Speech costs politician shot at election: Singapore opposition
Speech costs politician shot at election: Singapore opposition
politician Chee Soon Juan lost his chance to contest the next
general election when he was slapped with a fine on Tuesday for
speaking in public without a permit. Chee, who was fined S$3,000
($1,704) at the end of a three-day court hearing, made a speech
at Singapore's lone public soapbox in February about three Muslim
girls who were barred from state schools after they wore
headscarves or "tudungs" to class. -- Reuters
Third Saudi Prince died in a week: Saudi Prince Fahd bin Turki
bin Saud al-Kabir has been found dead in his country's searing
desert, the official SPA news agency said early Tuesday, adding
that the prince apparently died of thirst. The report said the
25-year-old prince had been traveling in Rimah province, south of
the town of al-Ammaniya. Prince Fahd was the third member of the
extensive Saudi royal family to die in a week. Prince Sultan bin
Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, 41, was killed in a road accident on
July 23 and Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, 43, died the
day before of a heart attack. -- AFP
U.S., Russia hold arms control talks:A top visiting U.S. arms
control official held talks in Moscow on Tuesday days after
Russia's announcement that it intended to build a second nuclear
power plant in Iran, despite U.S. criticism of an existing
project. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control John Bolton
met Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Georgiy Mamedov to discuss
strategic stability and non-proliferation issues, the Russian
foreign ministry said in a statement. -- AFP
Jesse Jackson visits Bethlehem, urges U.S. action: U.S. civil
rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson called on Tuesday for
President George W. Bush to help end Israeli military occupation
and build a Palestinian state. Jackson, on a Middle East peace
mission, embraced children in Bethlehem's Manger Square and lit
candles in the Church of the Nativity, revered by Christians as
Jesus's birthplace and the scene of a stand-off earlier this year
between Palestinian militants and Israeli soldiers. -- Reuters