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| March 27, 2008 | Thursday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 18, 1429 |
Raging fire engulfs Dubai warehouses
DUBAI, March 26: A massive explosion at a fireworks warehouse sparked a raging fire that spread through warehouses in an industrial zone in Dubai on Wednesday, killing at least two people...
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UAE gets first woman judge
ABU DHABI, March 26: The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Wednesday got its first woman judge, a job hitherto reserved for men in this country....
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China indignant over supply of US N-missile fuses to Taiwan
BEIJING, March 26: China on Wednesday strongly protested against the US military’s “mistaken delivery” of missile fuses to Taiwan, the latest incident involving arms sales to the island to roil relations between Beijing and Washington....
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Tata acquires Jaguar, Land Rover for $2.3bn
NEW DELHI: India’s Tata Motors said on Wednesday it was buying British luxury icons Jaguar and Land Rover from ailing US carmaker Ford for $2.3 billion as it vaulted into the premium global car market....
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Bangladesh celebrates Independence Day
DHAKA: Bangladesh celebrated 37 years of independence on Wednesday with ceremonies and military parades, as protesters urged the government to prosecute those who collaborated with the Pakistan Army in 1971....
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Sadr’s fighters given 72-hour deadline
BAGHDAD, March 26: The Iraqi prime minister on Wednesday gave militia battling Iraqi forces in Basra 72 hours to lay down their arms, as firefights across the country killed almost 50 people....
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India assures China over torch safety
NEW DELHI: India assured China on Wednesday that it would provide security for the Olympic torch after it arrives here on April 17 in the lead-up to the summer Games in Beijing....
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Nato hopeful of more troops for Afghanistan
KABUL, March 26: Next month’s Nato summit in Bucharest will see extra pledges of troops to Afghanistan, including in the volatile south, the alliance’s ambassador to Kabul said on Wednesday, refusing to be drawn on numbers....
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Girl rescued from well
AGRA, March 26: Indian troops using digging equipment on Wednesday rescued a three-year-old girl who had been stuck in a bore well for 27 hours, rescuers said....
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Marriage rate at lowest ever
LONDON, March 26: The marriage rate has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1862, provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics show....
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US soldiers seeking refugee status in Canada: TV
TORONTO, March 26: American soldiers are seeking refugee status in Toronto to avoid fighting in, or being sent back to, the war in Iraq, a Canadian television reported here on Tuesday night....
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Sarkozy, Brown pledge new era of cooperation
LONDON, March 26: French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed to boost cooperation on the economy and immigration on Wednesday as Sarkozy began a visit aimed at improving awkward ties....
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Kapur to take over unfinished Minghella film
NEW YORK, March 26: Indian-born director Shekhar Kapur is to take over an unfinished project written by British filmmaker Anthony Minghella shortly before his death last week, Kapur said.“Two...
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Big money in US politics
WASHINGTON, March 26: With eight months to go before the US presidential election, the candidates have raised almost $1 billion to fund their campaigns — more than the size of the economies of several African countries....
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UN staff to move to new premises
UNITED NATIONS, March 26: Some 6,000 staff members working at the UN headquarters in Manhattan would move to a new location starting in May as the world body gets ready to overhaul the old landmark building, a UN spokesperson said Wednesday....
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The story of a smuggler-turned-boxer
BANGKOK, March 26: The tale of a struggling Thai country girl jailed for smuggling drugs who turned her life around to become a world champion boxer sounds like the stuff of Hollywood movies....
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British teen’s body to be sent home
PANAJI (India): The body of a British teenager raped and murdered last month in India’s resort state of Goa will be released this week to her mother for burial at home, a family lawyer said on Wednesday....
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India against diverting food products to make biofuels
SINGAPORE: Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday criticised countries like the US for diverting farm products to produce biofuels, saying this had led to soaring global food prices....
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Bhutan uneasy as Internet encourages dissent
THIMPU: As the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan opens up gradually to the outside world and embraces democracy, it is finding the freedoms of the Internet both exciting and dangerous....
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22 killed in Sri Lanka clashes
COLOMBO: A roadside blast in Sri Lanka’s restive eastern region on Wednesday killed two policemen while fighting in the north left at least 19 rebels and one soldier dead, the government said....
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Lanka violence raises human trafficking risk, says UN
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s protracted and increasingly bloody civil war is making the country more vulnerable to human trafficking, a senior United Nations official said on Tuesday....
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