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May 31, 2002 Friday Rabi-ul-Awwal 18,1423 Palestinians suffering humiliation every day: US official’s admission CAIRO, May 30: US Middle East envoy William Burns lamented on Thursday the worsening “daily humiliations” Palestinians suffer under Israeli occupation, while saying there has been too much death on both... Diabetes not prevented by insulin shots: study BOSTON, May 30: Regular insulin shots do not delay or prevent childhood-onset diabetes, according to a new study in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine that appears to dash hopes that... Russian cop is new Miss Universe MOSCOW, May 30: Russians revelled on Thursday in the news that a sharpshooting St Petersburg cop was crowned Miss Universe, saying it was about time the world took notice of the... Statehood WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush on Thursday touted “progress” on efforts to ‘‘reform’’ the Palestinian Authority and thereby create the “underpinnings” of a state he hopes will live peacefully alongside... EU likely to form force to nab aliens ROME, May 30: Europe’s interior ministers brought a common EU border police a step closer to reality on Thursday, agreeing to set up a task force to curb illegal immigration at... Israeli embassy at secret location PARIS, May 30: The Israeli embassy in Paris said on Thursday it had reopened its offices at two secret, temporary locations.... France may float proposal PARIS, May 30: In one of the first declarations of Middle East policy since the naming of a new government, France says that it wants to do “everything possible” to bring... BNP offers to hold talks with AL DHAKA, May 30: The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has invited the Awami League to hold talks for resolving the political deadlock.... Chandrika’s ex-aide turns himself in COLOMBO, May 30: A former media adviser to Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and popular local film personality, Sanath Gunatilleke, who was wanted for questioning by investigating agencies in connection with... RSF deplores attempt on Kashmiri journalist’s life PARIS, May 30: International journalists’ rights association Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has expressed its “serious concern” over the attempted murder of the journalist Zafar Iqbal in Srinagar.... Ceremony marks end of WTC cleanup NEW YORK, May 30: What began on Sept. 11 with the scream of crashing jetliners, the roar of falling steel and the deaths of thousands ended on Thursday in a silence... Congress, too, may share the blame: Sept 11 attacks WASHINGTON: As Washington gears up for months of investigation on what went wrong on Sept 11, Congress is beginning to face its own share of blame for missed warnings and intelligence... Water may change game plan for Mars NEW YORK: The discovery of potentially vast deposits of water ice close to the surface on Mars could breath new life into the notion of sending humans to explore the red... Myanmar political gulf widens BANGKOK: It takes two to tango. The problem is, Myanmar’s ruling generals and Aung San Suu Kyi can’t even make it to the dance floor.... Low turnout as Berbers block polling in Algeria ALGIERS, May 30: Algerians trickled out to vote Thursday in parliamentary elections as militant ethnic Berbers blocked polling and clashed with security forces in their northeastern Kabylie homeland.... Saudis channel anger into charity JEDDAH: Bombarded by television images of Israeli violence and bloodied Palestinians, Selma Dajani felt compelled to act. Little did she know that a modest idea would turn into a flood of... Intifada throws Israel into disarray NETANYA (Israel): It’s a slow day at the market in the Israeli seaside town of Netanya, a week after a Palestinian suicide bombing killed two shoppers.... Turkey: always engaged to EU, but never married ISTANBUL: If politics brings together strange bedfellows, a fine example is the precarious relations between Turkey and an enlarging European Union....

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