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July 10, 2002 Wednesday Rabi-us-Sani 28,1423 Continent’s integration aimed at Powerful African Union to replace OAU DURBAN, July 9: African heads of state on Tuesday launched the African Union (AU), a body designed to integrate Africa along the lines of the European Union, with the power to... Students clash with militia in Tehran: Ban on rallies defied TEHRAN, July 9: Clashes between Islamic militia and groups of young people defying a ban on rallies erupted in Tehran on Tuesday on the anniversary of July 1999 student unrest, witnesses... Peres holds talks with Palestinians TEL AVIV, July 9: Hopes rose on Tuesday for fresh talks between Israel and the Palestinians as top Israeli dove Shimon Peres said his meetings with new Palestinian ministers went well,... Thailand, BD plan highway via Myanmar DHAKA, July 9: Bangladesh and Thailand have agreed to jointly approach Myanmar for the construction of a highway linking Dhaka with Bangkok via Myanmar as part of the Asian Highway project.... Indians patent cow urine for medicinal use NEW DELHI, July 9: A US patent has been granted to Indian scientists on the use of cow urine distillate as bio-enhancer, Indian Minister of Science and Technology Murli Manohar Joshi... US deports Saddam’s stepson to NZ MIAMI, July 9: US authorities deported a stepson of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who had been detained for failing to obtain a student visa to take a course at a flight... Rod Steiger dies at 77 LOS ANGELES, July 9: Veteran screen actor Rod Steiger, who won an Academy Award for his role as a bigoted small-town sheriff in the 1967 film “In the Heat of the... Weeping Karzai vows to nab VP’s killers; ISAF joins probe ISLAMABAD, July 9: Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in his slain vice president Haji Abdul Qadir’s eastern stronghold of Jalalabad Tuesday and with tears in his eyes vowed to catch the... 110 Chinese fishermen rescued from burning boat KAOHSIUNG, July 9: Taiwanese authorities launched a maritime rescue operation on Tuesday, picking up at least 110 out of the 133 Chinese fishermen stranded on a burning vessel off southern Taiwan’s... ‘Magnetic wood’ may block mobile phones TOKYO, July 9: The nuisance of mobile phones ringing in theatres and restaurants may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to special wood packed with tiny magnetic particles.... Russian pilot fatally chose man, not machine: experts MOSCOW, July 9: Up or down? Heed the man or the machine? Alexander Gross, the 52-year-old flight commander of the doomed Tupolev-154 that collided in mid-air with a cargo plane over... Israel’s ‘Jews only’ bill sparks controversy AL QUDS: Touching off a divisive national debate, the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has endorsed a proposed law that allows Jews to bar Arab citizens of Israel from living... New York debates shape of memorial NEW YORK: New York’s past is full of autocratic developers, but the issue of what will replace the World Trade Center complex destroyed in the September 11 attacks has become one... Ecevit stands defiant as crisis jolts Turkey ISTANBUL: Turkey’s fragile coalition government teetered on the brink of collapse on Monday after three cabinet ministers and 20 lawmakers bolted from the party led by ailing Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit.... Jirga leaves Afghan women disgruntled KABUL: For 10 days I sat inside a tent in Kabul as one of 200 women delegates participating in the Loya Jirga to determine Afghanistan’s future government. Given my experience, the... 1894 wedding still rankles with Albanian woman SHUSHICE (Albania): The wrinkles in Hava Rexha’s pale skin were carved by a life spanning three centuries, under Ottoman Turkish rule, Albanian monarchy, Italian occupation and Stalinist dictatorship.... 10,000-year-old skull found SANTIAGO: Anthropologists at Chile’s National Museum of Natural History have reconstructed a human skull aged 10,400 years, considered the oldest in Latin America.... Turning poor farmers into oil barons JOHANNESBURG: Diesel made from seeds could provide South Africa’s vehicles with more environmentally friendly fuel and turn today’s rural poor into tomorrow’s oil barons....

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