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| September 06, 2007 | Thursday | Sha'aban 23, 1428 |
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Bush rejects calls to set pullout date
SYDNEY, Sept 5: US President George W. Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday said they saw progress in Iraq and rejected heavy pressure to set a timetable to bring home troops fighting there.... 
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US general hints at Iraq troop cuts in March
BAGHDAD, Sept 5: The top US military commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, has suggested he would recommend a cut in US troop numbers around March when he delivers a long-awaited testimony to Congress next week....
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US B-52 carried N-armed cruise missiles by mistake
WASHINGTON, Sept 5: A B-52 bomber flew the length of the United States last week loaded with six nuclear-armed cruise missiles in a major security breach, US military officials said on Wednesday....
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Law confronts Bangladesh’s political elite
NEW DELHI: To the surprise of nearly everyone, the mighty appear to be falling fast in Bangladesh, where power and impunity have long gone hand-in-hand....
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Ban pledges to work for political solution: UN chief visits Darfur
EL FASHER (Sudan), Sept 5: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Darfur region of western Sudan on Wednesday, promising to step up pressure for a political solution to the conflict....
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Myanmar troops fire at monk protest
YANGON, Sept 5: Soldiers in army-ruled Myanmar fired warning shots on Wednesday to halt a protest march of 500 Buddhist monks, the first time troops have been called in against a rare two-week outbreak of dissent, a resident said....
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Turkey’s mly chiefs stay away from Gul reception
ANKARA, Sept 5: Turkey’s powerful army leadership stayed away from Abdullah Gul’s first reception as president on Wednesday in a move widely viewed as a snub to the ex-Islamist whose election the generals had opposed....
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Three more BD academics sent to jail
DHAKA, Sept 5: Three more Bangladeshi academics were jailed on Wednesday pending trial on charges of fuelling student unrest last month that prompted the country’s army-backed government to impose a curfew....
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Goats sacrificed for troubled Nepal airliner
KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Nepal’s troubled national carrier has taken a spiritual approach to recent maintenance troubles with one of its Boeing 757s by sacrificing two goats in front of the plane to appease a Hindu god....
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Vitamin D can avert cancer: study
NEW YORK, Sept 5: Thousands of cases of breast and colon cancers might be averted each year if people in colder climates raised their vitamin D levels, researchers estimate in a new report....
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Expert warns of tsunami danger in Bay of Bengal
HONG KONG, Sept 5: Powerful earthquakes could rock the Bay of Bengal, triggering tsunamis that would inundate Myanmar, Bangladesh and possibly India, an Australian geologist has warned....
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EU spurns proposal on air liquids ban
STRASBOURG (France), Sept 5: The European Commission swiftly rejected a call by the European Parliament on Wednesday to reconsider rules banning airline passengers from carrying liquids through airport security checkpoints....
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Swedish Muslims cancel demo against cartoon STOCKHOLM, Sept 5: Swedish Muslims said on Wednesday they had called off a planned demonstration against a blasphemous cartoon published in a newspaper, following talks with the prime minister....
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Britain launches global healthcare programme LONDON, Sept 5: Prime Minister Gordon Brown, International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander, ministers from developing countries and donor countries, and leaders from all of the major health agencies and foundations on...
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Lankan govt warned against offensive in ltte heartland
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s government has denied it is preparing to launch an offensive to drive Tamil rebels out of their fortified heartland in the north — a move analysts warns would exact a heavy death toll....
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Rising drug abuse among young Maldivians
VILINGILI ISLAND (Maldives): The Maldives, known as a holiday haven for the rich and famous, is grappling with a growing drug abuse problem among its young people including pre-teens....
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Shock, praise over Khaleda’s arrest
DHAKA: The arrest of Bangladesh’s most recent prime minister brought reactions of shock, praise and uncertainty from ordinary citizens on Tuesday, in a country struggling for political stability.In...
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Mother Teresa’s work with the dying lives on
KOLKATA: Garishly made-up sex workers hang around the seedy street that leads to ‘Nirmal Hriday’, the home for the dying founded by Nobel peace laureate Mother Teresa, in a portion of an abandoned temple to the Hindu demon-slaying goddess Kali....
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