Volume 5 Number 22 Thu. June 17, 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 Train derails near Mumbai At least 20 killed, 100 more injured At least 20 people were killed and 100 others were injured when the engine and eight bogies of Mangalore-Mumbai Matsyagandha Express derailed over a bridge between Veer and Karanjadi stations, about 200   Sharon escapes corrpution charges, set to form new govt Israel's opposition Labour party looked set to enter a new-look government after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was told he would not face charges over a property scandal.   Shia radical leader tells militiamen to go home Shia radical cleric Moqtada Sadr yesterday told members of his armed militia who do not live in this holy city to go home in a key step to return peace to Najaf after bloody clashes with US forces.   'Britain against death penalty for Saddam' British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said he opposed the use of the death penalty in Iraq should former dictator Saddam Hussein be found guilty at any trial.   9/11 panel critical of US air defence: Report The independent commission investigating the Sept. Iraqis are angry with US, reveals new poll President Bush is fond of telling Americans they have liberated Iraq and that the country's future generations will be thankful.   Bus accident in Pakistan kills 37 At least 37 passengers were killed when a packed minibus careened off a bridge into a dry river bed on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital early yesterday, police said.   24 feared killed in Nepal bus accident At least 24 people were feared dead and 21 were injured when a bus plunged over a ravine into a raging river in Makwanpur district of central Nepal early yesterday, police said.   Khatami warns IAEA over tough European resolution President Mohammad Khatami warned yesterday that Iran would have no moral obligation to maintain a suspension of uranium enrichment and allow tougher UN inspections if a harsh European-drafted resolution   Head of Iranian Kurdish weekly paper arrested The director of an Iranian Kurdish weekly paper published in the western city of Sanandaj has been arrested on charges of "disturbing public order", and encouraging ethnic and religious dissent, the official     Advertisement