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| April 12, 2007 | Thursday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 23, 1428 |
Two Algerian blasts claim 30 lives
ALGIERS, April 11: Bombs killed 30 people in Algeria’s capital on Wednesday, raising fears that political bloodletting had returned to the north African oil exporter. One of the blasts, believed to...
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30 killed in Sri Lanka violence
COLOMBO, April 11: Sri Lanka’s military men killed at least 20 Tamil Tiger rebels after a mortar attack in the north that killed one soldier, and later seized a road in...
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US air strike kills 13 Taliban
KANDAHAR, April 11: A suicide car bomber wounded eight civilians in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, as officials said 13 Taliban died in a US airstrike and four more were killed by a mine they were planting....
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HR situation in Iraq worsening: Red Cross
GENEVA, April 11: The suffering of Iraqi civilians is worsening and there is no sign yet that a security crackdown in Baghdad is bringing relief, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday....
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US Congress hostile to Saudis: Turki
RIYADH, April 11: Former Saudi ambassador to the United States Prince Turki Al-Faisal has accused the US Congress of being “the centre of hostility” in America toward Saudi Arabia....
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Protest against Kyrgyz president
BISHKEK, April 11: Thousands of opposition activists called on President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to resign and booed at the prime minister when he addressed the crowd in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on Wednesday....
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Somali conference postponed
CAIRO, April 11: A conference to reconcile Somalis had been postponed for security reasons for one month till the middle of May, probably May 16, a senior Arab League official said on Wednesday....
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Japan, China aim to keep momentum for thaw
TOKYO, April 11: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Wednesday to build a new “strategic” relationship, but Wen warned that disputes over the wartime past could still hurt the fragile rapprochement....
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‘Tiger fish’ set to make Kashmir its home again SRINAGAR: A giant freshwater carp nicknamed the “tiger fish” for its great fighting abilities is set to return to the fast-flowing rivers of occupied Kashmir, officials say....
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BD govt takes on Hasina, Khaleda
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s army-backed interim government ended three months in office on Wednesday with strong public support as it takes on the country’s top two politicians before re-scheduling postponed polls....
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Ban on wheat futures trade bemuses farmers
LUDHIANA (India): The 62-year-old face of Indian farmer Gurdev Singh furrowed in astonishment when asked about a recent government ban on the trade of wheat futures....
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HR campaign targets Lankan govt, Tamil Tigers
COLOMBO: Amidst intense effort by the Sri Lankan government to stop the international human rights body, Amnesty International (AI), from carrying out a human rights campaign involving the Sri Lankan team...
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Kabul’s kite-maker stars behind the scenes in Hollywood film KABUL: A man living in a graveyard in a rubbish-strewn, rundown Kabul district is the unlikely hero behind the scenes of one of Hollywood’s most eagerly anticipated movies this year....
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Hurley accused of mocking Hinduism
JAIPUR: Model Elizabeth Hurley has not got off to a good start with her new father-in-law — he has offered to testify against her on charges of mocking Hinduism, a lawyer in the case said on Wednesday....
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Stars raise voice against cruelty to animals
NEW DELHI: From being chained or caged, to posing with cheetahs and being painted in stripes, Bollywood stars are increasingly lending their time and energy to highlight cruelty faced by India’s animals....
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Man cuts off tongue for Hindu goddess
JAMMU: A man sliced off his tongue at a Hindu temple and offered it to the Hindu goddess of revenge, police said on Wednesday. Suresh Kumar, 24, told police in a...
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Age no bar to brain cancer treatment
BOSTON: Being over 70 should not stop patients from getting aggressive treatment of the most malignant form of brain cancer with radiation therapy, French researchers reported on Wednesday....
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Taiwan vet loses arm in crocodile attack
TAIPEI: Police in Taiwan were forced to shoot a crocodile after it bit off the arm of the zoo veterinarian treating it, an official said on Wednesday....
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Industrial development of moon
MOSCOW: Russia is working on a space transport system that could eventually lead to the industrialisation of the moon, a space expert said. Thirty-eight years after the United States put the...
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Israeli planes ‘nearly shot down’ US airliner
TEL AVIV: Israeli warplanes nearly shot down an American airliner carrying passengers from New York to Tel Aviv on Wednesday when the pilot failed to respond as the plane approached the Israeli coast, an airport authority official said....
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Bosnia’s war criminal
AMSTERDAM: A Bosnian Serb army commander was transferred to Finland on Wednesday to serve a 20-year prison sentence for his part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, the UN war crimes tribunal said....
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US aid termed dirty money
GAZA: Hamas Islamists have criticised as “dirty” money a $59 million US programme to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s presidential guard. “(The money) does not contribute to the interests of the...
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