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Friday 18 June 2004 (29 Rabi` al-Thani 1425)

The Importance of Getting the Canvass Right

The continued canvass of the election returns for presidential and vice presidential candidates by a joint committee of Congress has given the Philippines the dubious distinction of possibly having... Full Story


Editorial: Bush, Saddam and Al-Qaeda

If we forget for a moment that the evidence Washington had about Saddam’s involvement with Al-Qaeda was plain wrong and put aside also why it was so wrong, we can concentrate on the real issue, which... Full Story


Some Lessons From Nations That Won the War On Terror

PARIS, 18 June 2004 — At the Observatory of Human Rights in Algiers, the Algerian capital, a visitor is shown a chart indicating the course of almost a decade of terrorist war waged in the name of... Full Story




Why US Should Not Go Against World Consensus on Torture

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, 18 June 2004 — What would Jesus do? US President Bush claims to ask himself this often. And most Christian Americans can easily relate, because from childhood, that is what... Full Story


Saddam Case Shows Complexity of Handover

He has been out of sight since his capture by US forces six months ago, but Saddam Hussein has emerged as one of the most visible symbols of the delicate and complex task of transferring power by month’s... Full Story


Afghans May Have to Contend With a Symbolic Election: Experts

KABUL, 18 June 2004 — Security looms as the major challenge to Afghanistan holding elections in September, despite US President George W. Bush’s assertion that democracy in the war-wracked nation can... Full Story


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