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July 14, 2003 Monday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 13, 1424 Discrimination against US Muslims: report WASHINGTON, July 13: Recent cases seem to confirm a glaring double standard applied to Arab Americans and Muslims that can be neither denied nor defended, the Los Angles Times said on... Emergency sounded in BD as dam leaks: Three million displaced in India DHAKA, July 13: An emergency red alert was sounded on Sunday in northern Bangladesh as thousands of people threatened by a leaking river dam were asked to leave their homes in... Belgian govt changes war crimes law BRUSSELS, July 13: In its first cabinet meeting after being sworn in, the new Belgian government said it would change the controversial war crimes and genocide law which had led to... China’s flood crest moves east BEIJING, July 13: Authorities were on Sunday redoubling efforts to fight floods in central and eastern China, as the flood crest on the swollen Huai River moved east, and Premier Wen... US general’s remarks raise German jitters MUNICH, July 13: German concerns of a major US military withdrawal from Germany in retaliation against Berlin’s opposition to the Iraq war were heightened by a weekend interview with the head... Sunken ferry yet not found DHAKA, July 13: The sonar-equipped navy ship, Shaibal, has not yet been able to trace the sunken Bangladeshi ferry, MV Nasrin-1, even after two-days search. The crew of the ship, however,... France hails new set up in Iraq PARIS, July 13: The French government has applauded the formation of a transitional governmental council in Iraq, “in close collaboration with the special representative of the secretary general of the United... Palestinians riot to stop survey release RAMALLAH, July 13: Dozens of furious Palestinian refugees wrecked a local pollster’s office on Sunday to stop him releasing a survey showing most Palestinian refugees were ready to abandon claims to... 22 die in Kashmir road accidents NEW DELHI, July 13: At least 16 people were killed and 28 others injured when an overloaded passenger bus skidded off a road on Sunday in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.... Israeli forces hunt for Irish bombmaker BELFAST, July 13: A manhunt is under way for a former Irish Republican Army bombmaker suspected of training Palestinian militants in the West Bank, British and Irish newspapers reported on Sunday.... 179 kids die of mysterious virus in India NEW DELHI, July 13: At least 179 children died of a mysterious fever in two Indian states, it was reported Sunday.... Quake in Iran makes 6,000 homeless TEHRAN, July 13: One person died and 6,000 families were made homeless in southern Iranian Fars province after several earthquakes, the news service Mehr quoted local officials as saying Sunday.... 9 Russians killed MOSCOW, July 13: Nine Russian soldiers were killed in a rebel attack in the Caucasus republic of Chechnya, Interfax news agency reported Russian military sources as saying Sunday.—dpa... Nine dead, 24 missing in Afghanistan KABUL, July 13: At least nine people have been killed and 24 are missing after heavy floods struck central Afghanistan last week, a UN spokesman said Sunday.... Osama & Saddam are headaches for US WASHINGTON: The thus-far fruitless hunt for deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and the uncertainty surrounding the whereabouts of Al Qaeda chieftain Osama bin Laden are giving Washington a double headache as... Blair ‘seeking support’ to tackle failed states LONDON: British Prime Minister Tony Blair is pressing centre-left world leaders attending a London conference on Sunday to acknowledge a responsibility to deal with so-called failing states, according to a document... Outrage at US plan to mortgage Iraqi oil LONDON: American plans to mortgage Iraq’s future oil supplies to pay for expensive post-war reconstruction work risk a repeat of mistakes made with Germany after the First World War, debt relief... ‘What next’ ask analysts as Bush leaves Africa JOHANNESBURG: As United States President George W. Bush leaves Africa this weekend, analysts, citizens, even Hungarian tourists to Johannesburg, are asking the question: so, what next?... Saddam had a strategy WASHINGTON: With each report of a deadly ambush on US military forces in Iraq, it becomes clearer that Saddam Hussein had a last-resort strategy: If you can’t stop the Americans, at... WMDgate to haunt Bush, say critics NEW YORK, July 13: The issue of Baghdad’s possession of weapons of mass destruction, a primary reason cited for the US- British led invasion of Iraq, is coming full circle to...

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