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| December 07, 2006 | Thursday | Ziqa'ad 15, 1427 |
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Gates faces no opposition in Senate
WASHINGTON, Dec 6: Robert M. Gates, President Bush''s nominee to be US defence secretary, headed to the full Senate on Wednesday for approval, a day after it sailed through the Armed Services Committee.... 
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Bush given life-raft: Senator
WASHINGTON, Dec 6: A high-level panel recommended to President George W. Bush on Wednesday that US troops should begin withdrawing from combat in Iraq and Washington should launch a diplomatic and political push to halt “grave and deteriorating” crisis in Iraq....
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Blair admits situation is grave in Iraq
LONDON, Dec 6: British Prime Minister Tony Blair conceded on Wednesday that the war in Iraq is not being won, before heading for Washington to discuss a crunch new report on options for the war-scared country....
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2 US men among 7 killed in Afghan blast
KANDAHAR, Dec 6: A suicide bomber killed two Americans and five Afghans outside a US security firm''s office here on Wednesday....
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Colombo decides not to ban LTTE
COLOMBO, Dec 6: The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday decided not to ban the Tamil Tiger rebels and instead reintroduced the Prevention of Terrorism Act that was effective before the February 2002 truce....
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Coup leader declares emergency in Fiji
SUVA, Dec 6: Fiji''s new military ruler on Wednesday declared a state of emergency, dissolved parliament and warned to crush any attempt at revolt, a day after leading a bloodless coup that sparked global outrage....
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Cricketer Sidhu jailed
NEW DELHI, Dec 6: Former Indian international cricketer and opposition party MP Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced to three years in jail on Wednesday for killing a man in a road rage outburst nearly two decades ago....
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Radiation found in Moscow embassy: UK
LONDON, Dec 6: Britain''s Foreign Office confirmed on Wednesday that traces of radiation had been found in its Moscow embassy as investigators probe the radiation poisoning death of a former Russian spy....
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Man held after 6 women killed in accident
DOHA, Dec 6: A man who allegedly caused a car crash which killed six young Qatari women as they returned from watching the Asian Games torch relay handed himself into police, local media reported on Wednesday....
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On-street electric car chargers
LONDON, Dec 6: Britain''s first on-street charging points for electric cars were unveiled on Wednesday in central London as part of a wider bid to encourage drivers to ditch gas-guzzling vehicles....
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US troops fighting for survival in Afghanistan
KORENGAL VALLEY (Afghanistan): If Afghanistan had a tourist industry, the postcard-pretty Korengal Valley would be a star attraction. Majestic mountains soar to the heavens. Sunlight spills over terraced fields....
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Rahul using by-election as launch pad
NEW DELHI: For about a week, something strange has been happening to the power supply in the remote village of Saraini, Uttar Pradesh -- unusually, the electricity is working, and not...
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The states Indian states are in
NEW DELHI: Where are the most millionaires? Which city is set to open 46 shopping malls? Which state makes more motorcycles than anywhere else in the world? And where''s the launch...
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Pig eats boy: a tale of modern India
NEW DELHI: Just outside Delhi, where the city ebbs away into the countryside, India was last week presented with a gruesome example of its depressing and seemingly infinite varieties of poverty....
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Students build bridges for life
COLOMBO: When the tsunami hit Sri Lanka on Boxing Day 2004, not one animal in the Yala National Park in the south was known to have perished....
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800,000 Dalits remember Ambedkar
MUMBAI: Hundreds of thousands of low-caste Indians lined up on Wednesday to bow before a memorial to a champion of their rights who died 50 years ago, as security officials kept a vigil to prevent any violence....
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