| 26 September 2004 | Sunday | 10 Shaban 1425 |
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Not another Soviet Union
WASHINGTON: Russia is joining the ranks of nascent dictatorships, and Vladimir Putin is the executioner of Russian democracy. ... 
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Peace takes a back seat in Sri Lanka
KILINOCHCHI: There are slim hopes that the Sri Lankan government and rebel Tamil Tigers would restart peace talks soon after four people including a top renegade Tiger fighter were shot dead in growing factional fighting in the country. ...
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Afghanistan's vicious cycle of insecurity, drugs
KABUL: In the weeks leading up to the first presidential election in Afghanistan, a new World Bank report finds that the country's future prospects depend on whether the political leadership can free it from a vicious cycle ...
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The new gamble: Kerry changes focus
WASHINGTON: John Kerry on Friday launched his most aggressive attack to date on President Bush's foreign policy, in a clear sign that the senator and his aides have decided that he cannot win the November election by focusing on traditional Democratic issues. ...
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Reforms anger Spanish church
MADRID: Five months after taking office, Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, 44, is on a collision course with the country's influential Catholic Church. ...
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Nigeria's oil wells threatened
A REBEL group in Nigeria's oil-rich delta has threatened to target oil installations in an escalation of the conflict. ...
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China's melting glaciers
BEIJING: The worlds highest ice fields are melting so quickly that they are on course to disappear within 100 years, driving up sea levels, increasing floods and turning verdant mountain slopes into deserts, Chinese scientists have warned. ...
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Morocco to host first meeting on ME reform
NEW YORK, Sept 25: Morocco has agreed to host the first meeting of a panel that will examine a controversial US-sponsored scheme to spur reform in the Middle East and North Africa, officials said on Friday. ...
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Sudan govt claims crushing coup bid
KHARTOUM, Sept 25: The Sudanese government imposed a security clampdown on Saturday after announcing that it had foiled a coup attempt the previous day by supporters of a former jailed ally, Hassan al Turabi ...
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Brutal opponents posing problems in Iraq: Bush
WASHINGTON, Sept 25: President George Bush on Saturday called US opponents in Iraq some of the most brutal men on Earth and acknowledged that serious problems remain in many Iraqi cities. ...
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Florida braces itself for fourth hurricane in six weeks
MIAMI, Sept 25: Close to a million residents were ordered to leave their homes along Florida's east coast on Saturday as Hurricane Jeanne barrelled toward the distinction of becoming the fourth hurricane to hit the state in six weeks. ...
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Controversial French author Sagan dies
PARIS, Sept 25: French author Francoise Sagan, who shot to fame with her first novel "Bonjour Tristesse" at the age of 18 and courted controversy throughout her life, died on Friday, a hospital spokesman said. ...
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WHO fears man-to-man transmission of bird flu
BANGKOK, Sept 25: The World Health Organization said on Saturday it suspected bird flu had passed from human to human in northern Thailand, marking what could be the first such transmission of the lethal virus. ...
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UK Muslims send envoys to Baghdad
LIVERPOOL, Sept 25: Two envoys from Britain's leading Muslim organization travelled to Iraq Saturday, hoping to help secure the release of a British engineer taken hostage eight days ago. ...
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