GAZA CITY, 19 December 2007 — A wave of Israel airstrikes killed 13 Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip. In the worst deadly strikes in many months, Israeli warplanes bombed a Hamas naval base
ARBIL, Iraq, 19 December 2007 — Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq yesterday in the first ground incursion against Kurdish rebels, overshadowing a visit to Iraq by US Secretary of State Condoleezza
NEW DELHI, 19 December 2007 — An Indian court ordered a new inquiry yesterday into a former minister’s alleged role in anti-Sikh riots that left more than 3,000 people dead in 1984, an attorney said. Rejecting
ISLAMABAD, 19 December 2007 — Pakistan’s poll panel upheld an election ban on former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif barring him from the January polls, his lawyer said yesterday. Sharif was allowed
MUMBAI, 19 December 2007 — A court in Mumbai yesterday sentenced Pravin Mahajan to life in prison for the murder last year of his brother Pramod Mahajan, a prominent Bharatiya Janata Party leader and
MANILA, 19 December 2007 — Even as the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) affirmed its decision to reduce the membership fee of Overseas Filipino Workers to P1,050 from P1,275, restive
ZAMBOANGA CITY, 19 December 2007 — A helicopter transporting US soldiers came under fire while flying over the southern Philippine island of Basilan and officials yesterday said one of the passengers
