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| January 13, 2007 | Saturday | Zilhaj 22, 1427 |
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Maliki had taken US support for granted: Khalilzad
BAGHDAD, Jan 12: US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said some Iraqi leaders had miscalculated before thinking US support would go on unconditionally, but now they realise the patience of the American people is running out.... 
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Pullout this year if Iraq calmed: Gates
WASHINGTON, Jan 12: The United States could start withdrawing forces from Iraq this year if the additional troops being sent to Baghdad reduce violence significantly, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday....
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440 changes proposed in report on Kashmir
LONDON, Jan 12: A record number of 440 amendments have been moved in the Baroness Emma Nicholson’s report on Kashmir which she had prepared on behalf of the European Union Foreign Affairs Committee....
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Blair defends policy on Iraq
PLYMOUTH, Jan 12: Prime Minister Tony Blair, defending his interventionist policies in Iraq and Afghanistan, said on Friday Britain should carry on influencing world affairs through fighting wars as well as peacekeeping....
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Somali warlords agree on joint army
MOGADISHU, Jan 12: Somali warlords agreed on Friday to merge their forces into a new national army to tame the anarchic nation, but fighting outside the presidential palace where they met showed how hard that task will be....
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Russia condemns US raid on Iranian office
MOSCOW, Jan 12: The Russia’s foreign ministry said on Friday a raid by US troops on an Iranian government office in northern Iraq was unacceptable and a violation of international rules....
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Asean not to become ‘another EU’
CEBU, Jan 12: Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) adopted on Friday bold proposals that could turn a group often derided as a talk shop to a rules-based bloc with bite....
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Arrest of Peron ordered
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 12: A judge''s arrest order for former President Isabel Peron has broadened the scope of investigations into Argentina''s past human rights abuses, expanding beyond dictatorship-era crimes to the...
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Punishment for cop trying to fine Dhoni
NEW DELHI, Jan 12: An Indian traffic policeman has been transferred for trying to fine one of the country''s biggest cricket stars, not realising that celebrities are sometimes above the law, newspapers reported on Friday....
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Brett Lee’s song zooms up Indian charts
MUMBAI, Jan 12: A lilting romantic duet written and sung by blond Australian cricket star Brett Lee has climbed to number three on the Indian charts, the album’s composer said....
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Men stopped from teaching in girls schools
NEW DELHI, Jan 12: Male teachers are being prevented from teaching girls in primary schools across New Delhi after a handful of complaints of sexual molestation, a local authority said on Friday....
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Eritrea opposes US involvement
ASMARA, Jan 12: Eritrea warned the United States on Friday that its involvement in Somalia would “incur dangerous consequences” following a US air strike in the Horn of Africa nation targeting Al Qaeda suspects....
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Vietnam-like scenario suits Bush govt
LOS ANGELES: If you think the growing similarity between Iraq and Vietnam is tragic but inadvertent, you’re not being cynical enough. During the first years of the Iraq war, any resemblance...
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Democrats not keen on solutions
WASHINGTON: Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the architect of the Democratic victory in November’s congressional elections, watched President Bush’s Iraq speech on Wednesday night like the coach of an opposing debate team: “Tired,” he said....
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The US needs a linguistically frank president
LOS ANGELES: Not since the frigid days of the Cold War have so many people parsed the lexicon of a world leader. Americans tuned in Wednesday night to hear the president’s plan for a “new way forward” in Iraq....
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Aging population, gender imbalance worry China
BEIJING: China’s population will peak at 1.5 billion people in 2033, posing huge challenges to social stability, the economy, the environment and resource allocation, a new government report said....
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Bird flu breaks out in Vietnam as winter arrives BANGKOK: The grim prognosis this week by Vietnam’s deputy agriculture and rural development minister Bui Ba Bong comes ahead of an expected surge in transporting poultry as this South-East...
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Out of Africa 50,000 years ago
PARIS: New research published on Friday backs the theory that modern humans spread out of Africa relatively recently, around 50,000 years ago, on the first step of our species’ conquest of the planet....
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