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| April 14, 2007 | Saturday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 25, 1428 |
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N. Korea links N-plant closure to settlement
PYONGYANG, April 13: North Korea promised on Friday to honour a multinational deal on scrapping its nuclear programme once it can confirm that a dispute over millions of dollars in frozen assets has been settled.... 
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UN envoy calls for talks with Taliban
BERLIN, April 13: The UN envoy in Afghanistan, Tom Koenigs, urged talks with all the forces in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, to stanch the bloodshed in the country, in an interview published on Friday....
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Russia urges Britain to extradite Putin’s rival
MOSCOW, April 13: Russia urged Britain on Friday to hand over billionaire Boris Berezovsky for trial after he told a British newspaper he was planning a revolution to topple President Vladimir Putin....
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South Korea plans pullout from Iraq
SEOUL, April 13: South Korea, one of the largest US-led coalition partners in Iraq, is preparing a plan to pull its troops out of the country, a Defence Ministry official said on Friday....
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US asks Europe to meet Nato need
QUEBEC CITY, April 13: Nato commanders have asked for 3,400 additional police and Army trainers for Afghanistan, a need the United States wants European allies to fill, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday....
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Top Australian honour for Kidman
CANBERRA, April 13: Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman, at home in Australia to make a new movie, was awarded Australia’s top civil honour on Friday at a ceremony at Government House....
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Fatwa against online trading
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13: A Muslim council in Malaysia has issued a religious ruling or fatwa banning people from using the Internet to trade shares or makes investments, reports said on Friday....
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UK forces in Afghanistan get new rocket
LONDON, April 13: The UK’s ground forces in Afghanistan are getting a state-of-the-art precision land attack rocket with twice the range of existing artillery systems which is also expected to considerably reduce the risk of collateral damage....
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Harry Potter advance orders break record
LOS ANGELES, April 13: He is not expected to ride his flying broomstick into bookstores for 100 more days, but already British boy wizard Harry Potter is whipping up some magic at bookstore chain Barnes & Noble....
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A tale of US policy on Middle East
LOS ANGELES: It may be small solace for George W. Bush as he tries to salvage anything more than disaster from his misadventure in Iraq, but he is far from the...
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Sudan’s luxury hotels to welcome weary visitors
KHARTOUM: Smooth marble floors and elegant wooden furniture adorn the entrance halls of Khartoum’s brand new luxury hotels, promising weary visitors a fresh welcome to the country emerging from years of civil war....
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Younger Cheney rages against Syria
WASHINGTON: Just a week after Vice President Dick Cheney accused Congress’ senior Democrat and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi of “bad behaviour” for visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,...
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Sudanese give cows for love, not money
JUBA (Sudan): Peace in southern Sudan turns people’s thoughts to marriage and investment — both of which traditionally involve giving, or keeping, cows. For the government, the cows are proving too much of a good thing....
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UN Council accused of violating charter
UNITED NATIONS: The 130-member Group of 77, the largest single coalition of developing countries, has lashed out at the Security Council, accusing the UN’s most powerful political body of violating the...
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