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| October 08, 2006 | Sunday | Ramazan 14, 1427 |
Earthquake fails to shake old mindsets
SRINAGAR: High hopes that 73,000 earthquake deaths would spur India and Pakistan to finally make peace over disputed Kashmir today lay buried beneath the rubble of continued violence in the valley and lack of trust and mutual suspicions on both sides....
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Houses still a dream for victims
SALAMABAD (occupied Kashmir): Zariefa Begum and her family have been living in a tin shack since a giant earthquake swallowed their home a year ago....
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Indian call centres not safe: TV
NEW DELHI, Oct 7: The body representing India’s booming outsourcing business insisted on Saturday that the country was a safe place to do business following a British TV news sting showed alleged call centre fraud....
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Lankan army claims killing 60 LTTE men
BATTICALOA, Oct 7: The Sri Lankan military claimed on Saturday that it had killed 60 guerillas of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam so far in renewed fighting that broke out on Wednesday....
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N-test today?
BEIJING, Oct 7: Three senior US officials with access to intelligence said on Saturday that speculation about a possible test by North Korea centred on Sunday, the anniversary of when...
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Russian journalist found murdered
MOSCOW, Oct 7: A Russian investigative journalist known for her prize-winning coverage of atrocities during the war in Chechnya, Anna Politkovskaya, was found murdered in Moscow on Saturday....
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Inmates regularly beaten: Marine: Guantanamo camp
WASHINGTON, Oct 7: Guards at the US military facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, regularly beat terrorism detainees and bragged about it, says a Marine....
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British media inciting hatred against Muslims
LONDON: Watching the news or reading the papers, you’d think that Muslims were Britain’s No 1 problem. Everyone, it seems, is frantically racing to offer magic cures for this chronic disease....
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Sanctions threat against Iran back on agenda
LONDON: The United States, following crunch talks in London, geared up for a week of tough negotiations with other world powers over a draft UN resolution to impose sanctions against Iran for its nuclear programme....
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Shots fired on Korea DMZ: DPRK troops cross border
SEOUL, Oct 7: South Korea fired warning shots on Saturday after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed into its side of their heavily defended border, adding to mounting tension after Pyongyang said this week it planned a nuclear test....
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US court urged to allow wearing of cap on duty
NEW YORK, Oct 7: The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to order the Department of Correctional Services to allow a Muslim official to wear his skullcap (Kufi cap) while on duty....
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UN meeting on uplift targets proposed
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 7: The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa of Bahrain, said on Friday she had proposed an informal meeting –– involving the...
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N. Korea’s nuclear vow puts China on tightrope
BEIJING: North Korea’s vow to carry out a nuclear test may shake China’s faith in patient diplomacy over its neighbour’s ambitions, forcing it closer to the hardball approach long favoured by Washington and Tokyo....
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Freedom remains elusive for exiled China’s Muslim leader
WASHINGTON: Twenty months after stepping out of prison, freedom remains elusive for Rebiya Kadeer, the exiled leader of China’s...
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