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| August 25, 2007 | Saturday | Sha’aban 11, 1428 |
Gul fails in second round of presidential vote
ANKARA, Aug 24: Abdullah Gul failed to secure election as Turkey’s next president in a second round of voting in parliament on Friday, but he is virtually guaranteed victory in a third and final ballot next week....
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Salman Khan faces jail for poaching
JODHPUR, Aug 24: An Indian court issued an arrest warrant for top Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Friday after rejecting an appeal against his conviction for killing a rare gazelle.Salman...
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13 Iraqis die as US copters fire on militants
BAGHDAD, Aug 24: US soldiers battled Shia fighters in Baghdad on Friday, killing 13 people, a day after a fierce clash between Al Qaeda militants and a rival group left dozens dead....
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Three British troops killed in US ‘friendly fire’
CAMP BASTION (Afghanistan), Aug 24: Three British Nato troops were killed in an apparent “friendly fire” incident in Afghanistan when US jets dropped a bomb on them during fighting with the Taliban, officials said Friday....
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16 die in Greece as fires rage in Europe
ATHENS, Aug 24: At least 16 people died and thousands of acres (hectares) of forest were consumed in fires racing through Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula on Friday as southeast Europe experienced a resurgence of summer blazes....
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US general to call for Iraq troop cut: report
WASHINGTON, Aug 24: Top general Peter Pace will call on President George W. Bush to cut the US troop presence in Iraq by nearly 50 per cent next year, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday....
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Big Mac turns 40
WASHINGTON, Aug 24: The Big Mac, the McDonald’s fast-food chain’s two-patty hamburger that has become a global symbol of American cuisine as well as junk food, has turned 40 after selling billions around the world....
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China tries men over uranium sale bid’
BEIJING, Aug 24: Four Chinese men have gone on trial for trying to sell uranium that can be used to make nuclear weapons and has since gone missing, state media reported on Friday....
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Japan’s PM remembers Indian judge
NEW DELHI, Aug 24: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met the son of an Indian judge on Thursday who opposed punishing Japanese war criminals convicted by an Allied tribunal, a move that has come under fire in some Asia countries....
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3 detained at Russian air show
MOSCOW, Aug 24: Three foreign nationals were detained at an air show outside Moscow in an area used by military aviation enterprises, Russian news agencies reported on Friday, quoting police sources....
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UN mission in Lebanon extended
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 24: The UN Security Council on Friday renewed the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) by another year and called on all parties in...
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Afghan war is a bloody failure
LONDON: Enthusiasts for the catastrophe that is the Iraq war may be hard to come by these days, but Afghanistan is another matter. The invasion and occupation that opened George Bush’s...
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Clock ticking fast for India-US N-deal
NEW DELHI: A historic nuclear energy deal between India and the United States is hanging in the balance due to political opposition in New Delhi, but could still be saved if it reaches the US Congress early next year, analysts said....
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Millions died after 1857 war of independence: historian
NEW DELHI: A controversial new history of the Indian Mutiny, which broke out 150 years ago and is acknowledged to have been the greatest challenge to any European power in the...
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The dark secret of Iraqi Kurdish women
SULAIMANIYAH: Heshw Mohammed tried to kill herself three times when her father would not let her marry the man she loved, swallowing tablets and surviving only because her stomach was pumped....
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Politicians playing PR game
LONDON: Time was, all a politician had to do to look good was kiss a baby. These days, projecting the right image is getting a whole lot more strenuous....
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