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| September 29, 2007 | Saturday | Ramazan 16, 1428 |
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10 killed in US raid in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Sept 28: US forces were accused of killing 10 people, including women and children, in a Baghdad raid on Friday, one day after launching a probe into a similar incident in Babahan village which killed nine civilians.... 
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Decision on Iran sanctions put off till November
NEW YORK, Sept 28: Major world powers working to rein in Iran’s nuclear ambitions said on Friday they would wait for two key reports in November before deciding on whether to push for a third round of UN sanctions on Tehran....
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Turkey, Iraq sign deal to combat Kurd rebels
ANKARA, Sept 28: Turkey and Iraq on Friday signed an agreement to crack down on Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq, but Turkey failed to secure a right for cross-border military operations....
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50,000 fighters ready to defend Gaza: Hamas
GAZA, Sept 28: Fifty thousand Palestinian fighters and hundreds of suicide bombers are ready to repel or at least impede any large-scale Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, an official from the ruling Hamas said on Friday....
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Radio burst from space mystifies astronomers
WASHINGTON, Sept 28: Astronomers who stumbled upon a powerful burst of radio waves said on Thursday they had never seen anything like it before, and it could offer a new way to search for colliding stars or dying black holes....
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Woman left in CT scanner for hours
TUCSON (USA), Sept 28: A cancer patient said on Saturday she was left alone in a CT scanner for hours last week after a technician apparently forgot about her, and she...
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Smuggling fuels worldwide trade in Chinese antiquities
HONG KONG: Lucky fat ladies, porcelain pigs, ceramic musicians and giant Buddhas are crammed into Hong Kong’s antique boutiques, but some experts, backed by Chinese law, say many of them should not be here at all....
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Bush looks to his ‘legacy list’
WASHINGTON: As he was scheduled to addresses a conference on climate change on Friday morning, President Bush was to face not only a crowd of sceptics but the press of time....
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Iraqis return to making music at home
BAGHDAD: With cinemas closed, the theatre dead and an entertainment-killing curfew in force every night, Iraqis are returning to one of their more ancient traditions – making music in the home....
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Violence against monks raises public contempt BANGKOK: Myanmar’s security forces have beaten and killed Buddhist monks leading anti-junta protests, but the violence against the spiritual leaders has only fuelled anger against the generals, observers said on Friday....
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In flood-prone Bangladesh, a future that floats
SINGRA (Bangladesh): With most of his school under floodwaters, six-year-old Mohamed Achan pulled up his oversize shorts, placed a tarp over his head to guard against the rain, and sprinted barefoot to the edge of his muddy village....
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