The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Baghdad - Four people were arrested over the beheading of US businessman Nicholas Berg, an Iraqi source said, as top officials at the funeral of Iraq's slain Governing Council president vowed not to cave in to terrorists. It was understood that none of the four included Al-Qaeda linked Jordanian extremist Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, who US authorities believe carried out the killing of the 26-year-old along with other atrocities in Iraq. New Delhi - Sonia Gandhi turned down the post of Indian prime minister in a surprise decision that left her stunned supporters in tears and begging her to reconsider. A close aide said the 57-year-old Congress party leader had opted out of India's top job because she feared a backlash from Hindu hardliners who have waged a bitter campaign against her because she has foreign roots. Egucigalpa - A fire raged through a Honduran prison, killing 103 inmates, authorities said, amid allegations jail guards had refused to let young gang members out of their cells. Most of the victims belonged to the Mara Salvatrucha street gang. Under a law banning gang membership, some were jailed for wearing gang tattoos, according to a group that helps gang members. The blaze in the town of San Pedro Sula, some 240 kilometers (150 miles) north of Tegucigalpa was the second major fire tragedy to hit a Honduran prison in little more than a year.
