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| September 01, 2007 | Saturday | Sha’aban 18, 1428 |
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Thousands defy Hamas in mass Gaza prayer
GAZA CITY, Aug 31: More than 10,000 Palestinians defied Hamas on Friday to pray outside in the biggest protest in the Gaza Strip since the radical Islamist movement captured control of the territory two months ago.... 
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Erdogan pledges more democracy
ANKARA, Aug 31: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Friday to draft a new, liberal constitution and focus on reforms that would strengthen both the economy and Ankara''s bid to join the European Union....
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Iraqi govt urges militias to follow Sadr lead
BAGHDAD, Aug 31: Iraq said on Friday that it hopes other armed groups will follow Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s decision to freeze his militia as Sunni Arabs expressed optimism the ban would reduce attacks on them....
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India must not ‘miss the bus’ on N-energy: Singh
TARAPUR, Aug 31: India cannot afford to lag behind developed nations in nuclear energy, the country’s prime minister said on Friday as he battled opposition from communist allies to an atomic deal with the US....
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Synagogue reopens in Germany
BERLIN, Aug 31: Germany’s biggest synagogue reopened on Friday after a major restoration, in a defiant symbol of the rebirth of Jewish life in the city where the Nazis planned the Holocaust....
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Russia’s hunt for fugitive billionaire
MOSCOW, Aug 31: Russia said on Friday it had issued an international arrest warrant for a fugitive oil billionaire who has denounced a campaign of “unprecedented persecution” against him by the Kremlin....
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Blast kills 4 policemen in Russia
NAZRAN (Russia), Aug 31: A “terrorist” blast killed four police and injured one on Friday in Nazran, the capital of Russia’s southern province of Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya, Ingushi officials said....
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Britain remembers Diana, 10 years after her death
LONDON, Aug 31: Britain remembered princess Diana on Friday, with her sons William and Harry leading a royal tribute on the 10th anniversary of her death, while mourners adorned the gates of her former home with poems and flowers....
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Salman Khan gets bail
JODHPUR, Aug 31: An Indian court on Friday granted bail to top Bollywood actor Salman Khan pending his appeal against a conviction for poaching protected wildlife, paving the way for his release from prison....
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Khaleda’s bank account frozen
DHAKA, Aug 31: Authorities in emergency-ruled Bangladesh have ordered banks to freeze the accounts of former prime minister Khaleda Zia as part of their major crackdown on corruption, media reports said on Friday....
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US stay in Iraq will worsen situation
LOS ANGELES: What? You want us pundits to stop complaining about what a mess the Bush administration has made in Iraq, and say something constructive for a change?...
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Karbala fighting overshadows gains elsewhere in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Rivalries and violence between Shia factions are threatening to overshadow progress US forces have made against Al Qaeda in Iraq and other extremists just weeks before the top American commander and diplomat in Iraq report to Congress....
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Lebanese govt in limbo
BEIRUT: One ministry has two bosses, another has no one at the helm and a third has a minister who works when he’s up to it....
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Once seen neutral, aid workers fight perceived bias
LONDON: Aid workers might see themselves as neutral providers of relief but in heavily polarised conflicts they are almost inevitably accused of bias, putting their operations and staff at risk....
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A Greek tragedy that was waiting to happen
ATHENS: A combination of dangerously dried-out forests and woefully under-equipped firefighters led to the lethal spread of fires which killed 63 people in Greece, experts and witnesses to the fires said....
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Clooney defends ad
VENICE: Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney on Friday showed irritation with a reporter’s question how he could reconcile criticising multinationals with appearing in high-profile ads for Nestle....
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Posthumous pardon
RICHMOND (Virginia): A slave who was hanged for leading a failed revolt in 1800 has won a symbolic pardon from Virginia’s governor....
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