Rudolph Giuliani
WASHINGTON: US Senate Republicans elected Bill Frist as their leader Monday. The 51 Republican members of the Senate elected Frist in a telephone conference call, a staffer in his Washington office said on condition of anonymity.
PARIS: Thirty-seven people, including former senior executives in the French oil company Elf, have been ordered to appear in a Paris court to answer charges of corporate corruption totalling hundreds of millions of euros (dollars).
NEW YORK: The tallest buildings in the world are no replacement for the destroyed World Trade Center twin towers, former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Monday. "I don't think it's a good idea," said Giuliani, who was mayor when the towers collapsed, killing nearly 3,000 people.
ANKARA: Turkish PM Abdullah Gul said Monday that Ankara was still undecided on whether it will offer military aid to Washington in the event of a war against Iraq.
LONDON: Work to install a new outfield at Lord's Cricket Ground has been completed, its owners Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) said Monday. According to MCC, the 1.25 million pounds (1.99 million dollars) project has been completed on time.