Around the world briefs
Afghanistan - A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people last Tuesday in an attack on the main US military base where Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting after an unannounced visit to the country.
Serbia - Bosnian, Muslim and Croat leaders have voiced disappointment at the International Court of Justice's decision to clear Serbia of genocide in Bosnia, while Serbs have expressed relief at the verdict. The highest UN court said Serbia had not planned or carried out in the 1995 Bosnian Serb massacre of 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica.
Japan - Japan has ordered an investigation into the possible psychiatric effects of the bird flu drug Tamiflu after a string of suicides allegedly linked to the medicine. Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has been defending its drug since last year, when reports first surfaced in Japan of “Tamiflu suicides”.
London - U.S. and other leading diplomats prepared last Monday to consider possible new sanctions in the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, even as Iran's top nuclear negotiator again signaled that Tehran would be willing to engage in “constructive and logical” negotiations with Washington.
West Bank - Israeli troops sealed off the center of Nablus' old city with cement blocks and trash containers Monday, and searched apartments for seven Palestinian fugitives whose names the army broadcast over local TV and radio stations. It was the largest Israeli raid in the West Bank in months, with about 80 jeeps, armored vehicles and bulldozers moving around Nablus for a second day.
Serbia - Bosnian, Muslim and Croat leaders have voiced disappointment at the International Court of Justice's decision to clear Serbia of genocide in Bosnia, while Serbs have expressed relief at the verdict. The highest UN court said Serbia had not planned or carried out in the 1995 Bosnian Serb massacre of 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica.
Japan - Japan has ordered an investigation into the possible psychiatric effects of the bird flu drug Tamiflu after a string of suicides allegedly linked to the medicine. Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has been defending its drug since last year, when reports first surfaced in Japan of “Tamiflu suicides”.
London - U.S. and other leading diplomats prepared last Monday to consider possible new sanctions in the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, even as Iran's top nuclear negotiator again signaled that Tehran would be willing to engage in “constructive and logical” negotiations with Washington.
West Bank - Israeli troops sealed off the center of Nablus' old city with cement blocks and trash containers Monday, and searched apartments for seven Palestinian fugitives whose names the army broadcast over local TV and radio stations. It was the largest Israeli raid in the West Bank in months, with about 80 jeeps, armored vehicles and bulldozers moving around Nablus for a second day.
