Saturday, July 5, 2008
World News
Protesters target G8
Thousands rallied in northern Japan calling for the G8 rich industrialised nations to be disbanded on Saturday while in Paris, member France...
World News Highlights
TEHRAN - Iran said on Saturday its nuclear stance had not changed and it was ready to hold talks with world major powers over its disputed...
Afghan MP shot
Two gunmen shot dead an Afghan parliamentarian near his home in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the Interior Ministry said on...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Stories from The Times
Iraqi forces battle militias in Basra
Iraqi security forces battled Shi'ite militants in Basra yesterday in a drive to win control of the southern oil city, but violence and unrest...
Saudi King calls for new interfaith dialogue
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah plans to launch an effort at dialogue between Islam, Christianity and Judaism to help end inter-religious tension,...
One dead in mass pile-up on Austrian motorway
At least one person was killed and several seriously injured in a pile-up of around 100 vehicles on Austria's main east-west highway yesterday,...
Brown to allow partial free vote on embryo law
Gordon Brown said yesterday that Labour MPs will have a free vote on three "ethical" parts of proposed legislation on embryo research...
Russia and Egypt sign nuclear energy pact
Russia and Egypt signed an agreement yesterday opening the way for Russian firms to bid for lucrative contracts to build nuclear power plants in...
Tibet deaths, arrests and protests shadow Olympics
At least two people have died in fresh protests in a Tibetan part of western China, reports said yesterday, as authorities made arrests in Tibet's...
New Pakistani Premier sworn in
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf swore in new Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani yesterday, a day after Parliament elected the top official...
World briefs
A Scottish cleaner who won a record bingo jackpot over the Easter weekend said she would return to work as normal. Soraya Lowell, 38, won the...
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