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| September 05, 2006 | Tuesday | Sha'aban 11, 1427 |
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Qatar agrees to contribute to UN force
DOHA, Sept 4: Qatar on Monday became the first Arab country to commit troops to the expanded UN force set up to keep the peace between Israel and Hezbollah guerillas in south Lebanon.... 
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Briton shot dead in Jordan
AMMAN, Sept 4: A Jordanian gunman opened fire on western tourists in the heart of Amman on Monday, killing a Briton and wounding five holidaymakers and a policeman in what officials called a ‘terror’ attack....
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Annan to appoint ‘secret negotiator’: Release of Israeli soldiers
BEIRUT, Sept 4: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday he would appoint a secret negotiator to mediate between Israel and Hezbollah for the release of two Israeli soldiers captured in July....
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Olmert shelves West Bank pullout
JERUSALEM, Sept 4: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday shelved his controversial plan to withdraw from large swathes of the occupied West Bank and said he wanted dialogue with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas....
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Woman who rode in JFK car dies
AUSTIN, Sept 4: Former Texas first lady Nellie Connally, who was riding in the limousine with President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in 1963, has died at the age of 87, a family friend said on Saturday....
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Kashmiris protest death in custody
SRINAGAR, Sept 4: Hundreds of people demonstrated in held Kashmir on Monday, accusing the police of killing a Muslim youth in custody, witnesses said. More than 700 protesters gathered in Bandipur...
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US, Iraq govts to sign handover pact soon
BAGHDAD, Sept 4: The United States and Iraq hope to sign an agreement by next week to hand operational command of Iraq’s new army to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, overcoming wrangles on wording that had held up the accord....
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‘Crocodile Hunter’ dies
SYDNEY, Sept 4: Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, has died in a marine accident off Australia’s northeastern coast. Queensland state government sources quoted by Australian Associated...
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Anti-globalisation protesters to hold parallel event
SINGAPORE: Threatened with arrests and canings, activists planning demonstrations at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), to be held here this month, are...
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Somalia: US groping for adequate response
NAIROBI: Anarchic Somalia has confounded US foreign policy once again, leaving Washington struggling to find a coherent approach to a state whose internal turmoil threatens to destabilise the Horn of Africa....
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Afghan mission is far from accomplished
ISLAMABAD: As British military investigators combed through the crash site of the Nimrod reconnaissance plane in western Kandahar on Saturday, fresh fighting erupted nearby, killing four Canadian soldiers and scores of Taliban....
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Robot with a ‘nose’ for good taste
TSU: Researchers in Japan have designed a robot with taste. The electromechanical “sommelier” developed at NEC System Technologies and Mie university is able to identify dozens of different wines, cheeses and hors d’oeuvres....
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Environment & evolution leading to obesity
SYDNEY: Evolution and the environment, not just gluttony, has led to a global obesity pandemic, with an estimated 1.5 billion people overweight — more than the number of undernourished people — an obesity conference was told on Monday....
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Mbeki under pressure for purchasing luxury house
JOHANNESBURG: The struggle for the future leadership of South Africa heated up at the weekend when, for the first time, the former deputy president Jacob Zuma launched an open attack on President Thabo Mbeki, accusing him of over-centralising power....
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