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| December 09, 2007 | Sunday | Ziqa'ad 28, 1428 |
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22 killed in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD, Dec 8: Another spate of bloodshed involving a suicide bomber, a rocket attack and a US military operation left at least 22 people dead across Iraq on Saturday, police and the military said.... 
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Gates sees Iran as threat to US, ME
MANAMA, Dec 8: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday said Iran’s foreign policy was a threat to the United States, the Middle East and all countries within range of missiles which he said Tehran was developing....
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Communists oppose India-Israel ties
NEW DELHI, Dec 8: After successfully pressing the Indian government to go slow on the US nuclear deal, the Left Front on Saturday demanded suspension of strategic and military ties with Israel till it accepts a resolution of the Palestine issue....
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Meshaal holding talks with officials in S. Arabia
RIYADH, Dec 8: Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal is reportedly in Saudi Arabia holding talks with Saudi officials on the Palestinian crisis and the peace process, sources close to Meshaal were quoted as saying....
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Badawi’s warning to ethnic Indians
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has reportedly warned that ethnic Indian activists accused of having links with Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers could be held under internal security laws....
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Jamraat bridge expanded
RIYADH, Dec 8: The Jamraat bridge, site for the ritual of Satan stoning during Haj, has been expanded further. With the completion of the third phase of the high-tech Jamrat bridge...
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Indian court ‘summons’ Hindu gods
NEW DELHI, Dec 8: Two popular Hindu gods have been summoned to a court in India as witnesses in a property dispute, the Press Trust of India reported on Friday....
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European Union, Africa looking for ‘summit of equals’
LISBON: Leaders of Europe and Africa gathered for a landmark summit on Saturday designed to forge a new partnership of equals, but with strains showing over trade and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s presence....
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US ‘not ready’ to commit itself on emission cuts: Global warming
BALI (Indonesia): The United States will reject demands to commit to internationally binding cuts in global warming gases here at the UN climate conference, but will come up with its own...
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Envoys fail to break deadlock on Kosovo’s future
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received a report confirming a deadlock in negotiations between Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian leaders and Serbia over the future status of Kosovo, but Russia called for further talks, saying “a solution is possible.”...
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World’s largest cobra species found in Kenya
NAIROBI: A new giant species of spitting cobra — about 2.6 metres long and with enough venom to kill up to 20 people in one bite — has been discovered in Kenya, a study said on Friday....
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Democrats seek probe into tape destruction
WASHINGTON: The White House faced another clash with Congress on Saturday after furious Democratic lawmakers demanded a probe into the CIA’s destruction of tapes showing harsh interrogations of captured Al Qaeda operatives....
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Oldest winners to miss Nobel festivities
STOCKHOLM: The glittering Nobel prize festivities on Monday will be a little less luminous without the presence of literature laureate Doris Lessing of Britain, who at 88 was unable to travel to Stockholm due to ill health....
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Opposition starts poll campaign in Russia
MOSCOW: Supporters of two presidential hopefuls from Russia’s fragmentary opposition tried to kick-start their campaigns on Saturday as protests continued over last weekend’s parliamentary elections....
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