|
| July 18, 2008 | Friday | Rajab 14, 1429 |
|
Malaysian leader released on bail
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17: Malaysian opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim has been freed on police bail, his lawyers said on Thursday, but the lingering threat of a sodomy charge stoked political tensions and cast gloom on financial markets.... 
|
|
Oil pipeline blown up in Nigeria
ABUJA, July 17: Nigerian community members blew up an oil pipeline operated by Italy’s Eni in the restive Niger Delta, cutting output further in the world’s eighth largest oil exporter, a state governor said on Thursday....
|
|
||
|
US presence at N-talks will help, says Iran
DAMASCUS, July 17: Iran’s foreign minister said on Thursday US participation in nuclear talks was positive, but France said big powers still wanted Tehran to make specific proposals to resolve a dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme....
|
|
Khaleda’s son released for two months
DHAKA, July 17: Arafat Rahman, the ailing youngest son of former Prime Minister and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Begum Khaleda Zia, was released from prison on Thursday for two months....
|
|
|
||
|
Three compete for Nepal’s presidency
KATHMANDU, July 17: The list of potential candidates for Nepal’s first elected head of state was narrowed down to three on Thursday with the country’s warring political parties each putting a name forward....
|
|
Survey shows 50,000 items missing from Russian museums
MOSCOW, July 17: A sweeping government audit has revealed that up to 50,000 pieces are missing from Russia’s museums -- everything from pre-Revolutionary medals and weapons to precious works of art -- a member of the survey team said on Thursday....
|
|
|
||
|
Convicts, jailed MPs may save Indian government
NEW DELHI, July 17: A strong appeal on Thursday by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was expected to boost the Indian government’s chance of winning a trust vote next week, but its...
|
|
Half of Egyptian women harassed daily
CAIRO, July 17: Almost half of Egyptian women are harassed on a daily basis with more than half of Egyptian men admitting lewd behaviour, the Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights said on Thursday....
|
|
|
||
|
‘Reborn babies’: a relief for nostalgic, grieving people
EDINBURGH: Their chests rise and fall and you can hear a tiny heartbeat, but these babies for sale over the internet are not alive....
|
|
Best diet: ‘eat less, move more’
LOS ANGELES: A long-running comparison of three diet plans found that the low-carbohydrate Atkins regimen and a Mediterranean diet rich in fish and nuts produced slightly greater weight loss than a low-fat programme modelled on American Heart Association dietary guidelines....
|
|
|
||
|
US pragmatism leads to policy shift on Iran
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration’s move to join Iran at nuclear talks echoes its pragmatic steps toward North Korea and shows how far it has come from the ‘axis of evil’ days, analysts have said....
|
|
An exchange that heralds a new beginning
LONDON: The macabre exchange that took place on Wednesday on the border between Israel and Lebanon is being widely presented as the final chapter in the ill-fated war of two years ago....
|
|
|
||
|
US healthcare ‘costs more, delivers less’
WASHINGTON: The United States lags behind other industrialised nations in the quality of its healthcare despite having the costliest system in the world, according to a report released on Thursday....
|
|
Illegal trade putting Indonesia’s wildlife in danger
JAKARTA: Tiger skins and rare caged primates openly sold at markets in the heart of Indonesia’s capital are the most brazen and visible aspect of a thriving illegal wildlife trade....
|
|
|
||
|
More icebergs scouring Antarctic seabed: study
CHICAGO: Shrinking sea ice is significantly increasing the rate at which icebergs scour the Antarctic seabed, a study released on Thursday has found....
|
|
|
|
|
||
