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| September 07, 2006 | Thursday | Sha'aban 13, 1427 |
Seven Blair loyalists resign in protest: PM not to go before July: press
LONDON, Sept 6: British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a growing rebellion over his leadership on Wednesday after reports he planned to stay in office until mid-2007 prompted seven former loyalists to quit their posts....
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Pentagon to respect Geneva Convention: Policy shift on treatment of prisoners
WASHINGTON, Sept 6: The Pentagon on Wednesday issued a new policy statement explicitly requiring US military staff to respect the Geneva Conventions’ standards for treatment of prisoners held in its ‘war on terror’....
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Terror fears growing in West: survey
BRUSSELS, Sept 6: United States and EU citizens are increasingly fearful of global terrorism but they do not agree on how best to counter the threat nor how to deal with Iran’s growing nuclear activities, a study released on Wednesday showed....
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Russia hints at sanctions against Iran
MOSCOW, Sept 6: Russia is considering support for UN economic sanctions against Iran over its refusal to back down on nuclear enrichment, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday....
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Grameen Bank founder wins Seoul prize
DHAKA: The Grameen Bank-famed Mohammad Yunus of Bangladesh was named as winner of the Seoul Peace Prize on Wednesday....
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Delhi-Paris missile accord hits snag
PARIS: The signing of a crucial Indo-French agreement on transfer of technology for production of French cruise missiles by India was put off due to last-minute hitches, official sources said here on Tuesday....
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Sri Lankan army, Tamil Tigers biding for time
COLOMBO: After a month of open warfare between Sri Lanka’s government and Tamil Tiger rebels, analysts say the next step may involve more bomb attacks in the capital as well as a widening of the battlefront in the island’s tsunami-hit east....
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First male heir born in Japan in 40 years
TOKYO, Sept 6: Japan’s Princess Kiko gave birth on Wednesday to a baby boy, the first imperial male heir to be born in more than four decades and the answer to...
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4 Australians to die in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Sept 6: Indonesia has sentenced four more Australians to death by firing squad for drug smuggling in Bali, a ruling that sparked an immediate call for clemency from officials in Canberra on Wednesday....
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Lebanon vote sparks protests in Turkey
ANKARA, Sept 6: Hundreds of angry youths clashed with riot police in Turkey’s capital Ankara on Wednesday to protest parliament’s decision to send soldiers to Lebanon....
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Lebanon a warm-up for Iran: envoy
MOSCOW, Sept 6: The United States used Israel’s attack on the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon as a prelude to ‘settling accounts’ with Iran, Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian diplomat as saying on Wednesday....
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North Korea talks in trouble, says US
BEIJING, Sept 6: Efforts to drive North Korea back to stalled nuclear talks are in big trouble, the top US negotiator said on Wednesday after meeting a senior Chinese official to try and forge a breakthrough....
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BD villagers, elephants battle in jungles
UKHIA (Bangladesh): Deep in the forests of southeastern Bangladesh, a battle rages between herds of endangered elephants and villagers whose livelihoods depend on felling trees that provide the elephants’ habitat....
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Buddhist enclave holds key to China-India row
TAWANG: At first sight, a 400-year-old Buddhist monastery, tucked deep in the Himalayas in a remote corner of India’s northeast, hardly seems like a highly coveted piece of real estate....
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India’s disabled find power in the law
BANGALORE: When disabled Hindu worshippers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi Balasubramanian knew she had the law on her side....
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‘The hungry tide’
KOLKATA: An intriguing love triangle set in the world’s largest tiger reserve is being turned into a Bollywood film, in a rare celluloid adaptation of a best-selling Indian novel....
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US envoy on BD polls credibility
DHAKA: The US ambassador in Dhaka said on Wednesday that Bangladesh’s next general elections, scheduled for January, would not earn credibility if any major power-contender boycotts the polls....
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Israel kills five Hamas men
GAZA CITY: A Palestinian teenager and five militants from the governing movement Hamas were killed as Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with fresh air strikes and launched a new ground operation on Wednesday....
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