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| March 27, 2006 | Monday | Safar 26, 1427 |
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Different continents, similar problems: World Social Forum
JOHANNESBURG: There is much that separates Africa and Asia, not least ethnicity, culture and language. But, as the third and final leg of this year’s World Social Forum (WSF) gathers momentum... 
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Students vow to step up protests in France
PARIS, March 26: French students vowed on Sunday to step up their protests against a new youth work contract after mass marches and a general strike planned for Tuesday if the government does not withdraw the law....
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Arabs pledge aid for Palestinians
KHARTOUM, March 26: Arab foreign ministers on Sunday dismissed Western explanations for cutting aid to the Palestinian Authority but offered no extra money to compensate for a budget shortfall when Hamas government takes office....
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Newspaper says Putin plagiarized US textbook
WASHINGTON, March 26: Russian President Vladimir Putin plagiarized sections of an American management textbook in writing an economics dissertation a decade ago, The Washington Times newspaper reported....
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US will query Russia on reports of help to Iraq
WASHINGTON, March 26: The United States said on Sunday it finds reports Russia gave Saddam Hussein intelligence after the 2003 invasion of Iraq war “very worrying” and will seek explanations from Moscow....
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Six Maoists killed in gunbattle
RAIPUR, March 26: Indian policemen shot dead six Maoist guerillas in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, two days after the rebels set off a landmine killing 13 people....
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UN courts company bosses to help world’s refugees
DADAAB (Kenya): One lives in a mud-and-stick hut with her family in arid east Kenya. The other has a bathroom of roughly the same size in Brussels....
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Antiquity digs give Greece a hard time
ATHENS: A country of amazing archaeological wealth that is both a blessing and a curse, Greece has for decades sought to keep its antiquities out of the hands of smugglers....
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Election will set seal on new shape of Israel
JERUSALEM: On first examination, Hill E1 does not suggest that it could stir deep political passions. A barren knob of earth and rock, topped by stunted pines, it spreads out in steep ridges north of Road One from Jerusalem to Jericho....
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And that’s the nature of news
LONDON: Spring is here and the spirit of protest is in the air. Across the Channel, French students are marching against unpopular employment laws; in London on Saturday, Trafalgar Square hosted...
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