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| November 30, 2007 | Friday | Ziqa’ad 19, 1428 |
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Palestinian state vital to Israel’s survival: Olmert
JERUSALEM, Nov 29: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said after peace talks in Washington that failure to negotiate a two-state solution with the Palestinians could threaten Israel’s long-term survival.... 
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Coup bid foiled in Philippines
MANILA, Nov 29: Philippine military and police teams stormed a luxury hotel in Manila on Thursday to end a short-lived coup attempt by a small group of soldiers and others who had called on the army to mutiny.Government...
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China denies calling US carrier saga misunderstanding
BEIJING, Nov 29: The saga of a US aircraft carrier denied entry to Hong Kong at Thanksgiving took a bizarre turn on Thursday when China denied saying the whole affair had been a misunderstanding....
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Blast kills 10 Indian troops
NEW DELHI: Ten security men and a driver were killed in India on Thursday when their vehicle drove over a land mine planted by suspected Maoists, police said....
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Gulf states deported 81,000 Indians in 2007
NEW DELHI: More than 81,000 Indians have been deported from Gulf states so far this year for visa and other offences, a minister said on Thursday....
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Vote for ‘me or face humiliation’, says Putin
MOSCOW, Nov 29: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned Russians to vote for his party in elections or face a return to “humiliation” as a prominent critic accused him of leading Russia toward dictatorship....
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Sanjay released on bail
MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt walked out of a prison in western India on Thursday after being granted bail on a six-year sentence for possessing illegal weapons....
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‘Dirty bomb’ uranium seized
BRATISLAVA: Slovakian police seized enriched uranium that could be used in a “dirty bomb” when they arrested three traffickers near the Hungarian border, officials said on Thursday....
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Bush wants to be remembered as ME peacemaker
WASHINGTON: US President George Bush, whose legacy seems destined to be defined by the Iraq war, now wants to make history by brokering the Middle East peace deal that eluded so many of his predecessors....
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US candidates struggle to define middle class
CINCINNATI: Every politician in the US presidential race claimed to be fighting for the middle class, and it seemed a sound strategy — until the Democratic front-runners tried to define who, exactly, was middle class....
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Sarkozy blames ‘thugocracy’ for Paris violence PARIS: President Nicolas Sarkozy promised on Thursday to speed up reforms to try to rebuild French confidence dented by weeks of strikes....
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Indonesia, Malaysia at odds over ‘stolen’ dance
JAKARTA: Prasetyo, wearing colourful Javanese facial make-up, has travelled 16 hours to be a part of a protest in Jakarta against Malaysia, accused of ‘stealing’ a traditional Indonesian dance....
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Venus inferno due to ‘runaway greenhouse effect’: scientists PARIS: Once styled as Earth’s twin, Venus was transformed from a haven for water to a fiery hell by an unstoppable greenhouse effect, according to an investigation by the first space...
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Robots developed for daily use
TOKYO: Japan, which has taken the lead in developing a generation of high-tech if quirky robots, is now getting down to reality by looking at what humanoids can actually do for people....
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