Tehran to resume N-activities ‘in days’
TEHRAN, May 9: Iran will resume some sensitive nuclear activities “in the next few days”, an Iranian official negotiating with the EU said on Monday. “We will relaunch in the next...
Detained Muslim girls released in US
NEW YORK, May 9: The FBI released two teenage Muslim girls detained by it six weeks ago amid apprehensions that they were potential recruits for a suicide bomb plot that never...
Most Arabs stay away from first summit with South America
CAIRO, May 9: A summit in Brazil this week aimed at forging closer ties between South American and Arab countries is being largely ignored by Arab leaders, even after two years...
US priority is to fight guerillas, not Saddam loyalists: paper
WASHINGTON, May 9: US military officials in Iraq are now focusing more on fighting Iraqi guerillas and foreign fighters than loyalists of the Saddam Hussein government, the Washington Post said on...
Greeks protest ‘heretic’ meet
ATHENS, May 9: Some 500 ultra-conservative Greek Orthodox faithful marched through central Athens on Monday to protest against a conference of the World Church Council (WCC), the EU Constitution and the...
Quartet seeks full Israeli pullout
MOSCOW, May 9: International Middle East mediators from the “quartet” group called on Israel on Monday to withdraw fully from Gaza in accordance with the roadmap peace plan as Israel announced...
British PM rejects calls for resignation
LONDON, May 9: British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday rejected calls to resign as he reshuffled the ministerial pack after last week’s election sharply weakened his Labour government. Mr Blair...
Russians shoot down rain clouds for Bush
MOSCOW, May 9: For a heart-stopping hour it looked on Monday as if President Vladimir Putin would fail to deliver on a promise to provide fine weather for world leaders attending...
First US president in Caucasus
TBILISI, May 9: George Bush travelled to Georgia on Monday in the first-ever visit by a serving US president to the Caucasus region long dominated by Russia, underscoring the dramatic geopolitical...
Withdrawal postponed till Aug
JERUSALEM, May 9: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon delayed Monday the operation to pull out of the Gaza Strip until the middle of August as his number two in government warned...
Voices of the dead on audiotape?
STOCKHOLM: Can voices of the dead be heard on ordinary audio tapes recorded in a quiet room? Swedish archaeologist, documentary maker and artist Friedrich Juergenson pioneered research into Electronic Voice Phenomena...
Britons want troops out of Iraq
LONDON: Tony Blair insists British troops cannot leave Iraq until Iraq’s own police and army can guarantee security. It is, of course, the same argument that George Bush uses to justify...
Woman to lead Nasa mission for first time
CAPE CANAVERAL (USA): Eileen Collins will lead the Discovery shuttle as it blasts into space in July, but NASA’s first female shuttle commander remains among the few pioneering women in the...
Camel jockeys trying to recover lost childhood
ABU DHABI: Zulfiqar was eight years old when his parents sent him from Lahore to the United Arab Emirates for a career in camel jockeying. His childhood career finally ended last...
Brain reacts to black faces, says study
LONDON: Photographs of black faces trigger the brain’s “alarm button” in almost two-thirds of both white and black people, according to the results of a study by American neuroscientists published on...
Dead Sea, Red Sea link canal planned
RAMALLAH: Ministers from Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority are likely to sign an agreement to pave the way for the construction of a canal that will link the Red Sea...