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July 2, 2002 Tuesday Rabi-us-Sani 20,1423 US kills UN Bosnia mission, then grants reprieve UNITED NATIONS, July 1: The United States vetoed a resolution extending the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia on Sunday, then agreed to keep the mission alive three more days while the... Israel votes against joining ICC AL QUDS, July 1: The Israeli government has voted against joining the first world criminal court, fearing it might be hauled up to face charges over the building of Jewish settlements... German banks, IBM hit with apartheid lawsuit JOHANNESBURG, July 1: Three German banks and US computer giant IBM were added on Monday to a class action suit seeking huge sums in reparations for victims of South Africa’s apartheid... Guantanamo Briton wins bid to take UK to court LONDON, July 1: The mother of a Briton being held at the US Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba won permission on Monday to take the UK government to court for... Screeners miss every fourth weapon: test WASHINGTON, July 1: Security staff at 32 major US airports missed one quarter of all fake weapons that undercover government agents tried to smuggle through last month, a report said Monday.... Second person held for starting US wildfire LOS ANGELES, July 1: Another federal employee appeared in a federal court Sunday on charges of arson for deliberately starting the second in a string of the worst-ever wildfires to ravage... Belgium to consider new bill after Sharon setback BRUSSELS, July 1: Belgium will consider closing a loophole which has prevented suspects accused of serious human rights crimes from being tried in absentia, after a case against Israeli Prime Minister... Assad vows support to Hezbollah DAMASCUS, July 1: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shrugged off US pressure to cut ties with Lebanon’s Hizbollah and expel radical Palestinian groups Washington regards as “terrorists”.... War crimes court comes into being THE HAGUE, July 1: The world’s first permanent war crimes tribunal officially opened its doors in The Hague on Monday to bring to justice perpetrators of the worst crimes against humanity... Lychee bought for $68,000 BEIJING, July 1: A Chinese textile company recently paid 555,000 yuan (68,000 dollars) for a single lychee at an auction in the southern Guangdong province, local media said on Monday.... Torpedo fuel caused Kursk disaster: inquiry MOSCOW, July 1: The final report into Russia’s August 2000 Kursk submarine disaster said on Monday a torpedo fuel leak caused the massive explosion which sank the nuclear-powered vessel with the... Multiracial Melungeon people’s roots mystify historians KINGSPORT (Tennessee) July 1: Might the Melungeon people of the US Appalachian mountains be descendants of Moorish and Turkish sailors who escaped the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Or are their ancestors... EU refuses to keep Arafat at a distance: PA for civil disobedience COPENHAGEN, July 1: European Union leaders said on Monday they would continue to deal with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat if he were re-elected, despite Washington’s rejection of him as “compromised by... Daring rescue of Antarctica scientists CAPE TOWN, July 1: Helicopters on Monday plucked the last of 90 scientists and non-essential crew from a ship trapped in ice deep in the Antarctic Ocean, officials said.... Official calls for boycott of Powell DOHA, July 1: A high-ranking Palestinian official called on Sunday for a boycott of US Secretary State Colin Powell after the US diplomat said Washington has no intention of talking with... Senator voices dissent over Bush approach WASHINGTON, July 1: A prominent US Republican senator has expressed disagreement with US President George W. Bush’s approach to the Middle East conflict, arguing that the US push for the removal... S.Korea, US to boost surveillance on border SEOUL, July 1: South Korea and the United States agreed on Monday to increase military surveillance of North Korea and strengthen rules of engagement after Saturday’s bloody naval clash between the... Saudi team to meet detainees in Cuba RIYADH, July 1: Saudi Arabia has dispatched a team of experts from the ministries of interior and foreign affairs to the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to gain first hand... Singer takes critical pop at Bush, Blair ties LONDON, July 1: British singer George Michael admitted on Monday that his latest song — depicting British Prime Minister Tony Blair as a poodle to US President George W. Bush —... AI proposes HR monitors for Lanka COLOMBO, July 1: Visiting Amnesty International representatives, who have spent over a week in Sri Lanka evaluating the alleged human rights violations of the LTTE in the north and east, have...

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