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| August 26, 2007 | Sunday | Sha’aban 12, 1428 |
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Eight policemen die in Kandahar blast
KANDAHAR/ KABUL, Aug 25: A roadside bomb tore through a police vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least eight police officers and wounding two others, police said.... 
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Indian govt won’t fall over N-deal, says Congress
NEW DELHI, Aug 25: India’s ruling Congress party said its government would not collapse over a nuclear deal with the United States, despite warnings by its communist allies of “serious consequences” if it did not put the pact on hold....
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Salman Khan sent to jail
JODHPUR, Aug 25: Bollywood star Salman Khan was arrested by Indian police on Saturday and sent to jail after a court rejected his appeal against a five-year sentence for shooting endangered gazelles....
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Bush pleads for more patience over Iraq efforts CRAWFORD (Texas), Aug 25: US President George W. Bush, faced with growing calls to start withdrawing US troops from Iraq, pleaded with Americans on Saturday for patience and cited progress in the past two months.“The...
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Cholera outbreak kills 58 tribesmen in India
BHUBANESWAR (India), Aug 25: A cholera outbreak in eastern India has killed at least 58 tribal people and left over 1,800 sick over the past two weeks, health officials said on Saturday, warning it was reaching epidemic proportions....
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Kuwait’s first woman minister resigns
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 25: Health Minister Maasuma al-Mubarak, Kuwait’s first woman cabinet member, has resigned following a deadly hospital fire, pre-empting plans by Islamist MPs to call her to account in parliament....
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Rabbi fired after marrying Protestant pastor
SAINTE AFFRIQUE (France), Aug 25: A French rabbi who married a Protestant pastor in what is possibly a unique inter-faith union has been fired from his post, his wife announced on Saturday....
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13 books vying for Man Booker Prize
LONDON, Aug 25: The judges for the Man Booker Prize for fiction have announced the names of books that are in the running for this year’s award....
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Twelve dead in Turkey clashes
DIYARBAKIR (Turkey), Aug 25: Ten separatist Kurdish guerrillas and two Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes in south-eastern Turkey, army sources said on Saturday....
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Former French PM Raymond Barre dies
PARIS, Aug 25: Former French Prime Minister Raymond Barre, who helped set Europe on its road to a single currency, died on Saturday. He was 83....
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17-year old unlocks Apple iPhone
WASHINGTON, Aug 25: A 17-year old student has unlocked Apple Computer’s iconic iPhone and put his methods on the internet to educate others....
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Vietnam relevant to Iraq, but not the way Bush thinks
LOS ANGELES: Finding in the debacle of the Vietnam War a rationale for sustaining the US military presence in Iraq requires considerable imagination. If nothing else, President Bush’s speech to the...
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Corruption keeps India poor
NEW DELHI: According to a report published by National Commission for Enterprises...
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Australia’s uranium deal with India based on economic gain
MELBOURNE: Leading Australian academics say that while the United States’ nuclear deal with India may be part of the Bush administration’s “contain China” policy, Australia’s own agreement to provide uranium to the South Asian giant is based more on economic gain....
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Sinn Fein chief recounts grilling at US airports
BELFAST: Richard McAuley and I were the only male caucasians in the large “holding room” at Newark airport, in the US. The rest of the people there — men and women...
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Iraqi translators struggle for safety and a visa
BAGHDAD: Abu Usama, accused of being a spy for working as a US military translator, thought he would protect his family from retribution if he left Iraq....
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US strategy fails to win hearts and minds
ISLAMABAD: For a chilling display of the awesome power of American air strikes, look no further than the internet....
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