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July 12, 2002 Friday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1, 1423 Immunity proposed on case-by-case basis: French idea at debate on ICC UNITED NATIONS, July 11: France began on Thursday a campaign to provide an alternative to a US proposal that its troops be exempted from prosecution in front of the International Criminal... Crisis in Iran pulls Qom clergy into fray TEHRAN, July 11: The Iranian regime has plunged into its deepest political crisis since the 1979 Islamic revolution here following the shock resignation of a prominent cleric, street protests and anti-clerical... Bush got loans he now wants banned WASHINGTON, July 11: While he served as a board member of the now-defunct Harken Energy company, US President George W. Bush was granted two low-interest loans to purchase stock — the... Sixth festival of Arab cinema PARIS, July 10: The Institut du Monde Arabe has held its sixth Biennale des Cinemas Arabes, which has become one of Europe’s principal showplaces for Arab cinema, and has accorded its... US plans to strike Iraq from Jordan: NYT NEW YORK, July 11: American military planners are considering using bases in in Jordan to stage air and commando operations against Iraq in the event the United States decides to attack... Washington approves firearms for pilots WASHINGTON, July 11: The lower house of the US Congress overwhelmingly approved a controversial plan on Wednesday, to arm airline pilots with guns.... Seven die as storm strikes Berlin BERLIN, July 11: Seven persons were killed and scores injured when the worst thunderstorm in 25 years tore through Berlin and other parts of eastern Germany overnight, officials said on Thursday.... Thousands remember Srebrenica SARAJEVO-SREBRENICA, July 11: More than 6,000 Bosnian Muslims gathered on Thursday in Srebrenica to mark the seventh anniversary of the 1995 massacre, making it the biggest gathering of Muslims in this... US law gives legal status to kids of illegals LOS ANGELES, July 11: The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved S. 1291, the “Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act,” which will give legal status to children of illegal... Israeli troops enter Lebanon briefly RASHAYA (Lebanon) July 11: Israeli troops made a brief incursion into southern Lebanon on Thursday, across the eastern section of the border, the first since Israel ended its occupation of the... Teen sues in L.A. police beating case LOS ANGELES, July 11: A teenager whose videotaped beating by police in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood has enraged black leaders and triggered an FBI investigation filed a “seven-figure” federal... Canadian HC in India evacuated NEW DELHI, July 11: The Canadian High Commission in New Delhi evacuated its staff on Thursday after a threat of an attack, officials at the mission said.... India plans to step up pressure on Pakistan over Kashmir NEW DELHI: With new evidence surfacing over the alleged inflow of guerillas across the Line of Control into Jammu and Kashmir, India has decided to step up pressure on the western... Suspects’ fate hangs in legal limbo: Guantanamo detainees WASHINGTON: Six months after the first detainees were loaded off cargo planes from Afghanistan, their hands and feet in shackles, the 534 men hailing from 39 countries still held at the... Skull stirs debate on evolution PARIS: A team of French paleontologists says that it’s discovered the world’s oldest hominid, man’s first ancestor who is estimated to be between six and seven million years old.... EU’s enlargement plan gets impetus BRUSSELS: A proposed overhaul of the European Union’s farm subsidies has given a boost to its eastern enlargement plans by alleviating some fears over the cost of expansion, diplomats and analysts... Free trade to hit US jobs WASHINGTON: Removing US import barriers would throw about 175,000 Americans out of work but benefit the US economy as a whole, according to a new study by the US International Trade... Genetic testing raises difficult ethical questions BASEL (Switzerland): Imagine a world in which you plan your health the way you now plan your finances, a truly cradle-to-grave approach that detects and counters the risk of disease long... Mayor of Kabul has tough job to run city BANGKOK: Fazil Karim, the mayor of war-ravaged Kabul, has been getting his first taste of an inevitable reality: the bubble economy that balloons in a destroyed city awash with foreign money... Chinese fight for acceptance in Indonesia JAKARTA: Sulianto Sunarto remembers the days he had to bribe Indonesian officials to sell Chinese red lanterns and lion dance gear in Glodok, Jakarta’s Chinatown....

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