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| September 03, 2007 | Monday | Sha'aban 20, 1428 |
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North Korea agrees to end all N-work: US
GENEVA, Sept 2: North Korea has agreed to make a full declaration of all its nuclear programmes and to disable them by the end of the year, the chief United States negotiator said on Sunday.... 
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Taliban fighting with new tactics: NYT
NEW YORK, Sept 2: A year after Canadian and American forces drove hundreds of Taliban fighters from the Panjwai and Zhare districts south-west of Kandahar, the rebels are back adopting new...
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British general criticises US strategy in Iraq
LONDON, Sept 2: The British backlash over the United States''s handling of post-invasion Iraq grew on Sunday as another military commander blasted Washington''s “fatally flawed” policy....
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Scientists urge gene banks to combat species extinction
GENEVA, Sept 2: One breed of livestock is becoming extinct every month and genetic stockpiles are needed to preserve a wide variety of species, according to a report issued by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)....
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Lebanese troops claim crushing camp militants
BNAHR AL-BARED (Lebanon), Sept 2: Lebanese troops on Sunday took full control of a devastated refugee camp that had been besieged for three months and held by diehard Islamist militants of Fatah al-Islam, the military said....
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Children under 10 suspects in 3,000 crimes
LONDON, Sept 2: Children under the age of 10 who are too young to be prosecuted were the chief suspects in nearly 3,000 crimes committed in England and Wales last year, official figures showed on Sunday....
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No visible signs of democracy: Putin kicks off election season
MOSCOW: For the three cartoon children on a new Kremlin website, democracy is as easy as ABC. But as Russia’s election season kicks off this week, real politics is more opaque and, critics say, less democratic — than ever....
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Hostage deal a blow to Afghan govt: analyst
KABUL: The South Korean hostage drama in Afghanistan undermined Kabul’s fight against the Taliban by creating the impression that the extremists have a degree of political legitimacy, analysts say....
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Freedom from captivity termed a gift of life
SEOUL: Nineteen South Koreans held captive by Afghanistan’s Taliban for six weeks under threat of death arrived home on Sunday, saying they felt as if they had died and then got their lives back....
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Forest fires could pose CO2 threat
ATHENS: Greece’s huge forest fires have been blamed by some on global warming, but satellite images of smoke plumes drifting as far as Africa prompt the question: are forests a major...
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Iraqi children robbed of their childhood
BAQUBA: The violence around the continuing US military operations in this city has robbed children of their childhood....
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