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August 10, 2007 Friday Rajab 25, 1428 Moderate Islamist elected Turkish speaker ANKARA, Aug 9: Turkish lawmakers on Thursday elected a moderate conservative from the Islamist-rooted ruling party as the new parliament speaker in a show of reconciliation after months of political tensions.... Indian troops on red alert: Rebel attacks feared GUWAHATI, Aug 9: Federal soldiers in India''s restive northeast went on maximum alert on Thursday after separatists killed 15 people in a string of attacks ahead of Independence Day, officials said.... Bush warns Iraq over ties with Iran WASHINGTON, Aug 9: US President George W. Bush sternly warned Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday against cozying up to Iran, amid what Washington sees as unsettling signs of warming Baghdad-Tehran relations.... Nine die in Thai killing spree YALA (Thailand): At least nine people were killed in a brutal killing spree across Thailand’s south, police said on Thursday. Of the victims, two were elderly men, who were beheaded and then set ablaze.... Dinosaur mass grave discovered in Switzerland ZURICH, Aug 9: An amateur palaeontologist in Switzerland may have unearthed Europe’s largest dinosaur mass grave after he dug up the remains of two Plateosaurus. The dinosaurs'' bones came to light... Georgia seeks UN debate on missile strike TBILISI, Aug 9: Georgia attempted to rally international support on Thursday behind its allegations that a Russian plane engaged in a missile strike on its territory, amid angry denials from Moscow.... BD author attacked in India HYDERABAD (India), Aug 9: Muslim activists on Thursday attacked self-exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen at a book launch here, police and witnesses said. Ms Nasreen was on the stage at the... Fossils show women were much smaller than men NAIROBI, Aug 9: Homo erectus, long viewed as a crucial evolutionary link between modern humans and their tree-dwelling ancestors, may have been more ape-like than previously thought, scientists unveiling new-found fossils said on Thursday .... 20 soldiers killed in Philippines ZAMBOANGA (Philippines), Aug 9: At least 20 soldiers and a child were killed on Thursday as fighting between government forces and Muslim gunmen spread in the southern Philippines, the military said.... Sanjay’s bail plea hearing MUMBAI, Aug 9: A bail plea by jailed Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt following a six-year sentence for arms possession linked to 1993 Mumbai terror blasts will be heard by India’s Supreme Court on Friday, his lawyers said.... Last witness of Hitler’s final days recalls bunker scene BERLIN: Rochus Misch, the last living witness of Adolf Hitler’s last days in the Berlin bunker, recalls a strange silence that filled the underground chamber as the final battles to capture the German capital raged overhead.... India: underestimated and overestimated NEW DELHI: Ranbir Rai Handa was just 14 years old when he was pitched into the madness of partition, forced to flee his hometown of Lahore on a train bound from newly independent Pakistan to India.... Kalashnikov sets sights on global ‘counterfeits’ IZHEVSK (Russia): Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the world’s most famous assault rifle, is angry with what he calls `counterfeit’ production of his gun and the rifle’s producer has the culprits in its sights.... Manila trying to revive polluted river MANILA: In Spanish colonial times, the Pasig river that snakes through Manila was the linchpin of the transport and commerce network in the Philippines. But in the aftermath of World War... Russian bomber jets resume Cold War sorties MOSCOW: Russia’s strategic bombers have resumed their Cold War practice of flying long-haul missions to areas patrolled by NATO and the United States, top generals said on Thursday.... Nearly half of US murder victims are black WASHINGTON: African-Americans are victims of nearly half the murders committed in the United States despite making up only 13 per cent of the population, a report published on Thursday showed.... Afghan editor again detained KABUL: Afghan and international media watchdogs expressed concern Thursday at the detention for the second time in a month of the editor of a political website critical of the government.... Moscow’s richest 41 times richer than poorest MOSCOW: The richest 10 per cent of Muscovites are 41 times richer than the poorest 10 per cent, a gap that dwarfs the national divide, Russia’s state statistics service said on Thursday.... Intruder dies after row with homeowner LONDON: An intruder who fell nine metres from the top-floor of a house after a row with the homeowner has died, police said on Thursday .... Lebanese army advances in refugee camp NAHR AL BARED (Lebanon): Lebanese troops made a breakthrough on Thursday in the final part of a refugee camp in the north of the country where militants remain holed up, an officer said.... China to take 1.3m cars off streets BEIJING: More than a million cars will be taken off the streets of China’s capital for four days this month, state media said on Thursday, amid mounting concern over pollution during next year’s Beijing Olympics....

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