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Powell warns Syria, Iran against supporting Saddam
Washington: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has asked Syria to stop supporting "terrorist groups and the dying regime of Saddam Hussein," and Iran "to end its support for terrorists" and "stop pursuing weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them".
UK announces $ 10 mn to WFP for Iraqi food aid
London: Britain on March 31 announced a contribution of $ 10 million as the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) appealed for $ 1.3 billion to fund a massive food aid operation in Iraq, which could become the largest ever project taken up by the agency.
US to impose sanctions on Pak nuclear institute
Washington: The Bush administration is to impose economic sanctions on a Pakistani company, the A Q Khan Nuclear Research Institute, for buying Nodong medium range missiles from North Korea, media reports quoted senior officials as saying.
Saddam must not be let off the hook: Robin Cook
London: A day after demanding that British troops be withdrawn before more of them are killed, Robin Cook made a somersault saying he did not favour abandoning the battle or "letting Saddam off the hook".
'Deserts will prove a graveyard to coalition'
Dubai: Unfazed by the relentless bombing of Baghdad and other key towns, a defiant Iraq on March 31 warned the invading US and British soldiers to surrender and withdraw, or else the deserts would prove a "big graveyard" for them.
Hong Kong isolates apartment inmates against SARS
Beijing: In a preventive step, Hong Kong authorities on March 31 isolated inmates of an entire apartment block in Kowloon for 10 days to guard against further spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic, which so far claimed the life of 13 people in the territory and 59 world wide.
'Healing touch' policy to continue in JK: Mufti
London: Despite the recent killing of 24 Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government will continue with its 'healing touch' policy, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said.
'Iraq has bought missiles; war may get bloodier'
New York: Iraqis have secretly bought as many as a thousand Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missiles, which are lightweight, very powerful and easy-to-use, Pentagon officials claimed.
Khalid spills details of terror plots in US
New York: Captured top al-Qaida operative Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has surprised CIA interrogators with his willingness to spill the details of terror plots in the US, including his network's plans to attack gas stations and suspension bridges in Washington and New York.
UK denies its own military's claim on PoW
Camp as Sayliyah: British commandos battling paramilitary forces in the South East corner of Basra said they captured an Iraqi General but Defence officials in Britain later denied the claim.
'Three US Marines dead in Iraq helicopter crash'
Washington: Three US marines were killed and at least one injured when a UH-1 Huey transport helicopter crashed in Southern Iraq, the Pentagon announced.
Saddam's palace hit as bombing continues
Baghdad: Smoke billowed from Saddam Hussein's Presidential compound early on March 31 after an aerial attack as Iraq pledged that thousands of Arab volunteers were ready to die in suicide attacks to ward off approaching US and British troops.
Powell to take up Indo-Pak issue after Iraq
Washington: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said he hopes to take up the Indo-Pak issue once the Iraq crisis is tackled to ensure that there is no threat of a nuclear war between the two sub-continental rivals.
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