|
| February 13, 2007 | Tuesday | Muharram 24, 1428 |
|
Putin offers to help Saudis build N-plants
DOHA, Feb 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin''s regional tour took him to gas-rich Qatar on Monday where he mooted the idea of a gas version of oil cartel OPEC after having offered Saudi Arabia help to develop atomic energy.... 
|
|
EU approves curbs on Iran
BRUSSELS, Feb 12: EU foreign ministers approved plans on Monday to implement UN sanctions against Iran as the UN nuclear watchdog agency''s chief appealed for a ‘time-out’ on sanctions if Tehran suspends uranium enrichment in its nuclear programme....
|
|
||
|
N.Korea ready for N-disarmament, says China
BEIJING, Feb 12: China on Monday issued a `final text’ outlining how to begin abolishing North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme, the chief US envoy said after a marathon round of six-nation disarmament negotiations....
|
|
Likelihood of US attack very low, says Iran
WASHINGTON, Feb 12: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that the likelihood of a US attack on his country is “very low,” but that any attack against Iran would be “severely punished.”...
|
|
|
||
|
Reports about Iran being ampered with: senators
WASHINGTON, Feb 12: Two Democratic lawmakers have accused the Bush administration of doctoring intelligence reports to support a belligerent policy against Iran....
|
|
US offers rewards for capturing Hezb man
WASHINGTON, Feb 12: The United States offered five million dollar rewards on Monday for the capture of the Damascus-based head of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad and a member of Lebanon''s Hezbollah militia....
|
|
|
||
|
Saudi Arabia orders aircraft worth $455m
PARIS, Feb 12: Saudi Arabia has ordered two military Airbus refuelling aircraft worth 350-400 million euros ($455-520 million), the French defence ministry said on Monday....
|
|
Russia to launch six satellites for S. Arabia
RIYADH, Feb 12: Russia will launch six Saudi-made information satellites for Saudi Arabia this year, officials of the two countries said on Monday....
|
|
|
||
|
No more satellite-killer tests: China
TOKYO, Feb 12: China does not plan another anti-satellite test, its defence minister was quoted as saying on Monday, a month after Beijing became the third country to shoot down an object in space....
|
|
Bangalore crippled by strike over water supply BANGALORE, Feb 12: India’s technology hub, Bangalore, was crippled on Monday by a 12-hour general strike that shut businesses and emptied streets as activists protested a court verdict over access to river water....
|
|
|
||
|
Teen’s heart begins to beat again
NEW YORK, Feb 12: Daniel Walker was on his final lap jogging in his high school gym class when he collapsed, his flawed heart giving out on him....
|
|
Hundreds flee Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Feb 12: Hundreds of people fled the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday after two people were killed in the latest barrage of rebel rocket attacks and guerilla-style raids....
|
|
|
||
|
Quick resolution seems impossible: North Korea nuclear talks
BEIJING: Despite great expectations for a breakthrough deal on ending North Korea’s nuclear crisis four days of tough international negotiations sponsored by China have produced little hope of a quick resolution....
|
|
Iraq crisis: an opportunity for Turks and Kurds
IRBIL: Whatever happens in Iraq, we must try to limit the terrible fallout from the war. The place to start should be with our indispensable Nato ally Turkey, the front-line state...
|
|
|
||
|
90pc bird flu victims are under 40, says WHO
WASHINGTON: Ninety per cent of the people infected with bird flu have been under the age of 40, and 60 per cent of them have died, according to the latest analysis from the World Health Organisation....
|
|
‘One laptop per child’ to end digital divide
BOSTON: From Brazil to Pakistan, some of the world’s poorest children will peer across the digital divide this month – reading electronic books, shooting digital video, creating music and chatting with classmates online....
|
|
|
||
|
Rabbi to find ‘fugitive’ husbands
JERUSALEM: When Jewish husbands skip out on their wives and refuse to grant them a divorce, a 58-year-old rabbi assembles a team of investigators to track them down anywhere in the world and untie the bonds of matrimony....
|
|
Origins of Valentine’s Day
LONDON: Valentine’s Day will stoke the embers of romance worldwide on Wednesday....
|
|
|
||
