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August 12, 2002 Monday Jamadi-us-Saani 2, 1423 Saddam warns of fight to the last: Uses Churchill’s words BAGHDAD, Aug 11: Iraq seized gleefully on Sunday on growing resistance in Europe to a new US war to oust Saddam Hussein.... Widespread areas hit by stormy weather MOSCOW, Aug 11: At least 58 people, most of them Russian holidaymakers, have died in floods in Russia’s Black Sea region, the Emergencies Ministry said on Sunday, as fierce weather continued... International presence needed in ME: Pope CASTEL GANDOLFO (Italy) Aug 11: Pope John Paul made an emotional appeal on Sunday for peace in the Middle East, and gave his apparent support to an international peacekeeping forces in... 75 bodies found in mass graves: UN NAIROBI, Aug 11: The bodies of 75 people killed in ethnic clashes in the eastern Congolese city of Bunia during the past week were found in mass graves, a United Nations... Silence grips village after 22 of one family killed BEIT ALLAM, Aug 11: A few traces of dried blood and broken glass on a village street were the only reminders on Sunday of the explosion of vengeance which felled 22... Al Qaeda takes a new name: report SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 11: Three separate clashes this week with the fighters of Al Qaeda — that has taken on a new name, Fateh Islam — point to the organization’s resurgence... US base in Qatar seen central to Iraq attack AL-UDEID (Qatar) Aug 11: If the United States decides to attack Iraq, it is likely to do so from its fast-expanding military base deep within the desert of the tiny Gulf... Israel to reply if Iraq attacks, says daily TEL AVIV, Aug 11: Israel has told the United States that if it were attacked by Iraq, the country would respond vigorously, Ha’aretz daily said on Sunday in its online edition.... London police to get different badges LONDON, Aug 11: London police officers who are non-Christians are to be allowed to wear a different badge from the traditional one, which contains the cross, the Metropolitan Police said on... Israeli Arab charged for sale of stolen arms AL QUDS, Aug 11: A local court in Nazareth on Sunday charged an Israeli Arab youth with selling stolen army weapons and ammunition to Palestinian “terror activists”, Israeli police announced.... Enclave elects new president STEPANKERT, Aug 11: The Caucasian enclave Nagorno-Karabakh, disputed between Armenia and Azerbaijan, elected a new president on Sunday.... West’s greed for oil fuels Saddam fever LONDON: Is the projected war against Iraq really turning into an oil war, aimed at safeguarding Western energy supplies as much as toppling a dangerous dictator and source of terrorism? Of... Optimism evaporates in southern Afghanistan KANDAHAR: After the worst drought in living memory, it is not just water that has evaporated from the dusty, light brown soil of southern Afghanistan.... Perfume-makers annoyed PARIS: The European Union wants perfume makers to reveal the exact contents of their fragrances in order to alert consumers who might be allergic to some ingredients, but French producers think... Oil prices soar on stockpile LONDON: Oil prices have been hiked by up to 20 per cent as the West starts hoarding crude oil in the face of a possible American-led war against Iraq, say analysts.... They fled Uganda with nothing, but built a new empire LONDON: Jaffer Kapasi arrived in Britain with nothing. He was 18 years old and all that his family owned had been stolen when Ugandan dictator Idi Amin gave his country’s Asian... Stoiber awaits Schroeder’s fall BERLIN: After a series of errors following his nomination, the frontrunner to become next German chancellor, Edmund Stoiber, appears happy to sit back and let his rival Gerhard Schroeder self-destruct.... Depleted uranium causing illness LONDON: Children of British soldiers who fought in wars where depleted uranium ammunition was used are at greater risk of suffering genetic diseases passed on by their fathers, new research reveals.Veterans...

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