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| July 30, 2002 | Tuesday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 19,1423 |
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US plans to capture Baghdad, weapons depots: paper
NEW YORK, July 29: As the Bush administration considers its military options for deposing Saddam Hussein, senior administration and Pentagon officials told the New York Times that they are exploring a... 
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UN suspends work in Chechnya: Russian worker kidnapped
MOSCOW, July 29: The United Nations said on Monday it was indefinitely suspending its humanitarian operations in separatist Chechnya following the kidnapping there of a Russian aid worker employed by a...
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Elderly can think themselves into grave, says study
WASHINGTON, July 29: Older people can literally think themselves into the grave by feeling bad about getting old, researchers said on Sunday....
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Group allows followers to detonate suicide bombs
JAKARTA, July 29: Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) allowed Muslim followers to detonate suicide bombs as a last resort when fighting for their basic rights, it was reported Monday....
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Observers praise Lankan govt, LTTE
COLOMBO, July 29: In a bid to salvage the prevailing truce, the Norwegian ceasefire monitoring team has said that both the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
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France starts playing an active role in ‘war against terrorism’
PARIS, July 29: French President Jacques Chirac is at last beginning to see the benefits of his decision, taken in May, to increase the level of French role in the US-led...
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US troops accused of cover-up: UN report on Afghan bombing
LONDON, July 29: A draft UN report about Afghan wedding party killings has revealed “there was clear evidence that human rights violations had taken place and that coalition forces had arrived...
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Palestinians worked on truce plan, admits Israel: Arafat says ceasefire still on the cards
TEL AVIV, July 29: The head of the Israeli parliament’s foreign and defence committee said on Monday that it was possible that Israel’s deadly raid on Gaza City last week derailed...
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India facing twin disasters
NEW DELHI, July 29: Large swathes of northern India are being crippled by a savage drought while the east of the country is being tormented by monsoon rains that have left...
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50 whales beach off US coast
FALMOUTH (USA), July 29: Marine experts and volunteers were trying desperately on Monday to refloat more than 50 pilot whales which beached themselves off the Massachusetts coast....
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Peres calls for ME conference
PARIS, July 29: Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on Monday backed the speedy organization of an international conference on Middle East peace that would bring Arab, EU and US officials to...
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Hezbollah ready to mull offer on swap
BEIRUT, July 29: The Hezbollah said on Monday it was ready to discuss with international mediators, not through the media, any serious offer to exchange prisoners with Israel....
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Asia-Pacific nations fear nuke race in S. Asia
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 29: Asia-Pacific nations fear tensions between Pakistan and India could erupt into a nuclear arms race, saying it is the “central consideration” in assessing regional security....
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Explosives seized in Kabul
KABUL, July 29: Afghan authorities arrested a foreigner driving a car packed with explosives after it was involved in an accident in the capital, Kabul TV said on Monday....
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Sharon wants to prolong conflict: Palestinian view after Gaza raid
AL QUDS: New details of a proposed ceasefire deal — and an end to suicide bombing attacks on Israeli civilians — approved by all the main Palestinian factions have emerged amid...
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Suicide bombers are educated men: report
LONDON: Terrorism has little or nothing to do with economics, according to a new analysis of the social background of Hezbollah militants in Lebanon....
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Iran’s N-plant gets on US nerves
WASHINGTON: For the past seven years, US and Israeli spy satellites have swept regularly over Iran’s Persian Gulf coast, snapping pictures of Russian and Iranian construction crews building a nuclear power...
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Emotional problems obstruct fertility: study
LONDON: Women struggling to conceive could be suffering from emotional rather than physical problems, according to a controversial theory....
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What to do with 1,000 in-flight deaths
LONDON: Airlines which fail to treat the bodies of passengers who die on board ‘with respect’ will be forced to adopt a new code of practice which protects the dignity of...
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Africa fails to get what the West espoused for years
LONDON: This was supposed to be Africa’s year. There was talk of fresh starts, of links that would be forged between Africa’s new breed of dynamic leaders and western cash, of...
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