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| January 01, 2008 | Tuesday | Zilhaj 21, 1428 |
Asia kicks off global new year party
SYDNEY, Dec 31: Millions of people across Asia rang in the new year with parties, champagne and massive fireworks displays, kicking off a global wave of celebrations....
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Suicide bomber kills 9 in Iraq
TARMIYAH (Iraq), Dec 31: A suicide bomber ploughed a truck into a checkpoint manned by members of an anti-Qaeda front in the central Iraqi town of Tarmiyah on Monday, killing at least nine people, four of them children, police said....
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Bhutan votes in first democratic polls
SARPANG (Bhutan), Dec 31: The isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Monday successfully held its first parliamentary elections aimed at transforming the country from absolute monarchy to constitutional democracy....
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Three killed in Australia bushfire
SYDNEY, Dec 31: Three Australian men were killed and another injured when a bushfire engulfed their vehicles as they travelled along a remote highway in the outback of Western Australia, police said on Monday....
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Dubai begins largest canal project
DUBAI, Dec 31: Dubai has begun construction on the largest canal project in the Middle East for more than a century, joining a list of mega-projects in the Gulf emirate, the official WAM news agency reported on Monday....
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Hasina falls sick in court
DHAKA, Dec 31: Bangladesh’s detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fell sick on Monday during a court hearing against her for alleged extortion, witnesses said....
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A nightmare for US politics
LONDON: It is hard for western politicians not to sound interchangeable in the shadow of an event like the killing of Benazir Bhutto. Almost inevitably, the slaying of the Pakistani opposition leader has triggered a chorus of condemnation from western leaders....
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Why role model Kenya matters
LONDON: A few years ago, Kenya’s government sponsored a competition to invent a new national dress. Ministers hoped citizens would trade their buttoned-up western suits for the slashed collar and cape...
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Make-or-break time in Iraq?
WASHINGTON: For five years Washington-based officials and pundits have repeatedly made the mistake of predicting that the next six or 12 months in Iraq would be decisive....
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Afghanistan’s wars woven into carpets
KABUL: The Soviet invasion of the late 1970s that drove Afghans into a long and bloody resistance has been recorded in this nation’s favourite and most famous art form – carpets....
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Germans dream of starting new life abroad
BERLIN: They flee Berlin for sunny California, dream of opening a restaurant in Cambodia, or attempt to set up as horse-breeders in Tuscany – never in the past 50 years have...
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