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| December 21, 2007 | Friday | Zilhaj 10, 1428 |
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Bush voices concern over Iraq, Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: President George Bush on Thursday admitted continuing problems on US warfronts, saying that progress in Baghdad remained unsatisfactory, and that he was concerned weary allies might leave Afghanistan.... 
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Blast kills US soldier, 13 Iraq volunteers
BAGHDAD, Dec 20: A suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives in Iraq’s restive Diyala province on Thursday, killing 13 neighbourhood patrol volunteers and a US soldier....
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Israelis kill three Palestinians
GAZA CITY, Dec 20: The Israeli army killed at least three militants in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday in the latest military operation in the Hamas-run territory, Palestinian medics said....
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Drivers using mobile phone to be jailed
LONDON, Dec 20: Motorists caught talking on a hand-held mobile phone or sending a text while driving could be jailed under guidelines published on Thursday....
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China, India launch anti-terror exercise
BEIJING, Dec 20: China and India have begun a week-long anti-terrorism military drill to improve mutual trust and cooperation....
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Court orders submarine deal probe
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: An Indian court ordered police on Thursday to complete a probe into charges that a bribe was paid in a multi-billion dollar deal to buy Scorpene submarines from a French defence firm....
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Singh says Maoist insurgency spreading
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: India’s Maoist guerillas have stepped up their insurgency and a dedicated security force must be set up to eliminate “this virus,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday....
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Enough graft evidence against Zuma, says prosecutor
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 20: South Africa’s top prosecutor believes there is enough evidence to bring renewed graft charges against Jacob Zuma, newly elected head of the ruling ANC, a local radio station reported on Thursday....
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Saudis to deport 246 drivers
RIYADH, Dec 20: Saudi authorities will deport 246 mostly Pakistani truck drivers from the kingdom after they took part in an illegal 10-day strike, Saudi daily newspaper Al-Watan reported on Thursday....
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Nasreen told to stay in hiding
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Thursday said she was ordered to go into hiding in India to avoid renewed protests over her “anti-Islamic” writings, the Press Trust of India reported....
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Russia cancels UK art show
MOSCOW, Dec 20: Moscow on Thursday cancelled a much-awaited exhibition of precious paintings in London, saying Britain had failed to guarantee the works’ safe return, as a diplomatic row between the two countries spilled into the art world....
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Destruction of CIA tapes evokes echoes of Watergate
WASHINGTON: Bush administration officials refuse to say if White House lawyers talked to the CIA about whether to destroy interrogation videotapes of two terrorism suspects but bristle at questions into the affair and complain about news coverage....
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S. Korea’s president-elect unlikely to change stand on North
SEOUL: South Korea’s delicate relationship with the reclusive North is unlikely to see any major changes, analysts said on Thursday, despite its next leader signalling a tougher line immediately after being elected....
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Iraq situation improving, but slowly
LONDON: If Iraq were a hospital patient, the Bush administration would be tempted to take it off the critical list and send it home for Christmas....
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Aid cannot rescue Palestinian economy from Israel’s stranglehold
BEIRUT: The world has promised to inject $7.4 billion into the decaying Palestinian economy, but money cannot stop the rot unless Israel lifts its chokehold on trade and travel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, relief groups say....
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Zuma’s victory may heighten polarisation in ANC
LONDON: Jacob Zuma, the Teflon politician of South Africa, has performed one of the most stunning comebacks in the country’s history. Despite having been sacked by Thabo Mbeki in 2005 for...
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