OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Tuesday,January 28, 2003 Capital 36 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport What women want: Men Noise, vibrations cause Beckham leads Man like Pierce Brosnan large cracks on pillars United to a thumping with chest hair of the Charminar 6-0 win over West Ham Page 14 Page 11 Page 23 WIN WITH THE TIMES UN inspectors’ report For War Against War What next ? • Iraq is cooperating with arms • United States • France Tuesday Established 1838 Net access Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. inspectors only in some areas • Britain • Germany President Bush to deliver State of • It has been resisting efforts to • Italy • China All men are brothers, like ensure disarmament the Union address the seas throughout the • It might still have anthrax • Australia • India Wednesday world; So why do winds • It’s not complying on air surveillance • Denmark • Pakistan UN to hold consultations on Iraq and waves clash so fiercely • Iraq’s declaration of weapons has nothing new • Portugal • Saudi Arabia costlier as everywhere? • No prohibited nuclear activities identified in Iraq • Spain • Russia Friday • Iraq illegally imported 300 rocket engines — Emperor Hirohito • Holland • Japan Bush-Blair meeting at Camp David NEWS DIGEST calls go up One more dope test: The Indian By N Vidyasagar team for the cricket world cup in TIMES NEWS NETWORK Download This South Africa will undergo one more dope test in Mumbai, BCCI secre- Blix: Iraq not up front New Delhi: Internet Service What’s up? tary S K Nair told TNN. P24 Providers (ISPs) are worried As basic calls become AFP that higher telecom tariffs Jadeja ban set aside: An arbitra- United Nations: Iraq has not sufficiently answered questions costlier, so will dial-up tor appointed by the genuinely accepted a UN resolu- regarding the fate of its stock- from April 2003 will deliver Net connections Delhi High Court on tion demanding that it disarm piles. another blow to a struggling industry. The resultant What’s the impact? Monday set aside a and while Baghdad is cooperat- On biological weapons, Blix For an hour a day, your five-year ban churn could lead to a shift ing on access, it needs to do more said Iraq had failed to produce monthly Net bill will go imposed by the on substance, chief weapons in- “convincing evidence” that it uni- from dial-up connections to Board of Control always-on Net connections, from Rs 720 now to spector Hans Blix told the Securi- laterally destroyed its anthrax Rs 1,080 for Cricket in India ty Council on Monday. stockpiles and that there are indi- say analysts. on Ajay Jadeja for “Iraq appears not to have come cations that Iraq could have had Currently, there are over 1 Any option? his alleged involvement in to a genuine acceptance, not even larger quantities than it reported million subscribers to ISPs Go in for always-on Net match-fixing. P3 today, of the disarmament that to inspectors. — of which 90 per cent use services. The cost ranges Wireless buzz: The tariff increase was demanded of it,” Blix said “In the fields of missiles and dial-up services. between Rs 1,000 - proposed by TRAI may spur con- at the beginning of a crucial as- biotechnology, the declaration Surfing the Net through a Rs 1,500 a month sumers to switch to wireless from sessment on 60 days of weapons contains a good deal of new ma- dial-up connection will be 50 fixed lines, but the real trend may be inspections. terial and information covering per cent costlier from April That’s why analysts feel evident only in March. P17 Blix, head of the UN Monitor- the period from 1998 and onward. 2003. That’s when the telecom Internet users will migrate ing, Verification and Inspection This is welcome.” regulator’s decision to re- to an always-on Internet Commission, said it was not He said he would ask the Iraqis duce basic phone pulse connection in order to free enough for the Iraqis to “open to stop tests of two types of mis- rates (to 120 seconds from ex- themselves from rising doors.” “It would appear from our siles while inspectors determine isting 180 seconds) will come phone bills. experience so far that Iraq has de- the actual range and capabilities into effect. The monthly charge for a cided in principle to provide co- of the missiles. Blix said his ef- From April 2003, it will 24-hour Internet service operation on process, notably ac- forts to receive more evidence cost Rs 36 in an hour’s tele- ranges between Rs 1,000 cess. A similar decision is indis- and documents from Iraq have phone time to surf the Net — and Rs 1,500. Of course, pensable to provide cooperation consistently been met by Iraqi as opposed to Rs 24 earlier. there’s also a one-time instal- on substance in order to bring the claims that it has shared every- However, night-time dial-up lation charge ranging be- disarmament task to completion, thing it has with inspectors. charges will continue to be 50 tween Rs 1,500-Rs 3,500. through the peaceful process of But inspectors recently found per cent cheaper. Many service providers of- inspection, and to bring the mon- thousands of pages of documents So, if you surf using a dial- fer 24-hour Internet connec- itoring task on a firm course.” hidden in the home of an Iraqi up connection for an hour tions through digital sub- Touching on the question of scientist, and Blix said some of daily, your monthly tele- scriber line (DSL) networks, how much time inspectors need, those papers dealt with uranium phone expenses will work Internet over cable, and Blix said he shared “the sense of enrichment. out to Rs 1,080 as against wireless radio. urgency” to achieve disarma- He sharply criticised Iraq over Rs 720 today. YOU SAID IT by Laxman ment within “a reasonable the incident, saying: “There can period of time.” be no sanctuaries for proscribed Blix said three questions re- items, activities or documents.” main unanswered: Blix’s teams have asked for 11 pri- Airlines told to pay up ● How much illicit weapons mate- vate interviews with Iraqi scien- New Delhi: Kuwait Air- cent order. rial might remain undeclared tists, all of which have been ways and Indian Airlines ‘‘There is no rule in and intact from before the Gulf turned down, he said. (IA)have been ordered which a confirmed passen- War in 1991 and thereafter. “We hope with further encour- by a consumer court ger can be denied a board- ● What, if anything, was illegally agement ... knowledgeable indi- to pay Rs 10,000 each to ing pass if he has reported viduals will accept interviews in procured or produced. UN disarmament experts confer during a visit to the Al-Majed military passengers for denying within the stipulated ● Baghdad or abroad.” How the world can prevent any complex in Baghdad on Monday. seats to them despite time,’’ the court said. weapons of mass destruction Blix didn’t specifically ask for their having confirmed Kuwait Airways had from being produced or procured some 6,000 chemical rockets. tion, most of which is a reprint of more time, but he made it clear tickets. denied seats to an Indian in the future. “The finding of the rockets earlier documents, does not seem that inspections are getting un- ‘‘A person, holding a passenger and his wife on Blix noted that Iraq’s 12,000 shows that Iraq needs to make to contain any new evidence that derway and that a training cou- confirmed ticket cannot be the ground that their tick- page arms declaration contained more effort to show that its decla- will eliminate the questions or re- rse for new inspectors just began denied a boarding pass, ets were not ‘‘recon- little more than old material pre- ration is currently accurate.” duce their number,” Blix said. this week in Vienna, Austria. AP and if denied, it amounts firmed’’ 72 hours before viously submitted to inspectors. Blix said inspectors also dis- On the nerve agent VX, which Comment: Let’s give peace a to deficiency of service,’’ their departure. One exception was an air force covered a mustard gas precursor Iraq is believed to have chance, because that’s the only the New Delhi District The court asked the air- document which indicates that during recent inspections. “Re- weaponized on the eve of the Gulf thing that gives all of us a chance. Consumer Disputes Re- line to pay compensation Iraq has failed to account for grettably the 12,000-page declara- War, Blix said the Iraqis haven’t Related report on page 15 dressal Forum held in a re- and litigation costs. PTI His office is on the sixth floor, but he moved here because he is scared fearing the building is too old and might collapse! indiatimes.com POLL Pressures hold up reshuffle TIMES NEWS NETWORK Yesterday’s results: Do you think BCCI is Sahib Singh Verma may then find holding charge as Rajasthan party justified in banning cricketers from tak- himself in a new job, too. chief — is, party sources say, still New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal ing their spouses on the World Cup tour? Former Gujarat chief minister trying hard to hold on to both jobs. Bihari Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Keshubhai Patel may be inducted Coal and mines minister Uma Yes 66% No 34% Minister LK Advani and BJP pres- as a reward for his services ren- Bharti, who is slated to move to ident M.Venkaiah Naidu are find- • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose dered in the Gujarat elections, to Madhya Pradesh as the state chief, to participate, and not necessarily of the general public.