While the U.S. Embassy in Cairo expressed its "disappointment and concern" over the new conviction Monday, July, 29, 2002, of Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Egyptian law professors as well as some of Ibrahim’s students were “satisfied” with the verdict, and slammed U.S. interference in the Egyptian judiciary...more>>
The Turkish parliament Monday, July 29, launched a special session to decide whether to hold early elections as beleaguered Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit desperately sought to drum up opposition to the move...more>>
Israel's deadly raid on Gaza City last week derailed a ceasefire that was under way by the Palestinians, according to the head of the Israeli Parliament's Foreign and Defense Committee Monday, July 29, 2002...more>>
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf began Monday, July 29, 2002, his historic three-day tour of Bangladesh amid speculations about its import for long-term power equation in the sub-continent. He would later go to Sri Lanka and China...
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