BEIRUT, 15 April 2005 — Lebanon slipped further into crisis as tensions mounted a day after Prime Minister Omar Karami stepped down after he failed to agree on a Cabinet with pro-Syrian allies. The
CAIRO, 15 April 2005 — Members of the Egyptian Parliament filed on Wednesday a lawsuit against Israel and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon demanding compensation for the killings and torture of thousands
NABLUS, West Bank, 15 April 2005 — Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian fighter in a raid in a West Bank refugee camp yesterday as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of violating
DAMASCUS, 15 April 2005 — Syrian President Bashar Assad said he was aggrieved that his country’s efforts to combat terrorism and promote peace were going unnoticed by the international community. “We
KHARTOUM, 15 April 2005 — A Sudanese court sentenced 23 mostly military personnel to between five and 15 years in prison for attempting a coup, the attorney general said yesterday. “The court issued
WASHINGTON, 15 April 2005 — Nasser Nijer Naser Al-Mutairi says he survived three years at the US Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid hunger strikes, beatings, harsh interrogations and suicide
WASHINGTON, 15 April 2005 — The United States is giving European efforts to rein in Iran’s nuclear program a few more months before considering tougher measures, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
AHMEDABAD, 15 April 2005 — In an explosive submission before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Additional Director General of Gujarat police R.B. Sreekumar has revealed how Chief Minister Narendra
BAGHDAD, 15 April 2005 — A pair of car bombs exploded near the Iraqi interior minister’s offices here yesterday, killing 18 people and wounding three dozen others. The blasts during the morning rush... Full Story
NEW DELHI, 15 April 2005 — Taking Indo-US relations to a new high both the countries signed a civil aviation agreement here yesterday to allow each other’s carriers to operate as many flights as they
JEDDAH, 15 April 2005 — The Pakistani Consulate in Jeddah is all set to issue machine-readable passports (MRP) to Pakistanis residing in the Kingdom. The new passport will eliminate any chance
DHAKA, 15 April 2005 — Four northeastern districts of Bangladesh will face the danger of desertification if India goes ahead with planned construction of barrages on the upstreams of three border rivers,
NEW DELHI, 15 April 2005 — India and gas-rich Qatar discussed stepping up cooperation in the energy sector during meeting between Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani and India’s Prime Minister
JEDDAH, 15 April 2005 — Taiwan has requested the World Health Organization (WHO) to take all possible measures to ensure that it has direct access to all benefits of the organization’s advice and assistance. “Aiming
NAIROBI, 15 April 2005 — Somali’s transitional Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has named a new army chief and a new governor for the anarchic country’s bullet-scarred capital of Mogadishu, officials
GENEVA, 15 April 2005 — The United Nations Commission on Human Rights called yesterday for combating defamation of religions, especially Islam, and condemned discrimination against Muslims in the West’s
ZAMBOANGA CITY, 15 April 2005 — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday ordered a crackdown on hired killers and loose firearms amid an upsurge in high-profile attacks against journalists and politicians. “The
