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| March 28, 2006 | Tuesday | Safar 27, 1427 |
Hamas not to change Israel stance: Haniya
GAZA CITY, March 27: Incoming Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya said on Monday his Hamas government was ready to talk to the international community to end the Middle East conflict, but would not change its hardline stance on Israel....
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Congressman urges Bush to ‘follow principles’: Nuclear accord with India
NEW YORK, March 27: Saying that the solution for a lasting alliance with India will not be achieved by blowing a hole in the non-proliferation treaty (NPT), a US Congressman has...
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Yushchenko moves to keep pro-Russia party out of govt
KIEV, March 27: Ukraine’s pro-Western liberals on Monday prepared for coalition talks to keep the Russia-backed winner of Sunday’s parliamentary election in opposition, though President Viktor Yushchenko quashed talk of any quick deal....
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Blair fuels speculation over future
CANBERRA, March 27: British Prime Minister Tony Blair sparked a fresh bout of conjecture over his future on Monday when he said it may have been a mistake to rule out a fourth term....
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Muslim woman can ‘refuse handshake’
AMSTERDAM, March 27: A Dutch school was wrong to bar a Muslim woman from its classes for refusing to shake hands with men, the Commission for Equal Treatment said on Monday....
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Rumsfeld says ‘Islamists’ most brutal enemies
CARLISLE (USA), March 27: The Al Qaeda network and ‘affiliated Islamic extremists’ represent one of the most brutal enemies the United States has ever seen, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Monday....
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Divorce after ‘talaq’ uttered in sleep
KOLKATA, March 27: Muslim religious authorities have ordered an Indian couple to separate after hearing that the husband had uttered the word for divorce three times in his sleep, police said on Monday....
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‘Unwitting racism’
LONDON, March 27: British police officials were guilty of serious failings and unwitting racism over the death of a black ex-soldier in their custody eight years ago, an independent watchdog ruled on Monday....
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Iran talks on 30th
NEW YORK, March 27: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Germany, France and Britain this week for talks on the Iran deadlock, it was announced here on Monday....
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Belarus saga exposes duplicity of the West
LONDON: When is an election not considered free and fair by the West? Answer: when it delivers victory to a government that rejects neo-liberal orthodoxy and refuses to orientate its foreign policy towards Washington or Brussels....
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US planners responsible for Iraq setback
WASHINGTON: Too little, too late. President Bush is going to the nation to bolster his plummeting credibility because the war in Iraq is going badly. He’s even admitting the original war...
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Ideological rift reopens in Turkey
ANKARA: Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s failure to achieve the installation of an Islamic central banker exposes deep political divisions in EU-aspirant Turkey as it gears up for elections next year....
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Democracy is still a dream in Arab world
KHARTOUM: When Arab leaders gather in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday for their yearly summit, the ballot box will have made fewer changes in their ranks than the grim reaper or military coups....
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Iran says force can’t end its efforts
BERLIN, March 27: Military strikes against nuclear sites would not destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment activities, which could be easily moved and restarted, a senior official said on Monday....
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South Africa witnessing consumer boom
JOHANNESBURG: They hang out in glitzy bars, drive luxury cars, compete for the best homes and shop in upmarket stores — South Africa’s black middle class has arrived and is fuelling a consumer boom....
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Kosovo still last piece of Balkan puzzle
KOSOVO’S Serbs and Albanians finally are meeting to discuss the fate of what UN Special Representative Soren Jessen-Peterson describes as the “last piece of the puzzle in the Balkans.”...
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