|
|
|
Home ->
News ->
World
|
| Headlines Now |
America looking to India as new ally: US experts
Washington: With the looming war against Iraq straining current allies, the United States looks increasingly to India as it explores new allies, according to leading American experts.
Nine killed in plane crash in Central Russia
Moscow: At least nine persons were killed when a twin-engine plane with 25 people on board, including parachutists, crashed in Central Russia on March 1.
India strongly opposes war against Iraq: Fernandes
Tashkent: India firmly supports peaceful settlement of the Iraq crisis and opposes war against any country, Defence Minister George Fernandes said on March 1.
Columbia crew blissful 10 minutes before crash
Washington: A videotape released by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows final moments of Kalpana Chawla and six other astronauts chatting casually, blissfully unaware of the tragedy that awaited them as the space shuttle Columbia made its fiery re-entry before disintegrating into pieces in February.
Iraq accuses US, UK of planting banned bombs
United Nations: In a new letter to the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, Iraq has alleged that American and British war planes implementing the no-fly zone in Iraq had entered its airspace and "might be trying" to plant proscribed bombs as "part of game plan to take military action against Baghdad".
'Disarmament: Iraq making significant progress'
United Nations: As Iraq begins to dismantle its al-Samoud 2 missiles as demanded by the United Nations on March 1, UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix described the decision as a "significant piece of real disarmament", but an unimpressed US said it wanted complete disarmament and a regime change in Baghdad.
US rejects Iraq's pledge to destroy missiles
Washington: The United States has dismissed Iraq's pledge to destroy the al-Samoud missiles as called for by chief UN inspector Hans Blix, saying it as "deception" and "false propaganda" by Saddam Hussein.
|
|
|
