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| February 04, 2008 | Monday | Muharram 25, 1429 |
40 killed as quakes shake Rwanda and Congo
KIGALI, Feb 3: Two strong earthquakes shook the African Great Lakes region on Sunday, killing at least 34 people in Rwanda and six in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to officials and hospital sources....
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Kenya violence claims 13 lives
NAIROBI, Feb 3: Clashes in western Kenya left 13 people dead, police said on Sunday, taking the weekend death toll to 70 ahead of talks on a roadmap for peace more than a month after disputed elections....
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Blasts kill 12 in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Feb 3: Two bomb blasts here on Sunday killed 12 civilians and injured 104 people on the eve of Sri Lanka’s Independence Day....
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Nine UK soldiers held in Cyprus
LARNACA (Cyprus), Feb 3: Nine British troops serving in Cyprus have been arrested and charged after allegedly smashing up a pub and attacking locals in the holiday resort of Ayia Napa, authorities said on Sunday....
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Dostum in standoff with police
KABUL, Feb 3: Afghan warlord Gen Abdul Rashid Dostum was accused of drunkenly attacking a rival in Kabul, leading scores of police to surround his house for hours in a tense showdown on Sunday, the government said....
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Gaza border with Egypt sealed
RAFAH (Gaza Strip), Feb 3: Egyptian and Hamas forces closed the Gaza border on Sunday after reportedly agreeing to control the frontier blown open by militants nearly two weeks ago in a bid to break a crippling Israeli blockade....
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Qatar reports new damage to undersea cables
DOHA, Feb 3: An undersea telecoms cable linking Qatar to the United Arab Emirates was damaged, disrupting services, telecommunications provider Qtel said on Sunday, the latest such incident in less than a week....
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Ambassador of France summoned by Iran
TEHRAN, Feb 3: Iran summoned the French ambassador on Sunday in a tit-for-tat protest at a similar move by Paris over a new anti-Israeli tirade by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a further sign of strained relations....
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Britain to scrap obsolete laws
LONDON, Feb 3: A purge is on to get rid of Britain’s outdated laws, the Law Commission said on Sunday, which should be music to the ears of street organists and servants among others....
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Indonesian floods displace thousands
JAKARTA: Heavy rains and high tides have caused chaos in Indonesia’s capital for three days, highlighting its ailing infrastructure as roads to the airport became impassable and thousands had to abandon their homes or cars....
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Despairing Gazans cut off from outside world
RAFAH: Seventy-year-old Naim Ahjazi needs just a half-hour — 45 minutes at most — to run across the border to Egypt and pick up the desperately-needed farm supplies that he paid for last week....
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Will marriage stem slide in Sarkozy’s popularity
PARIS: By making Carla Bruni France’s new first lady, President Nicolas Sarkozy draws the curtain on a paparazzi-fuelled soap opera that has played havoc with his image at home and abroad....
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Obama, Hillary main stars of Super Tuesday
WASHINGTON: When it comes to presidential primaries, Democrats and Republicans play by different rules....
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India’s stolen brides living in silent fear
MEWAT: The wrinkles on Sumari’s face betray her troubled past, making her look far older than the nearly 40 years she believes she is....
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Debate over ‘Washington’ of ‘United States of Africa’
ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia): The United States of Africa. It’s one of few concrete plans African leaders agreed on as they struggled with issues of peacekeeping and political disputes at this week’s continental summit....
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