|
| February 12, 2008 | Tuesday | Safar 04 ,1429 |
|
Gates eyes pause in US troop cuts in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb 11: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in Baghdad on Monday he was in favour of a short pause in troop drawdowns from Iraq after about 30,000 soldiers have been sent home by July.... 
|
|
Militants kill four policemen in India
GUWAHATI, Feb 11: Four policemen were killed and two injured on Monday in an ambush by tribal separatists in India’s northeastern state of Assam, officials said....
|
|
|
||
|
Thieves take away $164m masterpieces in Swiss art heist
ZURICH, Feb 11: Masked robbers brandishing handguns stole four paintings by 19th Century masters worth $164 million from a Zurich museum in Switzerland’s biggest art theft, police said on Monday....
|
|
Astronauts step out into space: Atlantis mission
HOUSTON, Feb 11: Two astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis stepped out into space on Monday on the first walk of the current mission, to prepare the European research laboratory...
|
|
|
||
|
Whites to be minority in US by 2050: study
WASHINGTON, Feb 11: Immigration will drive the population of the United States sharply upward between now and 2050, and will push whites into a minority, projections by the Pew Research Centre showed on Monday....
|
|
Obama rejects ‘pause’ plan
WASHINGTON: Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama on Monday rejected the idea of pausing US troop drawdowns in Iraq, raised earlier in Baghdad by Defence Secretary Robert Gates....
|
|
||
|
US student shoots classmate in school
MEMPHIS (Tennessee), Feb 11: A 17-year-old student was critically wounded and another arrested after a school shooting here on Monday, the latest of a slew of high-profile shootings across the country....
|
|
Plot foiled to hijack Indian plane to Rawalpindi?
NEW DELHI, Feb 11: ULFA rebels fighting Indian rule in the tea-rich state of Assam planned to hijack an Indian plane to Rawalpindi with the help of ISI operatives, Indian police...
|
|
|
||
|
Four held in US for ‘spying’ for China
WASHINGTON, Feb 11: Four people were arrested in the United States on Monday on charges of spying for China in two separate cases including one involving the space shuttle, the Justice Department said....
|
|
Red roses banned in S. Arabia
RIYADH, Feb 11: Saudi Arabia’s religious police have banned red roses ahead of Valentine’s Day, forcing couples in the country to think of new ways to show their love....
|
|
|
||
|
Russia writes off $12bn Iraq debt
MOSCOW, Feb 11: Russia on Monday forgave nearly all the $12.9 billion debt owed it by Iraq and voiced hopes of increased Russian investment in the war-torn country, news agencies quoted Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin as saying....
|
|
Archbishop’s remarks misunderstood: Muslim scholar
LONDON, Feb 11: Britain’s leading Islamic scholar believes Anglican leader Rowan Williams has been profoundly misunderstood in his comments on Sharia, but fears he will try to “correct” himself solely to quell the furore....
|
|
|
||
|
French air strike
PARIS, Feb 11: A French air traffic controllers’ strike forced cancellation of some flights in and out of Orly, Paris’s second airport, on Monday at the start of a week of threatened air travel disruption in the French capital....
|
|
Ethnic Chinese pose major poll test for Malaysian PM
PENANG: Under Malaysia’s “social contract” hammered out by the nation’s founding fathers, the majority Malays will have an unchallenged hold over politics in return for non-interference in Chinese domination of the economy....
|
|
|
||
|
Political rhetoric fuels fears of fresh strife in Lebanon
BEIRUT: Fears that Lebanon’s political crisis may spill into the streets are mounting as armed incidents between rival clans multiply and politicians from the ruling coalition warn they stand ready for confrontation with the opposition....
|
|
Weak US dollar makes life tough for immigrants
NEW YORK: At the Desi Deli on the West Side of New York, 42-year-old Kamal Jit serves up curries and money transfers for his most loyal customers — immigrant taxi drivers from northern India — and business has been good....
|
|
|
||
|
New species of prehistoric flying reptile found
CHICAGO: Paleontologists have discovered the fossil of a new species of tiny prehistoric flying reptile in northeastern China, a study released on Monday said....
|
|
EU foreign policy plan may not deliver strong voice
BRUSSELS: A minister from a major Asian state visiting Brussels last month said he planned to meet the “Prime Minister of Europe”. Of course he could not recall the person’s name — the post does not exist....
|
|
|
||
|
Obama’s victory jolts Hillary
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton shook up her campaign as Democratic rival Barack Obama overtook in the race for delegates to win the party nomination for the White House....
|
|
Afghan winter causes frostbite, death
HERAT: Several men lay side by side in hospital beds, the stubs of their amputated arms and legs wrapped in fresh bandages. They are not victims of war or land mines, but of frostbite....
|
|
|
||
