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| April 18, 2006 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 19, 1427 |
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Dr Khan case could be reopened: NYT
NEW YORK, April 17: The questioning of discredited scientist Dr A. Q. Khan could be reopened following claims by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Tehran was “presently conducting research on the... 
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China, Russia block Sudan sanctions
UNITED NATIONS, April 17: Russia, China and Qatar blocked UN sanctions on Monday against four Sudanese held responsible for abuses in Darfur, but the United States said it would force a public vote on the issue....
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Tehran’s claim baffles experts
TEHRAN, April 17: A claim by Iran’s president that the country is conducting tests on a more sophisticated type of nuclear enrichment centrifuge could — if true — mean Iran has...
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US warns PA against ‘sponsoring terror acts’
PARIS, April 17: The United States warned the Hamas-led Palestinian government against defending or sponsoring ‘terrorist acts’ as a suicide bombing in Israel on Monday drew widespread international condemnation....
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17 bodies found in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, April 17: Seventeen bullet-riddled bodies of men killed in apparent sectarian bloodshed surfaced across Baghdad on Monday as Iraq was thrown into political turmoil after leaders cancelled a much-awaited parliament session....
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Lawmakers call for US-Iran negotiations
WASHINGTON, April 17: US lawmakers have urged the Bush administration to hold direct talks with Iran to end a potentially dangerous dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme....
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White House plans staff shake-up ‘soon’
WASHINGTON, April 17: The White House will announce shortly a shake-up of several of President George Bush’s key advisers, a spokesman said on Monday....
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Beijing wakes up covered in sand
BEIJING, April 17: Millions of Beijing residents woke up on Monday to find their city covered in a thin layer of sand — another reminder that the desert is moving closer to the Chinese capital....
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US court refuses to hear Uighurs’ plea
WASHINGTON, April 17: The US supreme court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by two Chinese ethnic Uighur Muslims held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, despite an acknowledgement by...
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Iran allowed to export caviar
UNITED NATIONS, April 17: Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will not be allowed to export any caviar as they failed to provide information needed to ensure the fish’s survival to the...
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US asks Qatar to explain donation
WASHINGTON, April 17: The United States on Monday asked Qatar to clarify details over $50 million it plans to give the Palestinian Authority, despite calls from Washington not to directly fund a Hamas-led government....
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Western aid cut starts biting Hamas govt
GAZA CITY: An empty watchtower overlooks a deserted road lined with rusting vehicle parts. The only traffic is a pregnant bitch and a mule and cart....
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Lanka in danger of reverting to civil war
COLOMBO: With Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels pulling out of talks with the government, the peace process may falter, leading to more violence and a danger the island could revert to a ruinous two-decade civil war, analysts and diplomats said....
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Iraqi morgue unable to cope with bodies
BAGHDAD: As violence continues to rise in Iraq, the central morgue in Baghdad is unable to keep up with the daily influx of dozens of bodies....
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Hollywood has got it wrong, say Rwanda victims
KIGALI: Three films in two years about Rwanda’s genocide have shocked western audiences with the scale and savagery of the slaughter, but many survivors in the tiny central African nation are unimpressed....
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Six months after bombings, Bali still suffering
DENPASAR (Indonesia): A waiter at one of the seafood restaurants strung along Bali’s Jimbaran Bay gestures towards the other end of the beach, a sparsely populated stretch of sand where suicide bombs were detonated more than six months ago....
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