Iraqis find 20 bodies bound, shot in head
BAGHDAD, June 12: The bodies of 20 people, bound and shot in the head, have been found on a military firing range in the eastern suburbs of Baghdad, police said on Sunday. The identities of the victims were unclear and...
Controversy over Jinnah irrelevant, say Indians
NEW DELHI, June 12: A majority of India’s youth believe the controversy over veteran leader Lal Krishna Advani’s remarks on the founder of Pakistan is not relevant today,...
Indo-Pakistan love story wins Bollywood Oscars
AMSTERDAM, June 12: A Romeo and Juliet romance between an Indian pilot and his Pakistani sweetheart triumphed on Sunday at the Bollywood Oscars awards ceremony held here...
Lebanese vote in 3rd round
BAABDA, June 12: Voters flocked to the polls in Lebanon on Sunday for the third round of elections hotly contested by rival anti-Syrian candidates as the shadow of its powerful neighbour...
Rafsanjani campaign focuses on youth
TEHRAN: Presidential candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani discussed fashion, sex and Islam in a rare televised chat with a panel of youngsters, ahead of an election marked by a battle for Iran’s...
G8 urged to ensure debt gains reach poor
JOHANNESBURG, June 12: Africans and global aid groups praised rich countries on Sunday for forgiving billions of dollars in debt but said more could still be done and the challenge...
Low turnout in Italy referendum
ROME, June 12: With a turnout of barely 13 per cent on Sunday evening, Italy appeared set to keep its tough assisted procreation law after the powerful Roman Catholic
Church...
Better to aim high on Africa
LONDON: It is easy to mock the ageing rocker and the collection of prima donnas he is reuniting in early July for banging out some familiar tunes to demonstrate...
When France sneezes...
THE FIFTH republic has run out of breath, declared François Bayrou, the leader of France’s centrist UDF party last week, after the landmark ‘no’ vote in the referendum on the EU...
True justice knows no boundaries
LONDON: I agree with Nick Cohen when he wrote last week: ‘The choice between human and economic rights isn’t either/or. It’s both or neither.’ But that is where my agreement ends....