Previous Day
Blix due in Baghdad today to begin arms check task
THE UN/IRAQ: The chief UN weapons inspector, Dr Hans Blix, is to fly from Larnaca to Baghdad this morning to begin the task of finding and eliminating any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. p
Italian ex-prime minister guilty in murder case
ITALY: An Italian court has sentenced former prime minister Giulio Andreotti to 24 years in prison on charges of complicity in the 1979 murder of a journalist, his lawyers said last night. p
Change of Turkish mood on Cyprus
TURKEY/CYPRUS: The winner of the recent Turkish poll is in Athens to talk about EU accession, but really the talks will turn to Cyprus, writes Nicholas Birch in Ankara p
Guards foil hijack on Israeli flight
ISRAEL: Israeli security guards have foiled a suspected hijacking attempt on an El Al Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul, a Turkish airport official and Israel Radio said. p
Other World Stories
Kuwait arrests al-Qaeda man in suicide bomb plot
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti officials yesterday announced the arrest of a senior al Qaeda operative accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack on a hotel housing US citizens in the Yemeni capital of Saana. pPakistan coalition set to include hardline Islamists
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's largest political parties are this week expected to agree a new coalition government including hardline Islamist clerics. This will end three years of military dictatorship. pCatholic Church being increasingly drawn into Colombia's conflict
COLOMBIA: The kidnapping of Colombian bishop Jorgé Enrique Jiménez, freed by the army on Friday, has revealed the extent to which Colombia's Catholic Church has been drawn into the country's brutal internal conflict. pNew evidence of Kennedy's illnesses
THE US: Former US president John F Kennedy suffered from more ailments, was in far greater pain and was taking much more medication than the public knew at the time, according to new information from his medical records, the New York Times reported. pDivided Cypriots agree UN in too big a hurry for deal
CYRPUS: Both communities debate a plan to solve the 28-year conflict in 28 days, writes Michael Jansen in Nicosia p
