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June 20, 2003 Friday Rabi-us-Sani 19, 1424 Warcrime suits filed against Bush, Blair: Move likely to strain US-Belgian ties BRUSSELS, June 19: Warcrime lawsuits have been filed in Belgium against eight top officials, including US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Belgian authorities said on... Mahathir comes down hard on Europeans KUALA LUMPUR, June 19: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad launched a vitriolic attack on the European race on Thursday, accusing them of warmongering, indiscriminate attacks on Muslims, greed and sexual deviancy.... US guidelines fail to end racial profiling WASHINGTON, June 19: The new US guidelines for racial equality will fail to end racial profiling, human rights advocacy groups said on Thursday.... Stolen jet alarms US officials WASHINGTON, June 19: The United States said on Wednesday it was working with African nations to hunt down a 727 passenger jet stolen in Angola last month, amid fears it may... Blix ‘amazed’ at WMD claims NEW YORK, June 19: Chief UN weapons inspector for Iraq, Hans Blix, said in an interview here that he was amazed Washington and London expected to find large quantities of weapons... Anti-EU protests in Greek city amid unprecedented security SALONIKA, June 19: Hundreds of anti-capitalist demonstrators marched through the port city of Salonika on Thursday as EU leaders gathered at a nearby beachside resort amid unprecedented Greek security measures.... US treats immigrant children harshly: AI WASHINGTON, June 19: Illegal immigrant children in the United States often are imprisoned with young convicts, denied access to lawyers and strip-searched or placed in solitary confinement for minor infractions, Amnesty... Settlers defy Israeli action against outpost MITZPE YITZHAR (West Bank), June 19: Dozens of settlers scuffled with Israeli soldiers sent to take down a settler outpost on Thursday just hours after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed a... Suu Kyi in ‘notorious’ jail: Britain LONDON, June 19: Myanmar’s democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi is being held “in a two-room hut” at a jail near Yangon, Britain’s junior foreign minister for Asia said on Thursday.... RSF deplores arrests in Iran PARIS, June 19: Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) is protesting the arrest on June 16 of Ensafali Hedayat of “Salam”, who was the sixth journalist to be detained in a space of... Emergency landing KABUL, June 19: A UN plane carrying Afghan Vice-President Nematullah Shahrani was forced to make an emergency landing on a bed of fire-fighting foam at Kabul on Thursday after its landing... Wide-angle view of cosmos shows galaxies’ secrets WASHINGTON: A new wide-angle view of the universe looks back to a mere billion years after the Big Bang, revealing secrets about the lives of galaxies and the black holes at... Social security a rarity in poor countries: ILO GENEVA: Just 20 per cent of people in the world coverage for health services and are ensured a basic income in old age or in case of job layoffs, sickness, disability... Intellectual activity may cut risk of Alzheimer’s: study WASHINGTON: Regular intellectual activity appears to reduce an elderly person’s risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, according to a 21-year study published on Thursday in the United States.... Babri mosque was not built over temple: experts NEW DELHI: Excavations at the site where a 16th-century mosque was demolished 10 years ago by pro-Hindu politicians reveal that the structure — today a magnet of communal politics — was... HRW slams US court ruling on detainees: Detentions after 9/11 attacks WASHINGTON: A court decision that sanctions the government policy of withholding names and other information about hundreds of Muslims and other immigrants rounded up after the September 11 terrorist attacks could... Protests to influence elections in Iran TEHRAN: Pro-democracy protests in Iran have lost some of their early momentum, but deep-seated and widespread disenchantment with the country’s religious establishment has not been sated by the brief letting off... Bookstores brace for Harry Potter frenzy LONDON: Bookshops across the world are bracing for a weekend frenzy with millions of readers awaiting the witching hour when the fifth volume of the epic tale of the boy wizard...

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