April, 1 2005 Friday 21 Safar 1426 Intelligence was ‘dead wrong’ on Iraq: US commission’s report WASHINGTON, March 31: A US presidential commission said on Thursday that US intelligence agencies were “dead wrong” in pre-war assessments of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and still know woefully little... Ten Iraqis killed in explosions BAGHDAD, March 31: Two car bombs killed at least 10 Iraqis near shrines on Thursday as Shias marked Arbaeen _ end of a 40-day period after the Karbala tragedy. And television... US to float giant radar system WASHINGTON, March 31: The United States is readying an ultra-sophisticated radar system to float slowly around the world to Alaska, where it will play a key role in a multibillion-dollar project... Hardliners open fire at Abbas’s office RAMALLAH, March 31: Militants linked to the ruling Palestinian faction Fatah fired at President Mahmoud Abbas’s compound on Wednesday, causing no casualties. The six assailants, who also rampaged in restaurants in... 300 troops to quit Iraq in Sept: Berlusconi ROME, March 31: Premier Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday Italy planned to withdraw 300 soldiers from Iraq in September — if the United States and Britain agree. “Before the end of... Muslim professors face bias, says scholar SAN FRANCISCO, March 31: Muslim professors, especially those who are of Arab origin, are target of the neo-conservatives and the Evangelical Christian right while the funding coming from the Arab and... Pope’s ‘will’ wants life support till death PARIS, March 31: Pope John Paul, now being fed through a nasal tube because of his throat problems, effectively wrote his own “living will” last year in a speech declaring some... US national abducted with 3 Romanians WASHINGTON, March 31: A US citizen was abducted earlier this week in Iraq along with three Romanian journalists, the US State Department said on Wednesday. “There was one American with the... Woman at centre of UN scandal UNITED NATIONS, March 31: Another sex scandal has surfaced at the United Nations, involving the woman head of a UN election unit who has been accused of making unwanted sexual advances... Vatican terms Schiavo case violation of life VATICAN CITY, March 31: The Vatican said on Thursday the death of Terri Schiavo had been caused by an unacceptable “violation of the sacred nature of life”. “The circumstances of the... Two ministers killed in Indian ’copter crash NEW DELHI, March 31: A pilot and two provincial ministers, one a billionaire industrialist, were killed on Thursday when their helicopter crashed in a village in Uttar Pradesh. Haryana state power... UK polls likely on May 5 LONDON, March 31: British Prime Minister Tony Blair held a special ministerial meeting on Thursday to sign off on an expected May 5 election date and a manifesto putting the economy... UN: mend it, don’t end it THOSE who had fervently hoped that the sins of the son would be visited on the father, have found their prayers ignored. One of the most thorough investigations into the United... A geopolitical earthquake LONDON: With any new political phenomenon, there is always a tendency to underestimate its novelty and treat it as some kind of short-term aberration. I vividly recall how long it took... Bush hits rocky patch WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush has hit a political rough patch, struggling with weak poll numbers and deep scepticism about his chief domestic proposal just weeks after voting in Iraq... The stuff of nightmares ANYONE wanting a vision of how the world might look in 50 years’ time can today go and stand on the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. On the Dominican... Dreams in Gaza KHAN YUNIS: Tourist-filled cafes along a palm-lined waterfront are a far cry from the impoverished reality of the Gaza Strip, but with an Israeli withdrawal on the horizon, some are beginning... The greatest French LONDON: Victor Hugo, Moliere, Marie Curie and Charles de Gaulle are still in there fighting. But Alexandre Dumas, Jean-Pauls Sartre and Belmondo and even — bit of an upset, this one...

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