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Iraqi woman who recruited 80 suicide bombers arrested
BAGHDAD, Feb 3: Iraqi police have arrested a woman who has confessed to recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers and who orchestrated dozens of attacks, a senior officer said on Tuesday....
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Leftists blamed for attack on Athens police
ATHENS, Feb 3: Unknown attackers fired shots and threw a grenade at a police station in the Athens suburb of Korydallos early on Tuesday causing some damage, police said....
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Australian Muslim, six others jailed on terror charges
MELBOURNE, Feb 3: A Muslim cleric and six followers were jailed for up to 15 years on Tuesday after being found guilty of forming an Australian terror cell which plotted bomb attacks designed to kill thousands....
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Lanka tightens security for independence day
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government has deployed 10, 000 policemen and thousands of soldiers of the armed services as part of security measures for the country’s Independence Day on Wednesday....
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N. Korea preparing for missile launch: US official
WASHINGTON, Feb 3: North Korea seems to be preparing to test-fire its longest-range missile, a US official and reports said on Tuesday, a move that would heighten tensions amid stalled disarmament talks and icy relations with South Korea....
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S. Arabia publishes ‘most wanted’ list
RIYADH, Feb 3: Saudi Arabia has published a list of 85 suspected militants wanted around the world who it said had been drawn to “deviant” ideologies — a reference to the Al Qaeda terror network....
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Computer with power of 2m laptops
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 3: Seven months after IBM delivered the world’s fastest supercomputer, it has announced an even speedier one with the computing power of 2 million laptops....
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Ethiopian troops returning, say Somalis
MOGADISHU, Feb 3: Ethiopian troops who left Somalia last month after a more than two-year intervention have crossed back over the border and set up a checkpoint near a town held by Islamic militants, residents said on Tuesday....
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Russia, US pledge closer ties under Obama
MOSCOW, Feb 3: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov agreed on Tuesday to work more closely on key strategic issues, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said....
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New tricks promised for Oscar ceremony
LOS ANGELES, Feb 3: Oscar organisers on Monday warned nominees for the world’s top film awards to keep on their toes during a more than three-hour ceremony later this month that will break with tradition....
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India plans ‘10 dollar’ laptop
NEW DELHI, Feb 3: India has unveiled plans to produce a laptop computer costing just $10 in a bid to improve the skills of millions of students across the country....
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Madagascar govt sacks mayor hostile to president
ANTANANARIVO, Feb 3: The Madagascar government on Tuesday sacked the capital city’s mayor, Andry Rajoelina, who said he would challenge the decision, escalating a power struggle with the island’s president....
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UN seeks $604m for Afghans
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 3: The United Nations appealed on Tuesday for $604 million to help meet the needs of Afghans made vulnerable by natural disasters, lack of access to basic social services, increasing food insecurity and the worsening security situation....
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Free cell phones to fight Indian Maoists
RANCHI: Authorities in an insurgency-hit eastern Indian state are distributing free mobile phones to villagers to provide information about Maoist rebels, officials said....
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Four plead guilty to US election night violence
NEW YORK: Four New York men have pleaded guilty to a string of racially motivated assaults on the night Barack Obama was elected as the first black US president, a court spokesman said on Monday....
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Arroyo raises labour supply with Saudis
RIYADH, Feb 3: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is holding talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that are expected to focus on the supply of labour to the oil-rich kingdom....
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2,100 civilians killed in Afghanistan in 2008, says UN
GENEVA, Feb 3: More than 2,100 civilians in Afghanistan were killed last year, a 40 per cent rise from the previous year, because of escalating fighting that spread to new areas, the United Nations top aid official said on Tuesday....
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London eatery lets customer decide bill
LONDON, Feb 3: A London restaurant has come up with a novel idea to drum up custom in the economic downturn: letting customers decide how much they want to pay for their meal....
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German state workers strike over pay
BERLIN: Thousands of German public sector workers went on strike on Tuesday to press for more pay during the worse economic downturn in decades, in action that affected transport and schools across the country....
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Merkel asks Pope to clarify Holocaust stance
BERLIN, Feb 3: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Pope Benedict XVI to make a “very clear” rejection of Holocaust denials after a former bishop was rehabilitated by the Vatican....
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Drought threatens peace of Iraq’s Marsh Arabs
MARSHES (Iraq): Miles of reed stalks and baked mud are all that can be seen of much of Iraq’s ancient marshes this year, as a lack of water threatens to turn one of the world’s most important wetlands to wasteland....
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How Fox News is coping with Obama
When Barack Obama became president there were celebrations around the world. Car horns were honked in Mexico City, thousands gathered to watch the inauguration on big screens in Liverpool and Leeds, feasts were held in Kenya....
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Is Afghan president turning east?
KABUL: Frustrated with some of his Western allies, in particular the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has begun to reach out to Afghanistan’s giant northern neighbour Russia....
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