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War without UN approval 'illegal': Papal envoy
Washington: A US-led war On Iraq would be "unjust" and "illegal" without United
Nations Security Council approval, an envoy of Pope John Paul II who met President George W Bush has said.
Israel raids refugee camp, 11 Palestinians killed
Jerusalem: Eleven Palestinians were killed and 140 injured, when Israeli tanks and troops backed by helicopters raided a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, hours after a suicide bomb blast killed 15 people and wounded over 50 Israelis in Northern Haifa town.
US threatens Russia with jeopardising its WTO bid
Moscow: Irked over Russia's decision to block a UN Security Council resolution authorising use of military force against Iraq, the United States has warned that Moscow's stand may jeopardise its bid to join the World Trade Organisation.
China against Iraq war, opposes 2nd resolution
Beijing: China on March 6 rejected as "unnecessary" a second United Nations resolution to authorise military action against Iraq and called for a political solution within the UN framework to resolve the issue, which is at a "critical juncture".
Britain negotiating changes in resolution on Iraq
United Nation: With British Premier Tony Blair expressing confidence that a second resolution authorising war against Iraq would be passed by United Nations, London is negotiating changes in the one it moved earlier to make it more palatable to a majority of Security Council members.
Don't let Saddam split world opinion: Powell
Washington: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has warned the international community not to let Iraqi President Saddam Hussein split it into "arguing factions", even as France, Germany and Russia joined hands to block the US-backed resolution on Iraq in the Security Council.
China hikes Defence Budget by about 10 per cent
Beijing: China on March 6 hiked its Defence Budget for 2003 by 9.6 per cent, the 14th increase in as many years, to modernise the 2.5-million-strong military with high-tech weaponry to deter Taiwan from seceding and safeguard national sovereignty.
We won't accept a nuclear-armed N Korea, says US
Washington: The White House has contradicted a US media report that said the United States and its Asian allies have begun to accept the idea of a nuclear-armed North Korea.
Iraq co-operating proactively, says Hans Blix
United Nations: Iraq has been co-operating proactively with UN arms inspectors for the past month, chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said on March 5.
'Pak poses greater security threat to US than Iraq'
Washington: Pakistan has become the new command centre for al-Qaida and poses a greater national security threat to the US than Iraq, according to a report by a leading American think-tank which said Islamabad should be warned that the US-led war against terror could spread even to its territory.
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