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| April 04, 2007 | Wednesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 15, 1428 |
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Next 48 hours critical in row with Iran: Blair
LONDON, April 3: Britain said on Tuesday the next 48 hours would be critical in the diplomatic crisis with Iran over Tehran’s seizure of 15 British sailors and marines in the Gulf, but played down expectations of a rapid solution.... 
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Democrats causing delays in pullout: Bush
WASHINGTON, April 3: US President George W. Bush on Tuesday blamed the opposition Democrats for causing American troops to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan longer than expected....
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US House speaker starts Syria visit
DAMASCUS, April 3: House speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Syria on Tuesday for a controversial two-day visit amid protests from the White House that she is undermining US policy....
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New book says Kissinger kept Nixon in the dark
LOS ANGELES, April 3: Newly released documents show that former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger delayed telling President Richard Nixon about the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973...
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Missing citizen a former FBI agent
WASHINGTON, April 3: A US citizen who has been missing in Iran since March 8 is a former FBI agent, agency officials said. FBI spokesman Rich Kolko told reporters the agent...
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Ukraine engulfed in political turmoil
KIEV, April 3: Ukraine was engulfed in political turmoil on Tuesday after parliament vowed to defy President Viktor Yushchenko''s order to dissolve the legislature and hold snap elections....
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Iran wants diplomatic solution
TEHRAN, April 3: Iran said on Monday it wanted to resolve the row over 15 British sailors and marines seized in the Gulf through diplomacy and there was no need for a trial....
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‘Mr Bean’ tops UK box office
LONDON: Comedian Rowan Atkinson took the British box office by storm over the weekend, bringing in 6.4 million pounds with “Mr Bean’s Holiday”....
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French train breaks speed record
ON BOARD TRAIN V150 (France): A French TGV train broke a world speed record on Tuesday as it hurtled down a newly built track at 574.8...
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Thousands spend night on hilltops
HONIARA: Thousands of people in the western Solomon Islands slept on hilltops overnight fearing another deadly quake as aftershocks rocked the region, local officials said on Tuesday....
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Syria’s importance as regional player acknowledged
WASHINGTON: When Democratic Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi announced last week that she would visit Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, the White House called the trip “a really bad idea”....
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Ethnic voters hold key to French presidency
PARIS: Voter registrations have jumped in France’s multi-ethnic suburbs and, with the election too close to call, ethnic voters may hold the key to the presidency....
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Study sheds light on early signs of autism
CHICAGO: A child’s failure to respond to his or her name at one year of age may be an early warning sign of autism or other developmental problems, researchers reported on Monday....
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Ukrainian president playing a risky game
KIEV: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, the hero of the 2004 “Orange Revolution,” has made what may be the biggest gamble of his political life in ordering the dissolution of parliament....
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Statue made in China to honour US icon
CHANGSHA (China): Forty-five years after his “I have a dream” speech, Martin Luther King Jr will return to the scene as a three-storey statue made in China by a man known for his sculptures of Mao Zedong....
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World ignoring Myanmar’s long-suffering people
WASHINGTON: International policies aimed at opening up Myanmar’s military regime are failing even as they overlook a continuing major tragedy. In January the situation in Myanmar could not even win serious attention in the UN Security Council....
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