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| November 15, 2007 | Thursday | Ziqa’ad 04, 1428 |
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Two Korean PMs meet to ease tension
SEOUL, Nov 14: The prime ministers of North and South Korea held talks on Wednesday for the first time in 15 years and promised to implement a sweeping reconciliation pact signed by their leaders last month.... 
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Dutch troops to stay in Afghanistan
KABUL, Nov 14: The Dutch defence minister said on Wednesday his country’s 1,500 soldiers would remain in Afghanistan until its own forces could mount an “independent defence,” the Afghan government said....
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Iran has right to peaceful N-energy use: China
KABUL, Nov 14: China believes Iran has the right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy but supports nuclear non-proliferation efforts, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said here on Wednesday....
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Malaysia turns down US offer
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian minister on Wednesday rejected US help in fighting piracy in the Malacca Straits, saying it was not necessary since attacks have decreased significantly in the area....
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First cloned embryo created from monkey
PARIS, Nov 14: Scientists said on Wednesday they had created the world’s first cloned embryo from a monkey, in work that could spur cloning of human cells for use in medical research....
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UK to tighten security at stations, airports
LONDON, Nov 14: Britain will boost security at stations, airports and other potential targets to protect them against car bombings and counter a growing threat from militants, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday....
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Govt-backed BNP group gets police protection
DHAKA: The government-backed faction of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party took control of the party’s headquarters at Naya Paltan area of the capital city on Wednesday morning amid huge police protection to thwart any possible resistance by the mainstream workers....
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Iran’s former N-official gave secrets to UK
TEHRAN, Nov 14: A former Iranian nuclear official briefly imprisoned earlier this year has been charged with giving classified information to the British embassy, the intelligence minister said on Wednesday....
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UK bans export of rare document
LONDON, Nov 14: UK’s Culture Minister Margaret Hodge has placed a temporary export bar on the document most intimately associated with one of Britain’s most dramatic historical events....
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UK welcomes Gambari’s report on Myanmar
LONDON, Nov14: The Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, on Wednesday welcomed the report of Ambassador Gambari of Myanmar to the UN Security Council and said the signs of progress were welcome “but...
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Afghan pomegranate farmers see prices, demand rise
KABUL: Farm hands place mounds of bright red pomegranates into shipping boxes stamped with ‘Product of Afghanistan’ on the side. The price and quality of the sweet fruit are up, and...
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Sri Lankan maids suffer abuse in ME
DUBAI: The governments of Gulf countries including Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, as well as Lebanon, are failing to curb abuses against Sri Lankan domestic workers, Human Rights Watch charged Wednesday....
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India to boost eastern naval fleet
KOLKATA: India will strengthen its naval fleet on the eastern front, the regional commander said on Wednesday, adding destroyers and frigates among other ships, in an apparent move to counter Chinese interest in the region....
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Blackout in Colombo over fears of air raid
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka blacked out its capital early on Wednesday and activated air defences over fears Tamil Tiger rebels were flying their light aircraft in for an attack, officials said....
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No room for veiled women, jihadis on Maldives TV
MALE: State-run television in the Maldives has been ordered not to employ women who cover their heads and to stop praising Palestinian suicide bombers, a government minister said....
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Bangladeshis on cyclone alert flee homes
DHAKA: Thousands of people fled their homes along Bangladesh’s southern coast, as volunteers with loudspeakers went from village to village warning that a severe cyclone was approaching from the Bay of Bengal....
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