Volume 4 Number 273 Thu. March 04, 2004       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 Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives International US troops under fire for failing to stop attacks The US-led coalition in Iraq is under fire from angry Iraqis who blame their occupiers for failing to keep the peace almost a year after ridding the country of Saddam Hussein. LK Advani sheds hardliner image Indian Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani will hit the road on March 10 for BJP's high-profile cross-country campaign for coming general elections.   Iraq's religious targets Attacks on mosques or religious figures have the power to immediately bring to the surface the deep-rooted tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims in post-Saddam Iraq.   At least 39 dead in clashes in Nepal Atleast 39 people were killed in a major gunfight between the security forces and Maoist rebels in eastern Nepal, the most serious clashes between the sides for months, police said Wednesday.   800 patients with dengue in Jakarta Exhausted hospital staff in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, are struggling to cope with a deadly dengue fever outbreak, with almost 800 people admitted in a single day, officials said yesterday.   War crimes trial sought for Blair over Iraq A British group that opposed the Iraq war said Tuesday it wants the International Criminal Court in The Hague to consider whether Prime Minister Tony Blair should be tried for war crimes.     Advertisement