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September 1, 2002 Sunday Jamadi-us-Saani 22,1423 UK, Italy ready for deal with US: Warcrimes court ELSINORE (Denmark), Aug 31: Britain and Italy broke European Union ranks in a transatlantic spat over the new war crimes court on Saturday, hinting that they might sign a bilateral immunity... Muslims come together to share Americans’ grief WASHINGTON, Aug 31: Thousands of Muslims from across North America have gathered in Washington this week to find ways to reach out to other Americans and tell them the events of... Earth Summit reaches compromise on Kyoto JOHANNESBURG, Aug 31: Negotiators at the Earth Summit haggling over an action plan for tackling the world’s worst problems cleared a key hurdle on Saturday, leaving around a dozen left before... Afghan SC upholds media ban on women KABUL, Aug 31: The supreme court of Afghanistan on Saturday backed a decision by state-run media to ban women from singing on the radio and prevent Indian films from being aired... Explosions near Kabul airport puzzle ISAF KABUL, Aug 31: International peacekeepers in Afghanistan said they were investigating three explosions near Kabul airport on Saturday.... Official considered suicide missions: Sept 11 hijackings NEW YORK, Aug 31: Moments after the Sept 11 attacks, a US air defence commander considered sending pilots aboard unarmed airforce fighter jets on suicide missions to ram any other hijacked... EU asks Iraq to admit inspectors ELSINORE (Denmark), Aug 31: The European Union insisted on Saturday that Iraq must “immediately” let UN weapons inspectors back into the country, as it sought to temper the drums of war... Prisoner swap cancelled in Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Aug 31: The exchange of prisoners between the LTTE and government scheduled for Saturday was cancelled, but the exchange would take place within 10 days, a source at the International... 50 feared drowned NEW DELHI, Aug 31: One person died and 50 others were feared drowned on Saturday when a boat capsized in a river in Orissa.... Russian military ’copter downed in Chechnya MOSCOW, Aug 31: A Russian Mi-24 military helicopter was shot down by a missile in Chechnya on Saturday, killing the two pilots, the ITAR-TASS news agency said.... Fans remember Diana, five years later LONDON, Aug 31: Fans of the late Princess Diana gathered outside Kensington Palace on Saturday in what has become an annual ritual on the anniversary of the fatal Paris car crash... S.Africa’s poor march on Earth Summit JOHANNESBURG, Aug 31: Thundering out slogans, South Africa’s poor on Saturday showed activists from around the world the country’s two faces, marching from Alexandra, a decaying slum, to protest outside the... Powell cautious over attack on Iraq WASHINGTON, Aug 31: US Secretary of State Colin Powell, a silent voice in the current public debate over whether to invade Iraq, favors a cautious approach taking into account the level... Hijacker was aiming for a US embassy: investigators LONDON, Aug 31: The investigators questioning a man arrested on suspicion of hijacking the London-bound plane say they are sure that he was planning to crash the plane into a US... Chirac to propose Tobin tax PARIS, Aug 31: President Jacques Chirac will tell the Johannesburg summit on Monday that the industrialised nations should voluntarily apply the Tobin tax to their financial transactions, with a view to... US ignored Taliban killings: film WASHINGTON: Aug 31: Jamie Doran, the director of an explosive new television documentary on the Afghan war, says US troops failed to stop a massacre of thousands of Taliban prisoners and... Malaysia halts deportation KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31: Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Saturday Malaysia will temporarily halt the deportation of illegal Filipino workers to clear up claims they are being mistreated.... Two US expats in Indonesia shot dead JAKARTA, Aug 31: Two Americans were shot dead and seven wounded on Saturday when unidentified gunmen opened fire near the giant American-owned Freeport mine in Indonesia’s Papua province, officials said.... Rest of the world might have uses: Signs of awareness in US WASHINGTON: There has been so much talk lately from the Bush administration about “going it alone” against Saddam Hussein that US policy on Iraq is beginning to sound a bit like... ‘Flimsy’ case against suspect in Germany HAMBURG: Court proceedings against the first suspect in Germany to be indicted for the September 11 attacks will likely get under way this autumn, a judicial spokesman in Hamburg said Friday,...

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