European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 stars and stripes Mideast edition june 2007 in the world israeli troops raid impose curfew West Bank israeli troops raided downtown Nablus Early imposing a cur few that confined tens of thou Sands of people to their Homes As soldiers combed the cites narrow alleyways in search of wanted palestinian five soldiers were wounded in clashes with palestinian the army the crackdown Drew angry condemnations from the new pales Tinian government of president Mahmoud earlier this israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert promised to bolster Abbas which is locked in a Power struggle with the islamic Hamas rulers of the Gaza israeli president accepts plea bargain Jerusalem israeli presi Dent Moshe Katzav agreed to re sign thursday under an unexpected plea bargain that included no jail time for sex ending a yearlong Katzav admitted to charges of sexual harassment and obstruction of but rape charges were the plea Deal was widely seen As a Victory for the israeli presi who holds a largely ceremonial Post but is expected to set moral standards and help unify the country in times of his accusers and women rights activists condemned the Pope relaxes rules on old latin mass Vatican City Pope Bene dict Xvi has approved a Docu ment that relaxes restrictions on celebrating the old latin mass used by the roman Catholic Church for centuries until the modernizing reforms of the the Vatican said Benedict discussed the Deci Sion with top officials in a meet ing on wednesday and the Docu ment will be published in the next few the statement the meeting was called to illustrate the Content and the spirit of the which along with a per Sonal letter from the Pope will be sent to All the decision comes after months of saudi religious police implicated in death saudi Arabia in a new blow to saudi arabian Power Ful religious a member of the Force has been implicated in the death of a Man whose House was raided because he was suspected of possessing and consuming an official statement said the accusation against the unidentified agent of the commis Sion for the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice is the second such charge of police brutality targeting the governmental body that enforces the kingdoms strict islamic from the associated press panel permit Lockerbie Appeal by Ben Mcconville the associated press Scotland a scottish judicial panel on thurs Day questioned the reliability of evidence used to convict a former libyan intelligence agent of carry ing out the 1988 bombing of a pan american plane Over and recommended that he be granted an the report by the scottish Crim Inal cases review commission will now be submitted to the court of Appeal in which will decide whether an a peal is Abdel Basset Ali Allegra i is serving a life sentence for the which killed All 259 people on the plane and 11 on the among the dead were 179 lawyers for the Only person convicted of bombing the London to new York flight on claim that authorities in Britain and the United states tampered with disregarded witness statements and steered investigators away from evidence that the bombing was an iranian financed plot car ried out by palestinians As re Venge for the shooting Down of a civilian iranian Airliner by forces several months in a statement summarizing its 800page the panel the commission is of the based upon our lengthy i Vestiga new evidence we have found and other evidence which was not before the trial that the applicant May have suffered a miscarriage of the panel said it had identified six instances it believed indicated a miscarriage of Justice May have including the Reli ability of testimony from Tony the proprietor of a Bou Tique in Gauci claimed a Man resembling Allegra i entered his shop on and bought apparel that investigators say was wrapped around the bomb that was hidden in the pan am but the panel also said it had found no basis for concluding that evidence in the Case was fabricated by the the Crown the forensic Scien or any other representatives of official bodies or government families of the victims Are divided on Allegra his More than hit by cyclones floods in Pakistan by Zara Khan the associated press Pakistan helicopters dropped Relief supplies thursday to some of the More than people hit by Monsoon floods in Southwest As Flash floods killed 20 people in a tribal area bordering officials Many of the stricken were living in High open areas or atop the roofs of buildings to escape the floodwaters in Large parts of Baluchistan province in the Wake of Cyclone be Twenty people died thursday when Flash floods hit two vehicles and damaged Homes in the khyber Agency tribal 15 Miles Northwest of the Northwestern City of Pesha said government official Ilyas Khan said an unspecified number of people were also injured when floods triggered by heavy Rains damaged several Homes in the severe floods also have ravaged four East Ern provinces of neighbouring causing at least four a nato state ment nato troops and afghan police rescued 42 trapped villagers in Kakisa province wednes flooding was also reported in the provinces of parian and where four people died tuesday when the Pech River overran its elsewhere on the Monsoon storms have taken the lives of More than 120 people in Secretary general ban Kimono expressed deep concern at the loss of life and serious damage caused by the storms in Paki Stan and India and reaffirmed the Readi Ness to support National and local efforts to provide emergency assistance to the Surv spokeswoman Michele Montas said at Headquarters in new in the army took Over the Relief of using 14 helicopters and c130 trans port planes to reach areas in most need of Hubah the provincial Relief com estimated that some houses had been destroyed or More than people have been affected by the caused by heavy Rains and spillovers from Rivers and he the Cyclone struck the coastline of Baluchistan on killing at least 12 peo said Raziq spokesman for the provincial government in an earlier oth ers were believed lost in the arabian but no estimates were Bakhsh said an updated death toll was not possible Given that Telephone links to outlying areas had been Cut and Mobile cover age was not available in in one of the hardest hit the City of Turbat and surrounding the first re Lief supplies Only began arriving some 48 hours after the Cyclone sparking the mayor to hand in his resignation and angry residents to from a an associated press re Porter saw Only the tops of Palm Trees protrude Shakil pakistani Farmers affected by storms try to Rescue their crop wednesday in about 105 Miles from thousands of people were stranded on ing from under vast sheets of water in some in cows and goats were stranded on without water or food and sweltering in 109 degrees fahrenheit Hafiz a District said casual ties could go Over 100 but it would be impossible to determine the death toll until the Waters Britain Brown picks new Cabinet members by David Stringer the associated press London Britain new Leader chose a Youthful Circle of senior ministers tapping David Miliband to become the youngest foreign Secretary in de Cades a rising Star in the party who voiced doubts Over Tony Blairs foreign the 41yearold former environment said he supported an Agenda that was patient As Well As but some old hands did win senior Alistair the current Trade and Industry Secre tary and another scotsman was named new Treasury Miliband was pressed by some Blair loyalists to run against Brit Ains new prime Gordon and Force a vote among party members to pick Blairs Suc but chose to Back the new Miliband pushed along with Jack Straw appointed new Justice Secretary and lord Chancel Lor to take a tougher line with Israel Over last years conflict in the legislator is said to have also expressed doubts Over the Iraq though he voted for Mili tary action in appointing the baby faced min ister who spoke out against Blairs foreign policy moves May help Brown win Back the Trust of voters who bitterly opposed the Iraq Brown allowed families of sol Diers killed in Iraq and Afghani Stan into Downing Street As he made his first speech As Leader he also plans to re verse restrictions on protests around John who quit a Post government in protest at the Iraq returns As i Nova universities and skills Secre former Deputy Secre tary general Mark Mal a fierce critic of foreign was named in a Junior As minister for Asia and the who is the youngest in his role since a 38yearold David Owen took the Job in replaces Margaret Beckett and must strike up a Good rapport with Secretary of state condole Ezza Brown picked Jacqui Smith a 44yearold amnesty International member and Eschief whip As Britain first female Law and order responsible for tackling terrorism and
