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EUROPE/AMERICA
TEHRAN TIMES INTERNATIONAL DAILY AUGUST 23 2008
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DNA tests NATO: Russia halts Obama says he's made his
for Madrid choice for running mate
air victims
military cooperation concerns about the Georgian
EMPORIA (AP) -- Barack Obama said Thursday he's chosen his
running mate, but coyly kept all the details to himself as he campaigned
with one leading contender and planned a major rally to present the
Democratic ticket Saturday in Illinois.
DNA tests will be needed to identify invasion.
Obama refused to say whether he'd notified his pick or when exactly
many of the 153 people killed "We still have some very
he would send cell phones buzzing with the answer delivered via text
in Wednesday's plane disaster important issues that we need
message.
at Madrid airport, the Spanish to work with Russia on," Wood
He didn't reveal his choice to Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, considered to be
government says. said.
on Obama's short list, even after they met Thursday, according to two people
Deputy Prime Minister Maria Under a 2002 agreement
close to the governor. They spoke on a condition of anonymity because they
Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said that set up the NATO-Russia
were not authorized to speak publicly.
experts had so far only been able to Council, the former Cold
Obama seemed to relish the frustrations of scores of reporters following
identify 59 people using fingerprint War foes began several
him this week in anticipation of the announcement.
analysis. cooperation projects. They
"Wouldn't you like to know?" he said with a grin when an Associated
The air disaster, in which a include sharing expertise to
Press reporter asked when the text would be sent.
departing jet caught fire after veering combat heroin trafficking out
"I've made the selection, that's all you're gonna get," Obama said.
off the runway, was Spain's worst in of Afghanistan, developing
On the Republican side, GOP officials said late Thursday that John
25 years. battlefield anti-missile
McCain has not settled on a running mate although former Massachusetts
Vigils were held on Thursday to technology, joint exercises
Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty were under serious
remember those who died. and help with rescue at sea.
consideration. Two officials close to Romney said he had not been offered
It will be weeks, maybe months, Romero said she was
the job.
before the truth is known about unaware of any specific
Democratic and Republican officials said both candidates were capable
what caused the plane to crash, the events under the cooperation
of making wild card picks that would surprise their backers.
BBC's Johnny Dymond reports from agreement scheduled before
Obama planned to appear with his pick at the Old State Capitol in Springfield,
Madrid. BRUSSELS (AP) -- Russia has President George W. Bush in early September.
Ill., where he launched his presidential campaign in February 2007.
There has been much criticism of halted all military cooperation Crawford, Texas. Earlier Thursday, Russian Foreign
One person who had been vetted for the position told The Associated
the flight operator, Spanair, but there with NATO, the Western alliance "I can't imagine a circumstance Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested
Press there had been no contact from Obama or his campaign about the
is little to back it up at present, our said Thursday, in the latest sign right now that we would engage that NATO needs Russia more than
decision. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Obama
correspondent says. of East-West tension over the in military cooperation with the Moscow needs NATO.
campaign asked candidates not to speak about the decision.
Until the contents of the flight invasion of Georgia. Russians until the situation in "Russia's help is critical for NATO,"
recorders are analyzed, the final Alliance spokeswoman Carmen Georgia is resolved." Lavrov said in televised comments
minutes of the flight will remain a Romero said NATO had received In a move that angered Russia, in Moscow. Some Western analysts
mystery, he adds. notification through military channels NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday say, however, that Russia's decision
Nineteen foreigners that Russia's Defense Ministry had said they would make further ties is more significant as a sign of
The remains of the dead have all taken a decision "to halt international with Russia dependent on Moscow worsening political relations, rather
been taken to a mortuary at Madrid's military cooperation events between making good on a pledge to pull its than a major blow to NATO's military
Ifema congress center, which was Russia and NATO countries until troops back to pre-conflict positions plans.
used to collect victims of the Madrid further instructions." in Georgia. But they stopped short Lavrov hinted that the freeze
train bombings of 2004. The United States immediately of calling an immediate halt to all could have an impact on NATO's
"All of them have undergone played down the significance of cooperation. mission in Afghanistan. Moscow
autopsies," said Ms Fernandez de la the Russian decision, saying that Moscow has also bristled at signed an agreement with NATO in
Vega. "The investigation commission NATO had already effectively frozen NATO's insistence that Georgia April authorizing the alliance to send
is working very intensively, and hand- cooperation in protest at Russia's could one day join the alliance and non-lethal supplies to its troops
in-hand with foreign experts." continued military presence in much by an agreement signed Wednesday in Afghanistan through Russian
Of the survivors of the Spanair of Georgia. allowing the United States to base territory.
flight JK 5022 crash on Wednesday, "For all practical purposes, anti-missile interceptors in Poland. In another sign of tension,
several remain critically ill. Four are military-to-military cooperation had The U.S. State Department called Moscow has called its ambassador
in a "very serious" condition, with really already been ended with the Russian move "unfortunate." to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, home
another listed as "serious", Spanish the Russians," said U.S. National Spokesman Robert Wood told for consultations, a diplomat at
media reported. Security Council spokesman reporters in Washington "we want the Russian mission at alliance
The Illinois senator was widely thought to be considering Kaine, Gov.
But five of six people classed Gordon Johndroe, with vacationing Russia to work with us" despite U.S. headquarters said.
Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and Sens. Joe Biden of Delaware and Evan
as "serious" showed signs of Bayh of Indiana. None of them gave anything away -- at least not in
improvement on Thursday, according
to Spanish news agency Efe. Eight of
the injured remain under observation
New judges assigned to Karadzic trial
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -- case was assigned to a different trial Patrick Robinson, Jean-Claude
words.
Obama spent part of the day with Kaine, who reportedly told a colleague
Wednesday that he believed he was on the short list. West Virginia Gov. Joe
with one only slightly injured, Spanish Former Bosnian Serb leader chamber. Antonetti and Iain Bonomy. Manchin said Kaine told him although he hadn't heard anything from the
media said. Radovan Karadzic got his wish Karadzic, arrested in July after The tribunal has not yet named a Obama campaign on where he stands at the time, "he really thinks he has
Harrowing reports of the crash for a different judge on Thursday 11 years on the run, had argued the presiding judge. a chance at the short straw."
have been emerging from among the when the UN tribunal for former pre-trial presiding judge, Alphons Karadzic is due back in court on Kaine and Obama met privately with the governor's staff for 15 minutes at
survivors. Yugoslavia assigned his war Orie, had a "personal interest" in his August 29, where he will be asked a Richmond hotel. Afterward, Kaine said he would let the Obama campaign
"The plane was rocking from one crimes case to a new chamber on case because he had participated in to enter a plea for the second time. speak about whether the candidate asked him to be his No. 2. But two
side to another," said Ligia Palomino, procedural grounds. previous trials and would want those If he refuses, as he did at his July people close to Kaine said the governor was still in the dark.
who survived with leg injuries and Earlier this week, Karadzic judgments validated. 31 initial appearance, a plea of "not Biden had a family gathering at his home Thursday afternoon, with his wife
cuts to her face. demanded the United Nations A tribunal official said the guilty" will be entered for him. Jill, niece Missy Owens and son Beau, Delaware's attorney general, coming
"I don't know what happened next. tribunal in The Hague replace the assignment of new judges for Karadzic is before the and going past reporters staked outside. Biden ran errands, including a visit
I saw people, smoke, explosions judges who are overseeing the the case was not in response to International Criminal Tribunal for to the dentist, but didn't speak to the media as he came and went.
- I think that is what woke me up preparatory stage of his trial for Karadzic's request. the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to face Biden is a favorite for the vice presidential nomination among Democrats
because I had lost consciousness. charges including genocide. The tribunal said later that two charges of genocide over the who think Obama could use his experience and tough campaign style. Biden
"I lifted my head and all I saw were When prosecutors informed the Karadzic's motion to the president of 43-month siege of Sarajevo and the has served 35 years in Congress, while Obama has served three.
scattered bodies," added the 41-year- tribunal that they were no longer the UN body was moot because the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims Sebelius, campaigning for Obama in Iowa, said being mentioned as a
old doctor. "I thought that if help did trying to combine Karadzic's case case had been assigned to a different at Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in potential running mate is something of "an out-of-body experience."
not arrive soon I would die." with that of another suspect, his trial chamber, which includes judges Europe since World War Two. "Whoever it is, I am an enthusiastic supporter," she said but added she
Two babies and 20 children would leave the announcement to the campaign.
were on board the flight, which was
heading from Madrid to Las Palmas
in the Canary Islands, according to
Health Ministry Strictly Supervises Bayh worked in his Capitol Hill office and later spent time at his home in
Washington. He left wearing shorts and a baseball cap but told reporters
outside he had no news to share. "Not tonight, sorry," he said.
Spanair, which released the official
passenger manifest. Three children
survived the crash.
over Beverage Production and Import It's possible Obama could make a surprise selection, although at least
one dark horse candidate appeared out of the running. Former Georgia
Ministry of Health, Treatment "Registration of the foreign cosmetics noted that all the Sen. Sam Nunn's spokesman said he would be traveling internationally until
Nineteen foreigners from at least Monday, making a Saturday visit to Springfield seem unlikely.
and Medical Training will producing companies has been conditions and regulations of
11 countries were on the plane, Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, a national security expert who has
implement a plan on presenting placed in our agenda," he said, the ministry are observed for
the Spanish government said. The been mentioned as a possible candidate, was at his home in Jamestown on
the health and safety signs to adding the companies are supplying Rani Soft Drink to the
countries include Germany, France, Thursday. He told an AP reporter that he was not Obama's choice and that
food and beverage producers authorized to import products market, adding based on the test
Sweden, Mauritania, Turkey, Brazil, he had not been asked for any background information.
and importers, said director if they present standard health made by the Institute of Standard
Indonesia, Bulgaria, Italy, Colombia New polls out this week show Obama is neck-and-neck with McCain and
general of the ministry's general permits and documents. and Industrial Research of Iran,
and Gambia. still has yet to win over some supporters of Democratic primary rival Hillary
office for supervising food, Hosseini said that the offenders the beverage contain no illegal
Engine theory Rodham Clinton. The polls sparked fresh discussion of whether Obama
beverage and cosmetics Hedayat will be identified through continuous additive.
Spanish leaders met relatives would make a surprise selection of Clinton as his running mate.
Hosseini. inspections and supervisions, The official further stated that
of the victims on Thursday as the Clinton had other plans for the weekend. She was scheduled to visit the
The move aims at improving the noting with respect to an increase resources and information of 627
country observed national mourning. New York State Fair Friday and speak in Fresno, Calif., Sunday at the United
health of society and supervising in the beverage consumption in foreign producing companies,
The Spanair flight, bound for Las Farm Workers of America's 18th Constitutional Convention.
performance of domestic the summer, the office exercises importing products to Iran, have
Palmas in the Canary Islands, took
producers and importers of food special supervision over the been registered in the Health
off on Wednesday at lunchtime with
172 people on board, including 10
and beverages, he added products during the warm season. Ministry so far, saying suitable Paraguay's new president
He said that in line with policy Rani Soft Drink has no cooperation has been made
crew members.
of exercising more control over health problem with the Standard and Industrial
replaces military command
Initial reports suggested a fire ASUNCION (AP) -- Paraguay's On Tuesday, Lugo replaced the
food and beverage products, the Referring to the recent rumors Research Organization in this
had broken out in one of the MD82 new president is replacing most of nation's police commander.
ministry has pursued the objective about Rani Soft Drink he said that respect.
plane's engines during or shortly after the country's top military leaders. The left-leaning leader pledged
of decentralization and handing the information of the beverage "According to the law, the
take-off, and the plane ended up in a Presidential spokesman Augusto last week to reform the nation's mi-
over some responsibilities to 41 have been registered in the Health offenders will be strictly penalized"
field. Dos Santos says newly inaugurated litary, saying soldiers would now
medical sciences universities Ministry. he noted.
Spanish Transport Minister President Fernando Lugo has signed perform humanitarian tasks for the
during the past years. "The health sign of product "Based on the food law, ratified
Magdalena Alvarez said the plane 30 decrees naming new heads of the poor.
"The ministry is implementing has conformity with the existing in 1987, those who violate the
had earlier begun taxiing to the impoverished country's army, air for- In a speech, Lugo said the mili-
the comprehensive plans for standard of the country", he said. import and export laws are referred
runway, before turning back because ce and navy. tary will "never again ... be used to
supervising the process of issuing Director general of the Health to the judicial offices and we are in
of a technical problem, which had The decrees do not specify if the repress or harass" the people.
production permits and health Ministry's general office for charge of filling a lawsuit against
caused an hour's delay in take-off. changes are due to corruption or His inauguration ends more than
licenses", he said. supervising food, beverage and them", he concluded.
(Source: BBC) misconduct. six decades of one-party rule.