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| February 07, 2009 | Saturday | Safar 11, 1430 |
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Hamas won’t be tolerated, says British premier
LONDON, Feb 6: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has insisted that an armed Hamas, the ruling party in Gaza, would not be tolerated and expressed support for the Arab peace initiative... 
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S. Arabia defends Islam as complement to human rights
GENEVA, Feb 6: Saudi Arabia told the UN Human Rights Council on Friday that its status as an Islamic state should safeguard fundamental rights rather than fuel abuse, as it faced western calls for action to stop violations....
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Three more allegations levelled against UK
LONDON, Feb 6: In the last three days there have been three additions to the British government’s charge sheet — two on torture and one on civilian deaths in Afghanistan....
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S. Asia’s river basins depleting fast, says UN study
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 6: Hundreds of millions of people in South Asia face growing water stress due to over-exploitation, climate change and inadequate cooperation among countries, which are threatening river basins that sustain about half of the region’s 1.5bn...
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Mob attacks ICRC office in Colombo
COLOMBO, Feb 6: A mob attacked the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) here on Friday in protest against the international humanitarian organisation’s alleged sympathy for the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)....
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EU, Russia trade barbs over rights abuses
MOSCOW, Feb 6: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday bluntly told the European Union to investigate rights abuses in Europe after its chief expressed alarm over the killing of journalists and activists in Russia....
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Tajikistan ready to help US over Afghan supplies
DUSHANBE, Feb 6: Tajikistan said on Friday it was ready to allow US and Nato supplies for Afghanistan to transit across its territory, after neighbouring Kyrgyzstan ordered the closure of a vital US airbase....
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War reporters used to prefer morality over impartiality
We had a great storm in Beirut this week, thunder-cracks like gunfire, great green waves crashing below my balcony, rain like hail. So I curled up on my balcony sofa –...
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Iraqi PM draws strength from poll
BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki, once seen as a vulnerable leader, has emerged from Iraq’s provincial elections as a dominant political force no longer at the mercy of his allies, analysts said on Friday....
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Republicans navigate tricky waters
NEW YORK: Out of power and out of favour, the Republicans must choose: work with a popular new president who is seeking their input or set themselves apart by opposing his economic rescue plan and pray that doesn’t backfire....
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Of ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
Remove “curious” from the title and replace it with “twee and pointless”, and you’re close to it. What an incredible shaggy-puppy of a movie, a cobweb-construction patched together with CGI, prosthetics, gibberish and warm tears....
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Jewish dissent emerges as a force
Each and every Jew who protested as a Jew against the Gaza war had a personal Jewish imperative for doing so. Some simply expressed dismay; most demanded action to end the carnage....
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