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| April 10, 2007 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 21, 1428 |
Mirwaiz wants Indian pullout
SRINAGAR, April 9: The chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has said that withdrawing of Indian troops and repeal of all the black laws from the occupied...
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Thousands of Iraqis call for US forces’ withdrawal
NAJAF, April 9: Tens of thousands of people waving Iraqi flags staged a peaceful rally in the southern city of Najaf on Monday to demand the withdrawal of US forces, four...
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Iran ready for talks with West: Larijani
TEHRAN, April 9: Iran is ready for serious negotiations with the West to seek a deal that would end a row over its atomic plans, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said on Monday....
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US to file WTO piracy cases against China: report
WASHINGTON, April 9: The United States will file a pair of World Trade Organisations cases against China aimed at stopping widespread piracy of American movies, music, books and software, the Financial Times reported on Monday....
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US alerts 13,000 Guard soldiers for Iraq duty
WASHINGTON, April 9: Some 13,000 National Guard troops had been alerted that they were likely to deploy to Iraq from the end of this year, the Pentagon said on Monday in...
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‘Extortion’ complaint filed against Hasina
DHAKA, April 9: An executive of a private sector firm on Monday filed a complaint with the police against former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, alleging that she had `extorted 30...
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Permission to sell UK sailors’ story criticized
LONDON, April 9: Most of the media, the opinion makers and opposition politicians here are appalled at the decision of the Ministry of Defence to allow the 15 freed sailors and Marines to sell their ‘ordeal’ in captivity to the media....
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Russia plans to rival US GPS system
MOSCOW, April 9: Russia plans to launch a direct competitor to the US global positioning system (GPS) satellite navigation system next year using military technology developed in the Cold War era, project leaders said on Monday....
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Singapore PM to earn 5 times more than Bush
SINGAPORE, April 9: Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will earn five times more than US President George Bush this year after a pay raise on Monday boosted his annual salary to $2.1...
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Execution of Taliban prisoners urged
KABUL, April 9: The Afghan government should execute Taliban prisoners, an Afghan daily said on Monday, the day after the rebels killed the translator of an Italian journalist....
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The new Silk Road boosting economy of the East
DUBAI: When Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the oil giant Saudi Aramco last year, he didn’t need a translator. Plenty of Chinese-speaking Saudis were on hand....
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Asking Bush for Iraq plan is a pointless question
LOS ANGELES: For today’s presidential candidates, the question is unavoidable: what is your plan for Iraq? In interviews and town hall meetings, on talk shows and at fundraisers, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and Rudolph W....
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Walt and Mickey as ‘escape artists’
LONDON: In 1928, soon after the birth of synchronised sound, word reached senior MGM employees that there was a mouse in their midst. Naturally, they asked to screen it....
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Iraq wants to keep regional quarrels out of talks
BAGHDAD: Iraq must not become a crucible for confrontation between the US and its regional foes Iran and Syria, the foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari warned on Sunday, adding that Iraq’s security...
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Palestine’s situation is worse than apartheid
BETHLEHEM (West Bank): Hani Hayek, an accountant who is the Christian mayor of the tiny majority-Christian Palestinian village of Beit Sahour, was angry last week as he drove me along the Israeli security wall....
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Myanmar learns to live in darkness
YANGON (Myanmar): Chronic power shortages in Myanmar are leaving cities in the former Burma shrouded in almost permanent blackout, driving its citizens to despair and crippling an economy reeling from decades of military misrule....
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Children at risk of eczema can be saved: scientists
LONDON: Genetic tests to identify children at risk of eczema and asthma and improve treatments are a step closer, thanks to a study of the conditions’ genetic basis....
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