Saturday, July 18, 1998
US bias shows disrespect to scientific temper
The decision by the United States and Great Britain to deny visas to Indian scientists violates international statutes governing freedom of scientific cooperation and inquiry, according to international scholars. Washington's call last week to reject Dr R Chidambaram's visa application to attend an international conference in the US is in brazen contravention of the charter of International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).
Swiss charge Zardari with money laundering
A Swiss judge said yesterday that he has charged the husband of former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto with money laundering and is clearing up details before charging Bhutto. A few "questions of procedure" need to be cleared up before the former prime minister can be indicted, Judge Daniel Devaud said. The charging of Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, follows the indictment in June of three Swiss citizens linked to Bhutto, who was dismissed in November 1996 on charges of corruption and misrule.
Clinton's secret service agents must testify: SC
Chief Justice William Rehnquist refused to spare President Bill Clinton's Secret Service Protectors from testifying in the Monica Lewinsky case, abruptly ending a bitter legal dispute and clearing the way for prosecutors to question some of their last key witnesses.
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