K E R A L A M O N I T O R February 5, 2003 IRAQ: Consensus Reportedly Emerging On Extending Inspections;
A consensus is emerging to allow U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq to continue until as late as the middle of next month before the U.N. Security Council decides whether to authorize military action, according to U.N. diplomats cited today by USA Today.Under a possible timetable cited by the newspaper, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei and U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission Executive Chairman Hans Blix would report to the council late this month after they deliver a report already scheduled for Feb. 14. More News from Iraq
Fact Finding Committee Report on the Attack on American Missionary
"Police investigations have revealed that no provocative statements were ever
made during the whole of the Convention and therefore all accusations
regarding such remarks are false and baseless.""After that incident, here people live in great fear. I am very afraid
to go out. We hear people whistling and are very scared to sleep during
night.""This is the first time that such an incident had taken place. Never
before had such a thing happened. I have read in the newspaper that they
had made provocative and inflammatory speeches, but that is not true.
No inflammatory speeches were made by any member of their community.
People in this area have never thought about such things. In fact just a
week before the Convention began devotees to Sabarimala temple had
conducted a puja in the very same place. Nobody had any objections to
that," from the report of the Fact Finding Mission regarding the RSS Attack on US Missionary MoreAssembly Election - 2003 : Backgrounder - XV Adopt proactive role on Adoptions, Centre Urges State Governments First World Council of Elders of Ancient Traditons and culture State of Indian Farmers being Assessed National Conference on Consumer Affairs to Start India and World Bank Sign $ 250 million IDA Agreement to develop Technical Education ELP-III Ccontrafts for 23 Exploration blocks signed
Asian Games medials restored to Sunitha Rani
Iran: U.K. Government Should Press for Real Reform
(London, February 4, 2003) – The British government should press Iran to
turn its promises of political reform into reality, Human Rights Watch
urged today. In a letter to British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who will meet
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on February 5, Human Rights
Watch said it was concerned that “these much promised reforms have not
materialized,” and urged the British government “not to accept mere
words but to push for measurable improvements in specific areas of
concern.” MoreDawood aides held in Dubai
BOMBAY: Six top aides of Indian-born gangster Dawood Ibrahim have been detained by the Dubai police, a senior police official said yesterday. Of the six, two - Mohammad Dosa and Ezaz Pathan - were implicated in the1993 bomb blasts in Bombay that killed nearly 300 people. Dawo-od's brother Anees Ibrahim was reportedly one of the six held.
DHL UAE, the Emirates' leading air express provider has appointed Allan Jackson as Sales Development Manager.
Jackson's appointment was announced by David Wild, General Manager, DHL UAE, who described Jackson as "extremely well-credentialled for the job." Jackson, 35, has been with DHL since 1995, and much of his time with the German-owned company has been spent in Sharjah. Jackson says: "The sales development manager's role is to develop and grow the sales team. But it isn't a classroom situation, it's very hands-on, you're out in the field. And we have a tremendous team here at DHL."
Allan Jackson, the new Sales Development Manager at DHL UAE.
African Union ''strengthened'' by Peace and Security Council
ADDIS ABABA, 4 February (IRIN) - Noting that Africa has armed itself to the teeth to tackle its raging conflicts, the African Union (AU) on Monday agreed to set up a UN-style Security Council, known as the Peace and Security Council (PSC). However, its formation still has to be ratified. More
AFRICA: Mugabe slams political interference
ADDIS ABABA, 4 February (IRIN) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has urged African leaders to resist attempts by the international community to interfere in the continent's domestic politics. More
Parliamentary Committee Discusses Sports Issues Thirunavukkarasar Takes Over as Minister of State for Communications and IT Speed up development projects, Vajpayee LG Smashes $1 Billion Sales Barrier for Middle East and North Africa European wireless application service provider Acotel acquires 100 percent stake in Info2cell.com -Three-in-one Exhibition opened today at DWTC U.S. Robotics Thanks Partners For Another Outstanding Year Gulf Business Machines Receives 'Top Business Partner Award' at Annual IBM Meeting Al Alamiah Electronics presents Sakhr's Arabic Speech Technologies Sakhr-Intel & Microsoft alliance provides the Arab markets with Arabic solutions.
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Representatives from Ballymore, FPD Savills and ASTECO with a customer at the London Property Exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The exhibition will also be held at the Emirates Towers Hotel, in Dubai on the 4th and 5th of February.
Explosion kills at least 40 in Lagos Ethnic clashes erupt in southern Nigerian oil town Sweden to provide US $50 million to support primary education Women complain over latest appointments New Gas pipeline project treaty signed
.India: Break the cycle of impunity and torture in Punjab
U.S. Should Renounce Torture before Powell Speech to U.N.
(New York, February 3, 2003) – Before U.S. Secretary of State Colin
Powell presents evidence on Iraq's weapons programs and terror links to
the United Nations on Wednesday, the Bush administration should respond to
allegations that intelligence has been obtained from detainees through
torture, Human Rights Watch said. Recent reports indicate that at least some of the evidence Secretary
Powell intends to present was derived from interrogations of detainees
held by the United States and its allies in the war on terrorism MoreUS police, FBI Arrest 13 Pakistanis for Fraud, , 33 charged
by SYED ADEEB
WASHINGTON DC, USA, 3 February 2003 (InformationTimes.com) -- U.S.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and police have charged 33 U.S.-
based Pakistanis with various crimes, executed 25 complaints/arrest
warrants on Wednesday, January 29, 2003, and recently arrested 13
Pakistanis -- Mohammad Aslam, Mohammad Sajid, Sadiqa Sajid, Irfan A.
Ahmad, Mohammad Pervez Akhtar, Ahtsham Altaf, Imran Altaf, Mohammed
Iqbal, Arif Khan, Kamran Malik, Mubeen Malik, Ali Sher and Tipu
Sultan -- for credit-card, social security, immigration, bank, or
mortgage frauds and identity theft in Northern Virginia. More
