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Bush, Blair endorse vital UN role in post-war Iraq
Belfast: US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on April 8 endorsed a "vital role" for the United Nations in Iraq and called for world unity over the country when fighting ends.
DD scribe in Iraq had narrow escape in US attack
New Delhi: Satish Jacob and his cameraman Syed Nooh Nizami, the only Indian crew stationed in Baghdad and working for Doordarshan, had a narrow escape when an American tank fired on the 5th floor of the Palestine Hotel, where they were staying.
Pentagon flies Saddam successor into Iraq
London: Ahmad Chalabi, leader of the Iraqi National Congress Opposition group and Pentagon's favourite to succeed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, has been flown into Southern Iraq by US forces even as Britain is planning to appoint a senior Army officer to act as deputy to Jay Garner, the former US General appointed by the Pentagon to head an interim authority to control post-war Iraq.
Putin steps up diplomatic efforts for post-war Iraq
Moscow: Following the Bush-Blair "war council" in Belfast, Russian President
Vladimir Putin is summoning a "counter-war council" in St Petersburg this weekend to intensify diplomatic efforts for post-war Iraq dispensation.
Scribe issues SOS to save journos trapped in Iraq
Baghdad: A correspondent with Abu Dhabi TV issued an SOS to humanitarian
organisations on April 8 to rescue a group of journalists who are "surrounded" by warring forces in the satellite channel's Baghdad offices.
'US seizes al-Rashid airport in Baghdad'
As Saliyah: US forces have taken control of another airport in Baghdad, the al-Rashid field in the South East of the capital, US Central Command said on April 8.
China urges India, Pakistan to resume dialogue
Beijing: Expressing its concern over the talk of pre-emptive strikes, China on April 8 urged India and Pakistan to resume bilateral talks to end their disputes and help maintain peace in South Asia.
India to attend Lanka peace meet in Washington
Washington: India will participate in a key international meet in Washington next week to garner wide political and economic support for the peace process in Sri Lanka.
US troops will be burned in their tanks: Iraq
Baghdad: US forces that have pushed into Baghdad will either surrender or "be burned in their tanks", Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf warned on April 8 when asked if Iraq would surrender.
Al Jazeera reporter killed, 4 scribes injured
Dubai: An al Jazeera correspondent on April 8 became the ninth media casualty in the 20-day old Iraq war as the Baghdad office of the popular TV channel was struck in an air raid and four staff of Reuters news agency were injured as US forces fired at a downtown hotel that housed its office.
Annan sure of leading role for UN in post-war Iraq
United Nations: Despite US rejecting any major political and reconstruction role for the United Nations in Iraq, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has expressed confidence that the world body would play a "leading role" in post-conflict era and is embarking on a tour of Britain, France, Germany and Russia to seek support for his viewpoint.
6 Malaysian policemen face action for harrassment
Kuala Lumpur: Holding six policemen responsible for harassment and detention of over 200 Indians, mostly Information Technology (IT) professionals in Malaysia in March, Malaysian authorities have said disciplinary action would be taken against them soon.
US plane drops bombs on Saddam's meeting place
New York: A US warplane dropped four "bunker-busting" bombs on a residential neighbourhood in Baghdad after officials received "extremely reliable" information that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his two sons were present there, US administration officials said.
US bombs building in info that Saddam was inside
Washington: US warplanes struck a building in Baghdad where intelligence information indicated that Iraqi leaders including Saddam Hussein and his sons might have been staying, a US official has said.
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