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July 11, 2002 Thursday Rabi-us-Sani 29, 1423 US isolated at UN debate over ICC UNITED NATIONS, July 10: The United States found itself isolated Wednesday as fellow members of the United Nations rose one by one to decry its decision to abandon the International Criminal... Turkish FM to resign: report: Crisis in Ankara deepens ANKARA, July 10: Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem has decided to resign from the government and from the DSP party of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, whose coalition is already on the... ‘Al Qaeda planned to attack Vatican’ ROME, July 10: Al Qaeda cells based in Italy had planned to attack the Vatican, a US consulate in the country and a church in Venice prior to September 11, the... AIDS activists trash EU stand BARCELONA: July 10: Activists trashed the European Commission’s exhibition stand at the world AIDS conference on Wednesday demanding the EU contribute more to a global fund against AIDS.... Saudi FM in consultations with Egypt, Syria, Jordan AMMAN, July 10: Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal made a whirlwind tour of Egypt, Syria and Jordan on Wednesday as he pressed on with inter-Arab consultations ahead of key talks on... Typhoons kill 79 in week of devastation HONG KONG, July 10: The death toll from a week of typhoons in Asia and the Pacific reached 79 on Wednesday as Japan, Taiwan and the tiny island of Guam braced... Biggs weds old flame in prison LONDON, July 10: Ailing train robber Ronnie Biggs wed his Brazilian ex-lover Raimunda Rothen behind bars in a top-security British jail on Wednesday, his family said.... 14, including two kids, killed in Algeria ALGIERS, July 10: Fourteen people, including two children and four policemen, were killed when they were attacked overnight by armed assailants in western Algeria, security officials said Wednesday.... 50 surrogate mothers join cloning project TOKYO, July 10: A team of scientists from Clonaid, a human cloning company linked with the Raelian movement, were working with “10 to 20 clients” on the firm’s human cloning project,... Iraq publicises its questions to UN chief BAGHDAD, July 10: Iraq on Wednesday published what it said was the list of 19 questions it put to Kofi Annan last March, five days after a third round of talks... Pinochet draws curtain on political life SANTIAGO, July 10: Police herded hundreds of angry protesters out of the Chilean senate, as it received former dictator Augusto Pinochet’s letter of resignation on Tuesday, after a supreme court ruling... Six die in BD floods DHAKA, July 10: Six people have died and up to a million have been marooned or made homeless by floods triggered by monsoon rains in northern and western Bangladesh, newspapers reported... Mujahideen remanded for 14 days LUCKNOW, July 10: Four suspected Kashmiri mujahideen held for plotting to attack the Israeli embassy and other targets in New Delhi were remanded in custody for 14 days by a court... Cyprus military chiefs killed NICOSIA, July 10: Cyprus’s army and air force commanders were killed early Wednesday when their helicopter crashed near Paphos in the southwest of the island, apparently while trying to make an... EU frets over Turkey’s crisis: Ties under strain BRUSSELS: Turkey’s political turmoil could put new strains on its sensitive relationship with the European Union, making a crisis over Cyprus’s bid to join the EU more likely, diplomats and political... High expectations for new African Union DURBAN: Africa’s leaders ended an era on Monday, as they held the last summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on the eve of the launch of the African Union... Baltics states vie to join Nato RIGA: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will present NATO with proof of almost 10 years’ worth of effort to achieve high military standards as they meet with representatives of the military alliance... Bush’s ‘rotten apple solution’ LONDON: The podium backdrop carried the slogan “corporate responsibility.” But the speech that George Bush delivered to Wall Street on Tuesday ducked more of the obligations of leadership than it shouldered.... Professionals speak out against warlord rule HERAT: As Ismail Khan’s motorcade roars along dusty village roads, children cheer dutifully, holding up portraits of “uncles” slain in the armed struggle against Soviet forces during the 1980s. Before the... Japan’s on and off affair with English TOKYO: Magazine titles such as “Hot Dog” and “Classy” and television commercials that screech “Love beer?” can give the impression that English is almost a second language in Japan....

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