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| December 21, 2006 | Thursday | Ziqa'ad 29, 1427 |
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US hands over Najaf to Iraqi forces
NAJAF, Dec 20: Iraqi soldiers and police took charge of security in the holy city of Najaf and its province on Wednesday, at a colourful and optimistic jamboree.... 
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Gates sizes up troop numbers in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Dec 20: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates paid a surprise fact-finding visit on Wednesday to Baghdad to discuss with US commanders the prospect of dispatching more US troops to Iraq....
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2 US soldiers killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Dec 20: Two US soldiers were killed and six wounded in two bomb attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday, according to the military, as Defence Secretary Robert Gates visited the Iraqi capital....
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Zawahiri vows attacks on US, slams Hamas
DUBAI, Dec 20: Al Qaeda’s second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri vowed in a videotape aired on Wednesday that his group would pursue attacks on the United States and slammed Palestinian Hamas for joining the political process....
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Eid on 31st in North America
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 20: The Fiqh Council of North America has announced that Eidul Azha will be celebrated in North America on Dec 31. An announcement from the council said that...
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Muslim lawmaker’s election flayed
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: A US lawmaker stirred up controversy on Wednesday when he expressed uneasiness over the election of a Muslim to serve with him in the House of Representatives, which...
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Seychelles tries to save endangered bird
VICTORIA, Dec 20: Wildlife experts in the Seychelles have launched a last ditch attempt to save a rare tropical bird facing possible extinction in the Indian Ocean archipelago, conservationists said on Wednesday....
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India eyes Iran rail transit thru Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: As reports came in on Wednesday that Iran has offered its trade corridor to Pakistan for exports to Central Asia and sought a similar facility from Pakistan...
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Magnetism mystery of Mercury
PARIS, Dec 20: A German scientist believes he has resolved a three-decade mystery about why Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has such a weak magnetic field....
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Afghanistan heading for the worst
LONDON: President Hamid Karzai’s lined, care-worn face is as good a record as any of five years of terror and counter-terror in Afghanistan. The strain is plain for all to see....
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US forces clear out Taliban suicide cell
TAGAB VALLEY: Hundreds of Taliban fighters had massed just 100 kilometers north of Kabul in this isolated valley, where militants trained suicide bombers who launched a deadly wave of attacks in the Afghan capital this autumn....
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Lanka crisis likely to aggravate
COLOMBO: In a move that analysts point out has great symbolic value, President Mahinda Rajapakse’s second son Yoshitha joined the Sri Lankan Navy last week amid much media attention....
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Delhi moves against child marriages
NEW DELHI: India has tightened laws against child marriage, with priests, police or local leaders facing jail and fines if they permit the widespread but illegal practice....
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US asks India to reform market
WASHINGTON: The United States has asked India to adopt sweeping reforms, including lifting ownership caps and reducing high tariff rates, to draw foreign investments and fuel rapid growth in the world’s second most populous nation....
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BD govt appeases opposition
DHAKA: The interim government of Bangladesh on Wednesday made two key concessions to the opposition Awami League, which has threatened to boycott January polls unless its demands for reforms are met....
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Nepal Maoists threaten strike
KATHMANDU: Nepal Maoist have threatened to enforce a two-day nationwide strike beginning on Dec 31 if the government does not revoke its decision to appoint 14 ambassadors to different countries, including India....
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