|
| January 20, 2009 | Tuesday | Muharram 22, 1430 |
|
AI accuses Israel of committing war crimes: White phosphorus use
JERUSALEM, Jan 19: Human rights group Amnesty International accused Israel of war crimes on Monday, saying its use of white phosphorus munitions in densely populated areas of Gaza was indiscriminate and illegal.... 
|
|
9 killed in Brazilian church collapse
SAO PAULO, Jan 19: Nine people were killed and 93 injured after a roof of a large church in Brazil’s largest city of Sao Paulo collapsed during a Sunday service, national media reported on Monday....
|
|
||
|
Turkish PM links EU gas pipeline to accession talks
BRUSSELS, Jan 19: Turkey threatened on Monday to review its position on a strategic new gas pipeline for Europe that would bypass Russia if its EU accession talks were blocked....
|
|
ICJ censures US over Mexican’s execution
THE HAGUE, Jan 19: The execution of a Mexican national in Texas last year breached US obligations under international law, the World Court held on Monday....
|
|
|
||
|
50 children abused in UK every day
LONDON, Jan 19: Police recorded 50 child sex offences in England and Wales every day last year, meaning children were victims of sex crimes on more than 20,000 occasions, according to research by a charity....
|
|
Irish politician stands by Goebbels jibe
DUBLIN, Jan 19: An Irish politician refused on Monday to apologise after a Jewish rights group expressed outrage over his comments comparing a Jewish colleague to a Nazi propagandist....
|
|
|
||
|
Saudi king donates $1bn to rebuild Gaza
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 19: Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on Monday announced the donation of one billion dollars for the reconstruction of Gaza and called for putting an end to Arab differences....
|
|
India’s China film gets cold response
MUMBAI, Jan 19: The first Hindi film to be shot on location in China has been poorly received by audiences and critics, in a fresh blow to Hollywood’s bid to break into the lucrative Indian market....
|
|
|
||
|
Icy plunge goes wrong
MOSCOW, Jan 19: A Russian religious festival in which believers plunge through a hole in the ice to cleanse their sins went wrong on Monday when surrounding ice gave way under a crush of onlookers, emergency officials said....
|
|
BD troops ordered to shoot smugglers
DHAKA, Jan 19: Bangladesh has ordered its border troops to ‘shoot on sight’ to stop the smuggling of goods, especially fertiliser, out of the country, a senior security official said on Monday....
|
|
|
||
|
Gates to sit out Obama inauguration
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates will sit out Barack Obama’s inauguration at an undisclosed location as the “designated successor” in the event of a catastrophe, the White House announced on Monday....
|
|
Tamil Tiger leader running out of options
COLOMBO, Jan 19: Sri Lanka’s top Tamil Tiger, who inspired hundreds of followers to stage suicide bombings in the fight for a separate state, is facing his biggest challenge yet and is fast running out of options....
|
|
|
||
S. Korea’s historical treasure set to rise from the ashes
SEOUL: A long screen hides the charred ruins of South Korea’s foremost historical treasure, as if to cover up the national shame sparked by the loss of the 600-year-old building to an arson attack....
|
|
A Nobel laureate on quest of a habitat
There is a grim timeliness in the republication of Wandering Star coinciding with Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. Le Clezio’s novel is a moving account of the intersecting destinies of two...
|
|
|
||
|
So, I asked the UN secretary-general, isn’t it time for a war crimes tribunal?
BEIRUT: It’s a wrap, a doddle, an Israeli ceasefire just in time for Barack Obama to have a squeaky-clean inauguration with all the world looking at the streets of Washington rather than the rubble of Gaza....
|
|
Sri Lankan media under fire, entangled in politics
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s media is paying a heavy price after getting entangled in a political struggle between President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition and an opposition with few means to challenge his leadership....
|
|
|
||
|
Iran students say time for US to change policy
TEHRAN: Nariman Mostafavi says many Iranian students no longer hold the fierce anti-American views that drove their predecessors to seize the US embassy in 1979....
|
|
|
|
|
||
