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| March 29, 2007 | Thursday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 9, 1428 |
Arab leaders revive peace plan
RIYADH, March 28: Arab leaders meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday unanimously decided to revive a five-year-old plan for peace with Israel and launch a diplomatic offensive to resolve the Middle East conflict....
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45 killed in Iraq rampage
MOSUL, March 28: Gunmen massacred 45 men in an overnight rampage in an apparent revenge for bombings that killed 75 people in a mixed Iraqi town once hailed by US President George W....
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Democrats will be responsible for defeat in Iraq: Bush
WASHINGTON, March 28: US President George W. Bush warned the opposition Democrats on Wednesday that setting a deadline for withdrawing troops from Iraq could lead to America’s defeat and they would be responsible if this happens....
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ME situation dangerous, says Ban
RIYADH, March 28: The situation in the Middle East was more dangerous than ever, warned UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a speech to the opening session of an Arab summit in Riyadh on Wednesday....
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Children''s ads provide junk food for thought
WASHINGTON, March 28: In a child''s buffet of US food commercials, more than 40 per cent of the dishes are candy, snacks and fast food. Nowhere to be found: fresh fruit, vegetables, poultry or seafood....
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Survey raises hopes of saving dolphin in India
CHILIKA LAGOON (India): Hope is rising the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin can be saved in India after a survey showed more of the animals than before in a vast, brackish lagoon in the east of the country....
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Warlords a threat to fragile Afghan govt
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan): Powerful warlords and smaller commanders in Afghanistan’s relatively calm north and west are a latent threat to the fragile government because of their stockpiles of arms, officials and analysts say....
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Displacement of people a big challenge for Lankan govt
GENEVA: The number of displaced persons within Sri Lanka is increasing, and the international community does not have access to that population, said the representative of the United Nations secretary general on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin....
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Theatre for career and life skills
NEW DELHI: March 28 was World Theatre Day. Indian artistes celebrated the event to highlight the rich tradition that is associated with the Indian theatre. A majority of the artistes observed...
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Female journalist’s imprisonment shows signs of repression in Lanka
COLOMBO: The unjustified four-month incarceration of female journalist Munusamy Parameshwari under anti-terrorist laws is being seen here as an example of the repressiveness that she was reporting on....
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Nepal peace process in danger: Maoists
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s multi-party government does not intend to share power fairly with the Maoists and this may jeopardise the peace process in the Himalayan nation, a top former rebel leader said on Wednesday....
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‘Water’ fails to lure Indian audience
MUMBAI: A controversial Oscar-nominated film about the lives of widows in colonial India, and which outraged Hindu hardliners during its making, has failed to strike a chord among Indian audiences....
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China, Russia plan Mars mission
BEIJING: China announced on Wednesday it will launch a joint mission with Russia to Mars in 2009, marking “an important milestone” in space cooperation between the two countries....
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NZ anti-smacking law opposed
WELLINGTON: Hundreds of protesters took to New Zealand streets on Wednesday protesting a proposed law which would ban parents from hitting their children to discipline them....
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Flaming satellite pieces miss jet
SANTIAGO, March 28: Pilots of a Chilean commercial aircraft approaching the Auckland airport in New Zealand spotted flaming pieces of a satellite falling past their jet, the LAN Chile airline reported on Wednesday....
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Jewish settlement cleared
HOMESH (West Bank): Hundreds of Israeli police armed with batons on Wednesday cleared some 500 right-wing Jewish settlers from an abandoned West Bank settlement they had been occupying under army protection....
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BD court scraps voters’ list
DHAKA: Bangladesh''s High Court has ordered the electoral roll be scrapped after a January election was postponed amid complaints the voters'' list was stacked with fake entries....
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Turkey’s EU membership
BRUSSELS: The European Union on Wednesday kick started membership talks with Turkey, which have been at a standstill since June due to Ankara''s simmering trade dispute with Cyprus....
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122 Afghan rebels killed
KABUL, March 28: A six-day Afghan military operation in the southern province of Helmand left 122 militants and 12 police dead, the defence ministry said on Wednesday....
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