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| September 02, 2007 | Sunday | Sha'aban 19, 1428 |
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50 militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Sept 1: The US-led coalition said on Saturday that nearly 50 people had been killed in strikes against militants, including in villages near Pakistan, where their leaders were said to have taken refuge.... 
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Tainted alcohol kills 15 in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Sept 1: At least 15 people have died and six are critically ill after drinking tainted homemade alcohol in Nepal, officials said on Saturday....
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Russia to deploy more ballistic missiles
MOSCOW, Sept 1: Russia will carry out a second deployment of new intercontinental ballistic missiles in December as part of President Vladimir Putin’s programme to modernise nuclear defences, local media reported on Saturday....
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Republican senator resigns
WASHINGTON, Sept 1: US Republican Senator Larry Craig announced his resignation on Saturday after being caught in an undercover sting allegedly soliciting sex with a man in an airport bathroom.The...
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Woman hurt as cellphone battery explodes
KOLKATA, Sept 1: A pregnant woman suffered burns in eastern India after the battery of her Nokia mobile phone exploded minutes after she put the handset on charge, police said on Saturday....
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4 beheaded for witchcraft in India
BHUBANESWAR (India), Sept 1: Four people in eastern India were beheaded after being accused of witchcraft, police said on Saturday....
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Bump delays Airbus super jumbo
BANGKOK, Sept 1: The Airbus A380 on Saturday hit an airport hangar in Bangkok, forcing the world''s largest passenger jet to delay its takeoff on an demonstration Asian tour, an Airbus official said....
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US firm accused of bribery
NEW YORK, Sept 1: An American-owned company operating from Kuwait paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to US contracting officers in efforts to win over $11 million business, the...
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Lankan troops advance on LTTE areas
COLOMBO, Sept 1: A new offensive was launched on Saturday against northern bases of the Tamil Tiger rebels, military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said as the guerillas claimed eight civilian deaths....
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The heroes are Asians, and not Americans: Bush analogy disputed
LOS ANGELES: President Bush is not generally known for his firm grasp of history. But this has not stopped him from using history to justify his policies — most recently in...
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Diana finally allowed to rest in peace
LONDON: “Let it end here,” intoned the Bishop of London, weighting these words in his address with sonorous emphasis. How this great assemblage of 30 Windsors on their knees must have prayed fervently, sincerely, deeply for just that....
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Hillary, Obama unelectable as they are not from south
LONDON: As an American who yields to none in her loathing of the incumbent president, I am frequently invited to enthuse over the presumptive 2008 Democratic contenders....
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World’s oldest blogger
MADRID: She is billed as the world’s oldest blogger. At the age of 95 and with a worldwide following that has seen more than 340,000 hits on her blog, Spaniard Maria Amelia Lopez has achieved...
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