London Muslims fear backlash
LONDON: The weekly ritual of Friday prayers gave London’s 600,000 Muslims their first public opportunity to grieve after terrorist bombs ripped through the city a day earlier....
Bus bomb presents puzzle
LONDON: The bomb that blew up a double-decker London bus, killing 13 people, was the “odd one out” among Thursday’s four deadly attacks and throws up puzzling questions that will be central to the investigation....
Timers were used in blasts: UK police: Three explosions were ‘simultaneous’
LONDON, July 9: Police hunting for suspected Al Qaeda bombers who killed more than 50 people in London said on Saturday three of the blasts were almost simultaneous, making it more likely they were detonated by timers than suicide bombers....
Al Muhajiroun chief warned of attack 15 months ago
LONDON, July 9: A Muslim leader warned in a Portuguese newspaper interview 15 months ago that a London-based group, Al Qaeda Europe, was on the verge of a major attack....
North Korea, US agree to resume talks on 25th
BEIJING, July 9: The United States and North Korea agreed here on Saturday to resume multilateral talks aimed at ending Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons drive in what is seen as a significant...
Rebel leader takes oath as Sudan VP
KHARTOUM, July 9: Former rebel leader John Garang was sworn in as Sudan’s first vice president on Saturday as a new power-sharing constitution came into force in a bid to put a final seal on two decades of civil war....
Egypt asks Iraq to explain remarks on slain envoy
CAIRO, July 9: Egypt has asked the Iraqi embassy in Cairo to explain an Iraqi suggestion that murdered Egyptian ambassador Ihab el Sharif was in touch with Iraqi guerillas, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Saturday....
Italy sets date for pullout from Iraq
ROME: Italy’s Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, on Friday confirmed that he would start pulling his country’s troops out of Iraq within two months. Speaking at the G8 Gleneagles summit, Mr Berlusconi...
Giving birth often means death in Bolivia
CURVA (Bolivia): Carlota Huacani is 53 and has just visited the doctor for the first time in her life. Her village had no clinic and her husband did not want her...
Russia remains a journalist’s danger zone
MOSCOW: Russia remains among the most dangerous countries for journalists because of the government’s failure to investigate thoroughly the murders of a dozen reporters and editors over the past five years,...
Hu performs balancing act with finesse
EDINBURGH: The G8 summit this week has illustrated Chinese President Hu Jintao’s balancing act — to edge closer to superpower status while not giving up the traditional role of a developing country....
Subway likely to yield more bodies
LONDON, July 9: Recovery workers on Saturday trawled for more corpses from subway carriages crumpled in the deadliest terror attack on Britain as an Al Qaeda message claimed ‘this laudable Conquest’....
US lacking in detainees’ medical care: Army
WASHINGTON: Defence Department officials failed to adequately plan for the medical care of detainees captured during the Iraq war, causing some medical personnel to reuse needles and other medical supplies and...
Lankan govt rules out early polls
COLOMBO, July 9: Sri Lanka’s minority government on Friday ruled out holding elections this year. Talking to reporters, Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said the government was stable and there was no need for an early election this year....
4 Muslims shot dead in Lanka
COLOMBO, July 9: A tea trader and his three colleagues were found shot dead in the Sri Lankan capital on Saturday, with police saying they could have been killed over a business dispute....