Vol. 4 Num 8 Wed. June 04, 2003       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Foreign Relations Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections StarTech Star Chittagong Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives International   Pak province moves to implement Sharia law Pakistani Islamists ruling a key northwestern province bordering Afghanistan were due to pass a law on Tuesday setting up a body critics say is modeled on the Taliban's religious police.   'Suu Kyi unhurt' as calls for her release grow Myanmar's military government said on Tuesday opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi had not been harmed in clashes between her supporters and pro-government groups last week, rejecting rumors she had been   BJP for 'smooth' transition from Vajpayee to Advani India's ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party will give hardline Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani joint billing with the more moderate Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee ahead of provincial andstate   Kasuri sees real leadership in Vajpayee Making it clear that it was not "ruffled" by statements from India insisting on Pakistan addressing cross-border terrorism, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Tuesday said Prime Minister Atal   Arabs balk at US plea to speed up normalisation with Israel Israelis, Palestinians to seal commitment to roadmap US Secretary of State Colin Powell asked his Arab counterparts here to speed up the normalization of ties with Israel, but met with a hesitant response, Arab participants in the meeting said Tuesday.   Iraqi troops, tribes ask US to leave or face war Thousands of sacked Iraqi soldiers swarmed angrily around US headquarters in Baghdad on Monday, as squabbling tribal leaders told the Americans they could face war if they did not leave soon.   Nuke crisis won't delay realignment of US troops in Asia: Wolfowitz US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said on Tuesday that plans to realign American military forces in Asia should not be delayed because of regional unease over North Korea's nuclear ambitions.   'Some post Sept 11 detainees abused' The FBI took too long to determine whether hundreds of foreigners held after the Sept.   N Korea blames South for naval skirmish North Korea on Tuesday accused South Korean navy ships of violating their disputed western sea border repeatedly in recent days, and hours later a South Korean navy speedboat fired warning shots at aNorthern   Bush-Blair go on defensive for failing to produce WMDs US and British leaders were forced onto the defensive Monday over the failure to produce weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as food rations were distributed in the country for the first time since Saddam   WHO may lift China's SARS travel warning A steady drop in SARS numbers in China could cause the World Health Organization (WHO) to remove a warning against travel to parts of the country previously considered among the most heavily infectedareas     Advertisement