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| January 17, 2007 | Wednesday | Zilhaj 26, 1427 |
S. Arabia backs US plan for Iraq
RIYADH, Jan 16: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received cautious Saudi support on Tuesday for Washington''s new plan to quell violence in Iraq, as she tried to rally Arab backing for the last-ditch strategy....
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34,400 Iraqis killed in 2006: UN
BAGHDAD, Jan 16: At least 34,452 Iraqis died in daily acts of violence across Iraq in 2006, the United Nations said in a report released on Tuesday....
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No intention to invade Iran, says White House
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: The White House said on Tuesday that the United States has no plan to invade Iran but would not allow Iranian citizens to kill American soldiers in Iraq....
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Military equipment bound for Iran, China traced to Pentagon
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: The US military has sold forbidden equipment at least a half-dozen times to middlemen for countries— including Iran and China – who exploited security flaws in the Defence Department’s surplus auctions....
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Russia delivers missiles to Iran
MOSCOW, Jan 16: Russia has completed delivery of TOR-M1 surface-to-air missile defence systems to Iran, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Tuesday. “We have delivered the TOR-M1 complexes to Iran,” Ivanov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying....
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Israel, Syria in secret peace talks for two years: paper
AL QUDS, Jan 16: Israelis and Syrians reached understandings for a peace treaty in secret unofficial talks over the past two years, a daily reported on Tuesday, but both governments denied knowledge of the contacts....
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Singh offers talks to Assam rebels
DIBRUGARH (India) Jan 16: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday reiterated his government''s offer for talks with separatist rebels in restive northeast Assam state after recent violence left 73 people dead....
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7 policemen killed in explosion
NEW DELHI, Jan 16: At least seven policemen were killed in a landmine ambush by suspected Maoist rebels on Tuesday in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, a report said....
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BD army arrests BNP leader
CHITTAGONG, Jan 16: The army on Tuesday arrested a senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party official in a crackdown on underworld-linked politicians after a state of emergency was imposed last week, a spokesman said....
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‘Racists’ nag Shilpa Shetty on UK TV
LONDON, Jan 16: A British reality television show vowed on Tuesday to clamp down on bullying and racist abuse on the programme, after complaints flooded in over the treatment of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty....
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Questions over probe closure confuse Blair
LONDON, Jan 16: Prime Minister Tony Blair is finding himself severely sandwiched between a demand from the OECD to justify the closing down of investigation by Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into...
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Babel, Dreamgirls line up for Oscars
BEVERLY HILLS, Jan 16: Harrowing drama “Babel” shared top honours with veteran director Martin Scorsese at the Golden Globes on Monday as hit musical “Dreamgirls” emerged as a serious Oscars contender....
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Sudan crisis to test Ban’s mettle
LOS ANGELES: Ban Ki Moon has assumed the impossible job of secretary-general of the United Nations with a “problem from hell” at the top of his agenda....
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Hard work needed to make Asean charter successful
CEBU (Philippines): Asean leaders agreed at their summit to a first-ever charter, seen as crucial for shoring up the bloc’s credibility, but analysts question whether the plan is too ambitious to become a reality....
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Iran likely to be a thorn in US-France ties
LONDON: When Ségolène Royal met a Hizbullah MP in Beirut last month, her relatively limited experience of foreign affairs almost caused an international incident. Ali Ammar told the French Socialists’ presidential candidate that the Bush administration suffered from “unlimited dementia”....
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Indonesia to fight bird flu
JAKARTA: Indonesia readied more hospitals to deal with a spike in bird flu cases while Japan confirmed its first outbreak of H5N1 in poultry in three years on Tuesday as the virus flared anew in Asia, mirroring past winters....
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Men worry about mirror image
WASHINGTON: Once considered a woman’s domain, cosmetic surgery is increasingly attracting American men keen on remaining competitive in the workplace, improving their love life or getting rid of physical hang-ups....
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Fears keep Turkey’s border with Armenia shut
YEREVAN: The border between Turkey and Armenia has been shut for 14 years because of a dispute rooted in the centuries-old suspicions between Muslims and Christians in this remote part of the world....
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