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| March 31, 2006 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 1, 1427 |
Rice hints at supporting Israeli moves: Border plan
BERLIN, March 30: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday left open the possibility that Washington could support unilateral steps by Israel to impose final borders with the Palestinians....
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Hamas-led govt begins work
GAZA, March 30: Hamas ministers began work on Thursday after the Palestinian militant group’s government took office, battling Western isolation and a crippling cash crunch....
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Quartet’s warning on aid
UNITED NATIONS, March 30: The refusal of the Hamas-led Palestinian government to commit to non-violence, recognition of Israel and other principles will inevitably have an effect on direct assistance to it,...
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US to test 700-ton explosive
WASHINGTON, March 30: The US military plans to detonate a 700-ton explosive charge in a test called ‘Divine Strake’ that will send a mushroom cloud over Las Vegas, a senior defence official said on Thursday....
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UN Security Council statement on Iran: text
UNITED NATIONS, March 30: Here is the text of the statement on Iran’s nuclear programmeme agreed by the UN Security Council on Wednesday: “The Security Council reaffirms its commitment to the...
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US seeks long-term measures
BERLIN, March 30: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday called a newly adopted UN statement on Iran a first step and urged world powers to consider longer-term measures to thwart Tehran’s suspected nuclear arms ambitions....
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China says it does not want ‘more turmoil’: Russia urges Iran to heed UN call
BERLIN, March 30: China believes there is enough turmoil in the Middle East and does not want to create any more, Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo said on Thursday after a meeting in Berlin on Iran....
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Tehran proposes ‘consortium’
GENEVA, March 30: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday formally offered to set up a ‘regional consortium’ to enrich fuel for his country’s nuclear programmeme....
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Pakistanis in BD: plea to govts
DHAKA, March 30: Speakers from home and abroad at a round-table discussion here on Wednesday emphasised the need to resolve immediately the issue of Pakistanis stranded in Bangladesh....
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Afghan convert goes into hiding in Italy
ROME, March 30: Abdul Rahman, the Afghan Christian who narrowly escaped the death penalty after converting from Islam, has gone to ground in Italy shortly after arriving in Rome in a security operation shrouded in secrecy....
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US Muslim gets 30-year jail for plotting to kill Bush
WASHINGTON, March 30: An American Muslim has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for allegedly joining Al Qaeda and plotting to kill President Bush. Prosecutors had asked for the maximum,...
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US defends N-deal with India
WASHINGTON, March 30: The United States has strongly defended the civilian nuclear deal with India, saying it materialized only after New Delhi’s commitment to meet non-proliferation goals....
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UK students to read book on Himalayas
LONDON, March 30: A travel book written by a former Monty Python comedian will become required reading in high school geography classes, Britain’s school minister said on Thursday, as the government seeks to boost interest in geography....
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100 hurt in BD clashes
DHAKA, March 30: More than 100 people, including journalists and police personnel, were wounded as fierce clashes between opposition activists and law enforcers marked a sit-in of the Awami League-led alliance of opposition political parties around the Bangladesh secretariat on Thursday....
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Rice visit to mosque cancelled after threat
LONDON, March 30: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British opposite number Jack Straw cancelled plans to visit a mosque in his home city, officials said on Thursday, after threats of protests over the occupation of Iraq....
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Tough talk endears president to Iranians
TEHRAN: His uncompromising talk about Iran’s nuclear ambitions and calls for Israel’s destruction have caused alarm abroad, but at home Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plays to packed rallies of supporters....
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Myanmar’s new jungle capital
YANGON: Myanmar’s increa-singly reclusive and repressive military junta showed off its mysterious new capital, Naypyidaw, to outsiders on Monday for the first time, during a ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day....
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India’s social security scheme flounders
NEW DELHI: Nearly two months after India launched ‘the world’s biggest social security scheme’, doubts are creeping up on the workability of a programme to provide work for 25 million unemployed rural people....
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China grapples with water shortage
YINCHUAN: Wang Zhanguo can’t remember the last time it rained. “I think it rained once or twice last year, but I’m not sure,” said Wang, a Muslim who lives in China’s bleak, remote northwestern region of Ningxia....
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Poll result a setback to Olmert’s border plan
TEL AVIV: Having stepped in for the comatose Ariel Sharon and waged a tough-talking campaign to win Israel''s election, Ehud Olmert hoped to receive a mandate for his central policy: a partial withdrawal from the West Bank....
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