Goss
WASHINGTON, Feb 16: China's military build up could tilt the strategic balance with Taiwan and also threaten US forces in Asia, CIA director Porter Goss said on Wednesday. ...
|
|
|
||
|
Russia to sell air defence system to Syria
MOSCOW, Feb 16: Russia confirmed on Wednesday that it intended to sell a new air defence missile system to Syria despite Israeli and US opposition, but insisted the weaponry was only of short-range capability ...
|
|
Syrian FM gets letter from Rice
DAMASCUS, Feb 16: The US envoy to Syria, called home for consultations over the killing of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, met in Damascus on Wednesday with Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara, state news agency SANA reported. ...
|
|
|
||
|
Kyoto pact takes effect
OSLO, Feb 16: A world plan to fight global warming went into force on Wednesday, feted by its backers as a lifeline for the planet amid sniping at the United States for pulling out. ...
|
|
Mayor rejects Blair's plea for apology
LONDON, Feb 16: British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged London's mayor on Wednesday to apologize for making allegedly offensive remarks to a Jewish journalist. ...
|
|
|
||
|
BD newsmen form forum for 'protection'
DHAKA, Feb 16: Editors of 23 Banglaeshi dailies have decided to form a "forum to protect journalists". The development came a day after Sheikh Belaluddin, the Khulna bureau chief of the daily Sangram, died of injuries ...
|
|
Lalu's popularity on decline: exit polls
NEW DELHI: The television exit polls conducted on Tuesday indicated major gains for the BJP-JD (U) combine in Bihar and predicted a close contest between the ruling coalition and the Congress-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha alliance in Jharkhand ...
|
|
|
||
|
Muslims sceptical of LTTE's sincerity
COLOMBO: The fact that the Muslims share the LTTE populated eastern territory in almost equal numbers with the Tamils seems to be dawning on the LTTE, 14 years after it ruthlessly embarked in an 'ethnic cleansing' ...
|
|
Nepal army chief pledges to uphold human rights
KATHMANDU: Nepal's army chief has pledged to uphold human rights as security forces seek to crush a Maoist revolt following King Gyanendra's seizure of power, state media reported on Wednesday. ...
|
|
|
||
