International Events in July 1998
1st Jul
Austria takes over European Union presidency.
8th Jul
The PLO's status is enhanced in the U.N. General Assembly, and it is unofficially described as ``Observer Plus.''
9th Jul
Taliban bans television in Afghanistan.
Australia ratifies CTBT.
10th Jul
Russia successfully launches six satellites.
11th Jul
The Pakistan rupee plunges to Rs. 60 a dollar, a new low.
Beijing releases four dissidents.
12th Jul
Hutu rebels kill 34 prisons in Tare, near Kigali.
13th Jul
The PLO chief, Mr. Yasser Arafat, voices support to Pakistan's nuclear programme.
The Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Ryutaro Hashimoto, quits.
The former Italian Premiers, Mr. Silvio Berlusconi and Mr. Bertino Craxi, are sentenced on bribery charges.
16th Jul
The FBI unearths a plot to kill the President, Mr. Bill Clinton, by a Texas-based separatist group.
17th Jul
Russia's last emperor, Czar Nicholas II, and his family are laid to rest at St. Petersburg, 80 years after they were killed by Bolsheviks on July 17, 1918.
18th Jul
Pakistan rejects India's plan for `no-first-use'' of nuclear weapons.
The South African President, Mr. Nelson Mandela, on his 80th birthday, marries his companion, Ms. Grace Machel.
One hundred and twenty countries adopt a statute to set up an international court to try war crimes, genocidal crimes against humanity and aggression.
About 1,500 persons are killed as a 10-metre tidal wave hits Aitape, a village in Papua New Guinea.
20th Jul
A Thailand business executive, Mr. Sophon Suphapong, gets the 1998 Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.
Afghanistan's Taliban militia shuts down international aid organisations, ordering them to move out of Kabul.
21st Jul
Communist party leaders of China and Japan meet in Beijing for the first time in 32 years.
The Italian Premier, Mr. Romanov Prodi, wins a trust vote in the Senate.
23rd Jul
The Teheran Mayor, Mr. Gholam Hussein Karbaschi, is convicted for embezzlement and misuse of public funds.
24th Jul
Mr. Keizo Obuchi is elected president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The way is paved for his becoming the next Prime Minister.
27th Jul
A new ``non-discriminatory'' Constitution comes into force on the Fiji Islands.
28th Jul
The Pakistan Supreme Court strikes down the Presidential order which suspends the fundamental rights of the citizens.
The Cambodian Opposition rejects results of the July 26 elections, saying its defeat was ``caused by fraud.''
30th Jul
The Myanmarese Opposition leader, Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, is forced to end a six-day stir in Yangon.
Mr. Joseph Estrada is sworn in the Philippines President.
A U.S. plane fires at an Iraqi surface-to air missile site at Basira.