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| July 07, 2006 | Friday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 10, 1427 |
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Israel moves to smash charity network
TEL AVIV, July 6: Alongside their Gaza offensive and detention of Hamas officials, Israeli forces have been moving steadily against the Islamic charity network at the grassroots of the governing Palestinian militant group.... 
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Zawahri, bomber appear in London anniversary tape
DUBAI, July 6: On the eve of the anniversary of the London bombings, Al Jazeera television aired video footage of Al Qaeda deputy Ayman al-Zawahri praising one of the suicide bombers who also appeared on the tape to threaten more attacks....
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Iraqi PM opposes immunity
BAGHDAD, July 6: Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki said on Thursday that the blanket immunity enjoyed so far by foreign troops must be reviewed following allegations of rape and murder by US soldiers in Iraq....
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Japan to develop missile defence: N. Korea vows more tests
TOKYO, July 6: Japan wants to develop a joint missile defence system with the United States as quickly as possible following North Korea’s missile tests, the Japanese defence chief said on Thursday....
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Somalia: execution for not praying
MOGADISHU, July 6: Islamists vowed to execute Muslims who skip prayers as they tightened their religious grip on the Somali capital Mogadishu and again on Thursday rejected government calls for foreign peacekeepers....
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Putin calls Bush a decent friend
MOSCOW, July 6: Russian President Vladimir Putin sought on Thursday to play down poor relations with Washington, saying George Bush remained a ‘decent’ friend and the United States one of Russia’s most important partners....
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Europe’s response to siege of Gaza is shameful
LONDON: Thank goodness for the Swiss. Alone in Europe, their government has dared to condemn what the Israelis are doing to Gaza. It is collective punishment, they say....
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Is Nato now Karzai’s mercenary army?
LONDON: The debacle of Britain-in-Afghanistan cannot be ignored, because British troops are at risk. They were never meant to be at risk and their presence in that country has nothing to do with British security....
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Discovery docks with Space Station
HOUSTON, July 6: Shuttle Discovery docked flawlessly with the International Space Station 213 miles above the earth on Thursday to begin an eight-day stay on a mission critical to the future of both spacecraft....
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Al-Muhajir is in Egypt, says lawyer
RIYADH, July 6: In a twist to the ongoing saga in Iraq, an Egyptian lawyer is claiming that Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir, the purported successor of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi as leader of...
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Court upholds Erbakan plea
STRASBOURG, July 6: The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Turkey’s former prime minister Necmettin Erbakan’s rights to freedom of expression and to a fair hearing were violated...
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Venezuela, Iran unite as anti-US ‘odd couple’
TEHRAN: To deserve a statue in central Tehran, you normally need to be an 11th-century Persian poet. However, Venezuela’s 19th-century independence leader Simon Bolivar surveys passers-by in Goftogou Park....
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N. Koreans bound together by state paranoia
WHILE North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il was making headlines around the world on Wednesday, the vast majority of the 22 million population probably had no idea that their small, impoverished country...
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Reforms in G8 badly needed
WASHINGTON: Pressure to reform the Group of Eight club into a more representative and effective world council has never been more intense but a new generation of political leaders may be required to make it happen....
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