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| August 19, 2005 | Friday | Rajab 13, 2005 |
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Putin calls for timetable on troop pullout: Conference on Iraq proposed
SOCHI (Russia), Aug 18: Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Thursday for an international conference on Iraq by year’s end and a timetable for withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, saying they were considered ‘occupying forces’ by many Iraqis.... 
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London police ‘resisted’ probe into shooting: Commission’s statement on Brazilian’s killing
LONDON, Aug 18: London police chiefs initially tried to block an inquiry by the force’s independent watchdog into the police shooting of a Brazilian they mistakenly thought was a suicide bomber, the supervisory body said on Thursday....
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US officials had warned of ‘gaps’ in Iraq plans
WASHINGTON, Aug 18: Senior US officials warned just a month before the invasion of Iraq of ‘serious planning gaps’ in how to manage the conquered country, according to declassified documents released on Wednesday....
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C. American states back Japan SC bid
TOKYO, Aug 18: Japan won seven critical votes for its campaign to win a permanent seat on the Security Council on Thursday when a group of Central American nations agreed to support its bid to modify the UN charter....
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Experts accuse Nasa of arrogance
WASHINGTON, Aug 18: Nasa leaders guilty of ‘smugness’ and ‘arrogance’ failed to learn past lessons in the drive to get the space shuttle back in orbit, experts said, in a scathing...
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Anwar awarded $1.2m in libel case
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18: Malaysia’s former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim was awarded 4.5 million ringgit (1.2 million dollars) in damages on Thursday over a libellous book which the judge said had triggered his 1998 sacking....
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Indian police question two over fund-raising
KOLKATA, Aug 18: Police in eastern India were interrogating on Thursday two men arrested for handing out leaflets and soliciting funds for a group which had Al Qaeda in its name, a senior officer said....
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Arms seized in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Aug 18: Saudi border patrol in the southern Jizan region have seized large quantities of live ammunition and explosives smuggled from Yemen during the past three days, according to Brigadier-General Murie Aseery, Commander of Operations of the Border Guards....
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Jewish settler hopes for Sharon’s murder
JERUSALEM, Aug 18: A Jewish settler who gunned down four Palestinians in the West Bank said on Thursday he did not regret his actions and hoped someone would kill Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon....
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Shuttle launch put off till March
WASHINGTON, Aug 18: Nasa has been forced to delay the next launch of a space shuttle until March 2006 because more time is needed to fix a problem with foam flying...
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LTTE attack injures cops
JAFFNA, Aug 18: One police sergeant and a constable were shot at by the LTTE on Wednesday while they were engaged in a search operation in Jaffna. They were carrying out a search operation in connection with the murder of Jaffna superintendent of police...
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Global anti-poverty campaign hangs in the balance
UNITED NATIONS: An overemphasis on Security Council reform is undermining efforts to help the world’s one billion people escape poverty, disease and illiteracy, warns the top official of the UN’s development agency....
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Military exercise by Russia, China has message for US
BEIJING: As they launched their largest military exercise in modern history on Thursday, China and Russia have billed manoeuvres as not only a cooperative fight against terrorism....
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The talk in Syria is of a bitter harvest on the border
‘THE Americans won’t control their side of the border, accept our offers of collaboration, allow us the surveillance equipment we need — then accuse us of aiding a resistance that, they...
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BD bombings
challenge government’s claim DHAKA: A nationwide wave of bombings has shaken Bangladesh and challenged the Islamist-allied government’s claim that it has religious extremists under control, analysts say... |
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Fight begins in Britain over legality of war
TONY BLAIR: could be forced to give an evidence under oath after families of 17 soldiers killed in Iraq began a legal bid on Wednesday to secure an independent inquiry into the lawfulness of the 2003 conflict....
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US steps in to end Iraq deadlock
| BAGHDAD: Iraq’s leaders were locked in frantic haggling over a new constitution last night as the deadline for presenting a draft to parliament expired. American diplomats offered their own proposed draft...
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Israel’s Gaza pullout: key issues
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