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| October 22, 2006 | Sunday | Ramazan 28, 1427 |
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Russia to oppose ‘regime change’: FM’s warning over Iran issue
MOSCOW, Oct 21: Russia would oppose any effort to use the UN Security Council to promote a change of regime in Iran, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Saturday.... 
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N-arms to defend S. Korea: US
WASHINGTON, Oct 21: The United States on Friday reaffirmed its commitment to protect South Korea with nuclear weapons and sought Seoul’s help in a US-led multinational effort to curb weapons flows to North Korea....
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Sri Lankan navy kills 35 Tigers
COLOMBO, Oct 21: Sri Lankan navy boats destroyed seven Tamil Tiger vessels in a sea battle, killing 35 rebels, a naval spokesman said on Saturday, as President Mahinda Rajapakse appealed for peace....
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Stampedes claim nine lives in BD
DHAKA, Oct 21: Nine people were trampled to death and 50 others injured in Bangladesh on Saturday in two stampedes for free Eid clothes and Zakat....
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US casts doubts on DPRK’s assurance
MOSCOW, Oct 21: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cast doubt on Saturday on reports that North Korea had pledged to stop nuclear tests, saying it seemed bent instead on escalating the crisis....
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S. Arabia’s oil facilities under threat, fears US
RIYADH, Oct 21: The US and Australian governments have issued warnings of an imminent threat of militant attacks against oil facilities in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province....
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Top award for Russian film at Rome fair
ROME, Oct 21: A modern-day Russian film, based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, won top prize at Rome’s first international film festival as the nine-day marathon wrapped up on Saturday....
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N. Korea, ME states say no to C-arms ban
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21: North Korea, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria have refused to join a treaty banning chemical weapons, thereby posing a danger to 180 nations that have pledged to...
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Britain runs out of jail space
LONDON, Oct 21: The British government is looking at using ships as prisons because land-based jails are saturated, the Home Office said on Saturday....
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Rice urges Russia, Georgia to reduce tension
MOSCOW, Oct 21: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Russia and Georgia on Saturday to reduce tension between their countries and said provocative actions in two separatist Georgian regions could get out of control....
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Israeli war plan had no exit strategy
AL QUDS: Just two days after Israel launched a punishing counterattack against Hezbollah this summer, Israeli military and diplomatic officials were deeply split over war strategy....
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EU at odds on warning to Putin over gas
LAHTI: Jacques Chirac and Angela Merkel clashed yesterday on how to deal with Vladimir Putin as European leaders tried to hammer out a common approach on the EU’s relations with Russia....
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US, Britain agonise over fresh options for Iraq
WASHINGTON/SULAYMANIYA: Frantic efforts are under way in Washington and London to find an exit strategy for Iraq as a renewed surge in violence led George Bush to admit on Friday that tactics there might need to change....
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How flowers for Europe empty Kenya’s rivers
ISIOLO (Kenya): One hundred miles from its source on the northern slopes of Mount Kenya, the great river Ngiro was just ankle deep on Friday as nomadic farmers walked through waters which have become the focus of conflict....
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US stops Venezuela plane deal
MADRID: The US has stopped Spain selling 12 military aircraft to Venezuela by refusing to allow American military technology to be used in the planes. Venezuela planned to buy the aircraft...
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Mystery surrounds Tehran’s decision-making process
HERE’S a real-life international mystery: What happened in Tehran in September that torpedoed the prospect of negotiations with the United States over Iran’s nuclear programme? Were Western hopes of Iranian pragmatism...
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