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G20 leaders agree to regulation at final summit
  The world's 20 top economies reached a deal Saturday to better regulate global financial markets and take steps to halt a global economic slide. Negotiators agreed on a final declaration Saturday morning during the first-ever summit of the Group of 20 (G20) nations in Washington, Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa has learned. Leaders...

G20 leaders agree to regulation at final summit

US rejects Israeli request for equipment to attack Iran
The United States has rejected an Israeli request for military equipment and support that would improve Israel's ability to attack Iranian nuclear sites, an Israeli newspaper reported Wednesday. The US viewed the request as a sign that Israel is in the advanced stages of preparations to attack Iran, Ha'aretz said, quoting "senior...

US rejects Israeli request for equipment to attack Iran

US President Bush leaving Monday for trip to Asia, Olympics
US President George W Bush will leave Monday on his ninth trip to Asia in nearly eight years in office, a White House official said. The opening of the Beijing Olympics will be the highlight of the seven-day tour that also includes stops in South Korea and Thailand. The president and First Lady Laura Bush will arrive on Wednesday...

US President Bush leaving Monday for trip to Asia, Olympics

Senate Approves Petraeus’ Promotion
The Senate approved on Thursday the appointment of General David H. Petraeus of the United States Army as the new leader of the Central Command, the military headquarters accountable for U.S. operations across the Middle East, including Iraq and Afghanistan. The Senate also endorsed the selection of Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno to...

Senate Approves Petraeus’ Promotion

President Bush Meets Vietnamese Prime Minister
Another significant step favoring the improvement of relationships between the U.S. and Vietnam was made on Tuesday, when President George W. Bush met the Prime Minister of Vietnam to discuss the matter of closer connections in what concerns commerce and religious freedom. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung declared that...

President Bush Meets Vietnamese Prime Minister

Bush Releases $200 Million in Food Crisis Aid
After Robert B. Zoellick, the World Bank Chairman, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for action by developed countries to stop or at least curb rising food prices, as a measure that has to be taken to prevent hunger in poor nations, President George W. Bush also expressed his concern about global food shortages....

Bush Releases $200 Million in Food Crisis Aid

Rising World Food Prices Brings New Worries
World Bank Chairman Robert B. Zoellick and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for action by developed countries to stop or at least curb rising food prices. This measure has to be taken to prevent hunger in poor nations, The Washington Times reported. “In the U.S. and Europe over the last year, we have been focused on the...

Rising World Food Prices Brings New Worries

McCain Calls for New Global Coalition
Republican presidential candidate John McCain called yesterday for a more cooperative foreign policy, claiming that the U.S. must be a “good and reliable” friend and must stop excluding its allies, showing “decent respect to the opinions of mankind.” His statement is drawing a sharp contrast to the past years under President’s George...

McCain Calls for New Global Coalition

US Vice President Dick Cheney to Meet with Iraqi Leaders
Vice-President Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Baghdad this morning. This is his first trip to Iraq since the deployment of additional U.S. forces last summer. The surprise visit is just the first stop on a tour of the Middle East and beyond, as Cheney has scheduled landings in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank and...

US Vice President Dick Cheney to Meet with Iraqi Leaders

Tony Blair Will Teach at Yale University
Tony Blair, Britain’s former Prime Minister, will teach at Yale University in the US. The British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007 will speak in front of Yale students in a seminar regarding issues like faith and globalization, areas in which he proved “outstanding leadership”...

Tony Blair Will Teach at Yale University

Canadian Troops Should Continue Mission in Afghanistan, Panel Says
An independent panel recommended Tuesday that Canada remain in Afghanistan for the foreseeable future, setting the stage for a divisive political debate that could topple the minority Conservative government. Although the panels findings are not binding, they could be critical in helping Prime Minister Stephen Harper frame...

Canadian Troops Should Continue Mission in Afghanistan, Panel Says

State Department's Third Ranking Official Nicholas Burns to Resign (Update)
Nicholas Burns, the third ranking US diplomat who spearheaded the US push to enact UN sanctions on Iran and a nuclear cooperation agreement with India, announced Friday that he was resigning from his post. Burns has served as undersecretary for political affairs since March of 2005, overseeing US foreign policy in each region of...

State Department's Third Ranking Official Nicholas Burns to Resign (Update)

Bush Warns Iran Over Gulf Incident
US President George W Bush sternly warned Iran on Wednesday of "serious consequences" if it attacks US warships in the Gulf. "We have made it clear publicly, and they know our position, and that is, there will be serious consequences if they attack our ships, pure and simple. And my advice to them is don't do...

Bush Warns Iran Over Gulf Incident

Bush Says Middle East Peace Conference Is Only the Beginning
US President George W Bush was set to kick off the first Middle East peace conference in seven years Tuesday by cautioning that it marked only the beginning of efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and that difficult challenges lie ahead. The parley is aimed at relaunching peace talks between the sides, and an Israeli...

Bush Says Middle East Peace Conference Is Only the Beginning

Bush Holds Talks With Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived at the White House Monday for talks with US President George W Bush, kicking off three days of intense talks on the Middle East conflict aimed at relaunching long-stalled peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. After meeting with Olmert, Bush was scheduled for a...

Bush Holds Talks With Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert

Japanese Prime Minister to Meet With US President
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda headed to the United States Thursday for his first summit talks with US President George W Bush. The two leaders were expected to focus their discussions on Japan's refueling of allied warships in the Indian Ocean and the North Korean abductions issue. Fukuda, who succeeded former premier...

Japanese Prime Minister to Meet With US President

Canadian PM to Meet With Dalai Lama
Despite Chinese warnings that it could hurt bilateral relations, the Canadian Prime Minister will meet with the Dalai Lama in a public fashion at an official venue next week for the first time. The office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Friday he would meet the Tibetan religious leader in Harper's suite in Parliament...

Canadian PM to Meet With Dalai Lama

Syria Invited To International Conference
According to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, among the invitations President Bush has prepared for the November conference, members of the Arab League follow-up committee are also invited, including Syria. Although the invitations have not gone out yet, the rumors have started to steer-up other invitees but Condoleezza told...

Syria Invited To International Conference

President Bush Makes Surprise Visit To Iraq
President George W. Bush made a surprise visit on Monday to the Anbar province of Iraq. Anbar was once the hotspot of insurgency in Iraq but has now turned into a good example for all anti al –Qaeda resistance throughout the country. According to a press release issued by the President, a high number of forces and US soldiers...

President Bush Makes Surprise Visit To Iraq

Senator Presses Bush Administration To Withdraw Troops
Former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, now an influential US Senate Republican, John Warner expressed his strong belief that President Bush should announce a partial withdrawal of the US troops from Iraq. Senator Warner of Virginia suggested that it would be an essential step taken by the US President to present...

Senator Presses Bush Administration To Withdraw Troops

Mysterious Child Death In Britain
Detectives on the case investigating the death of an 11-year-old boy suspect that the murderer himself is no older than the victim, as BBC reported on Friday. The culprit is believed to be Caucasian, male, age 13, about 1.7 meters tall and was last seen wearing dark clothes with white trainers.  The 11-year-old victim, Rhys...

Mysterious Child Death In Britain

Triple Summit: US, Canadian, Mexican Leaders Meet
The summit held in the resort town Montebello, Quebec reunites President George Bush and the Canadian and Mexican counterparts in an attempt to alleviate some existing differences. The reunion of the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon and President Bush has the main goal to discuss...

Triple Summit: US, Canadian, Mexican Leaders Meet

Canada Hit By North Pole Madness, Denmark Joins In
Canada has taken seriously the Russian claims over the North Pole and wants to build two military bases in the area. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said, "Canada's government understands the first principle of Arctic sovereignty: use it or lose it.""The Arctic archipelago is an integral, indivisible part of the...

Canada Hit By North Pole Madness, Denmark Joins In

Osama Alive and Well in Pakistan, McConnell Says
Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden, best known as Osama bin Laden, is reportedly alive and hiding in Pakistan. The United States intelligence chief, Mike McConnell, appeared on NBC blaming Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf and his government for allowing al-Qaeda to retreat to the tribal areas near Afghanistan."My view is...

Osama Alive and Well in Pakistan, McConnell Says

Cheney Urges The Iraqi Government To Take Quick Actions
US Vice President Dick Cheney met Wednesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and expressed his concern about the sluggish manner in which the country’s problems are resolved. "I did make it clear that we believe it's very important to move on the issues before us in a timely fashion and that any undue delay would be...

Cheney Urges The Iraqi Government To Take Quick Actions
 

Concern in Spain over Russian control of oil firm
 Spain's opposition Thursday expressed concern over the possibility of the oil and gas company Repsol YPF coming partly under Russian control. Companies from outside the European Union should not get involved with strategic sectors in Spain, Cristobal Montoro of the conservative People's Party (PP) said amid reports that the Russian...

Concern in Spain over Russian control of oil firm

Thailand's fugitive former premier fights back
It's been hard times for Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the man who dominated the country's politics between 2001 to 2006 and continues to be the central character in the kingdom's on-going political drama. Even with his brother-in-law, Somchai Wongsawat, in place as prime minister and the current cabinet packed...

Thailand's fugitive former premier fights back

Indian shares drop steeply on profit-taking
Indian equities dropped more than 6 per cent Tuesday, largely because investors were selling stocks to lock in profits from previous gains given the gloomy global economic outlook and negative trading on other Asian markets, analysts said. A fall in India's exports for the first time in five years in October added to the negative...

Indian shares drop steeply on profit-taking

BNP Paribas pays 14.5 billion euros for troubled Fortis
French bank BNP Paribas will pay 14.5 billion euros (19.7 billion dollars) to take over the majority of the troubled insurance and banking giant Fortis in Belgium and Luxembourg, BNP Paribas said on Monday. The deal, which involves 9 billion euros' worth of shares and 5.5 billion euros in cash, includes the purchase of 75 per cent of...

BNP Paribas pays 14.5 billion euros for troubled Fortis

Stop running to mother Mbeki: Mugabe's party tells the MDC
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party has opposed calling in ex-South African president Thabo Mbeki to salvage a power-sharing deal with prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Zanu-PF's chief negotiator Patrick Chinamasa rejected calls from the MDC for Mbeki to step in to end the...

Stop running to mother Mbeki: Mugabe's party tells the MDC

Tsvangirai looks at the situation at banks in
Zimbabwe's prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday made a surprise visit to banks in the capital Harare that were the scene of long queues resulting from cash shortages. Some of those queuing temporarily forgot about the miseries as they cheered the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader. Others said they had been in...

Tsvangirai looks at the situation at banks in

Finnish school shooter planned act for years, police say
Finland held a national day of mourning and flags were at half-mast Wednesday, a day after a 22-year-old man killed 10 people at a trade school in western Finland. Police believe that the gunman, whom they identified as Matti Juhani Saari, acted alone. He had apparently planned the massacre since 2002, police said Wednesday. Saari,...

Finnish school shooter planned act for years, police say

Thai king endorses new premier
Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Thursday officially endorsed the premiership of Somchai Wongsawat, the brother-in-law of coup-ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Thai parliament voted 298 to 163 in favour of Somchai's nomination as prime minister on Wednesday but under Thailand's constitutional monarchy the...

Thai king endorses new premier

EU's future as peace broker at stake in Caucasus crisis
Monday's emergency EU summit meeting in Brussels on how to respond to Russia's recognition of the Georgian breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia could be instrumental in confirming the European Union as a major international peacemaker. With the United States taking a diplomatic back seat on the crisis and the swift...

EU's future as peace broker at stake in Caucasus crisis

Kosovo names first ten charge d'affaires to western countries
The Kosovo government named on Thursday its first ten diplomats for postings to diplomatic missions in the West. Diplomats, among whom are former journalists, professors, scientists, civil activists and presidential advisers, will represent Kosovo in the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Turkey, Austria,...

Kosovo names first ten charge d'affaires to western countries

No breakthrough likely as peace talks head for limbo
No one expected US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's latest visit to Israel and the Palestinian areas, which ended Tuesday, to result in a breakthrough in the peace process, so no one was disappointed. A breakthrough is always possible in the peace negotiations, which resumed around the turn of the year, after a seven-year...

No breakthrough likely as peace talks head for limbo

New Zealand seeks conditions on India-US nuclear pact
New Zealand is standing firm with a number of European countries in demanding strict conditions on a proposed agreement for the United States to supply India with nuclear fuel and technology for civilian use, Prime Minister Helen Clark indicated Monday. New Zealand, whose adoption of a legally-binding anti-nuclear policy two decades...

New Zealand seeks conditions on India-US nuclear pact

Pakistan quizzes suspects as bombing death toll rises to 78
Twelve people died from their injuries Friday, the day after twin suicide bombings at Pakistan's largest arms and ammunition factory, hospital authorities said, as investigators interrogated at least a dozen suspects. The latest casualties raised the death toll to 78 in the two synchronised attacks at the gates of the Pakistan...

Pakistan quizzes suspects as bombing death toll rises to 78

Pervez Musharraf, a soldier in retreat
Pakistan's erstwhile strongman Pervez Musharraf resigned as president Monday, succumbing to pressure from the new ruling coalition to quit or face impeachment by parliament. Born in Delhi on August 11, 1943 to educated parents, Musharraf came to Pakistan with his family after the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. He...

Pervez Musharraf, a soldier in retreat

Paris seeks measures to ease impact of slipping economy
Paris (dpa) - France is examining economic measures to stimulate its economy, following its first quarterly decline since 2002. A subsidy for peoples' travel costs has been agreed in principle, a government spokesman said in Le Figaro on Monday. Economy Minister Christine Lagarde is due to meet later on Monday with Prime Minister...

Paris seeks measures to ease impact of slipping economy

Famous New Zealand mountain guide dies hiking with premier
Gottlieb Braun-Elwert, a German immigrant who became New Zealand's most famous mountain guide, died on Thursday while accompanying Prime Minister Helen Clark on a hiking trip, police said. Braun-Elwert, 59, was believed to have suffered a heart attack in a mountain hut near Lake Tekapo, in the Southern Alps. Clark, who was in a...

Famous New Zealand mountain guide dies hiking with premier

Demo supports coup as Mauritania junta pledges elections
Wednesday's military coup in the north-western African nation of Mauritania divided opinions Thursday, with demonstrations staged both for and against ousted president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. The bigger rally supported the coup, with thousands of people calling on the new ruling military junta to "save" the country's...

Demo supports coup as Mauritania junta pledges elections

Haitian Senate approves new prime minister
The Haitian Senate approved economist Michele Pierre Louis as the new prime minister of the impoverished Caribbean country. Supported by 12 senators with five abstentions, her appointment amid ongoing unrest establishes a new government, three months after Haiti's last prime minister was ousted by the Senate in response to food...

Haitian Senate approves new prime minister

Pope Benedict Meets Sex Abuse Victims As His Visit To Australia Ends
Pope Benedict XVI met on Monday the Australian victims who had been sexually abused by members of the clergy, ending his visit to the country with an act of apology and concern related to a scandal that has seriously shaken the Roman Catholic Church. The meeting with the victims, two men and two women, was held at St Mary’s...

Pope Benedict Meets Sex Abuse Victims As His Visit To Australia Ends

Hospitals across Nepal shut down as doctors expand strike
Hospitals across Nepal shut down Thursday after doctors expanded their strike to cover the entire nation to protest against assaults and threats against them. The Nepal Medical Association, a doctors' umbrella organization, said hundreds of hospitals as well as thousands of private clinics and nursing homes had heeded its calls to...

Hospitals across Nepal shut down as doctors expand strike

Thai foreign minister resigns over Hindu temple row
Thai Foreign Minister Noppodon Pattama announced his resignation Thursday after being accused of violating the constitution for signing a communique last month with Cambodia to back the listing of an ancient Hindu temple as a World Heritage Site. 'To show responsibility and spirit I resign,' Noppodon told a press conference. ...

Thai foreign minister resigns over Hindu temple row

Indian communists formally end support to government over nuke deal
Communist allies of India's United Progressive Alliance Wednesday formally withdrew their support to the ruling coalition over a civilian nuclear deal with the US and demanded a trust vote in the Indian parliament. Leaders of the four left parties that have provided the Congress-party led UPA with its parliamentary majority since...

Indian communists formally end support to government over nuke deal

Mercenary sentenced to 34 years for Africa coup plot
A court in Equatorial Guinea Monday sentenced mercenary Simon Mann to over 30 years in prison for his role in failed 2004 coup in which the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was also implicated. The BBC reported that a Malabo court handed Mann, a former British soldier, 34 years and four months in prison for...

Mercenary sentenced to 34 years for Africa coup plot

Malaysian Anwar Reacts To Sodomy Claim
Malaysian opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, indicted in a sodomy complaint by his former assistant, has summoned his backers to object about what he thinks is a “conspiracy” against him. Anwar Ibrahim countered fervently to the accusations he was brought and recorded a complaint against the police chief and the attorney general...

Malaysian Anwar Reacts To Sodomy Claim

Gaza Crossings Closed After Rocket Attack
On Tuesday, Israel sealed its crossings with the Gaza Strip, in return to a rocket assault across borders, says The Associated Press. On Monday, late afternoon, Palestinians fired a missile, but the occurrence had no damages and nobody was hurt. As a consequence of gun attacks, the border crossings will be closed for five...

Gaza Crossings Closed After Rocket Attack

Thailand Loses Its Stability Again
A week of protests between pro- and anti-government supporters in Bangkok ignited rumors of a military coup and contributed to the ruination of a government minister who quit the office last week. Only five months after national elections determined the end of military rule, tensions between supporters and opponents of the coup...

Thailand Loses Its Stability Again

Canada Foreign Minister Gives up Office
Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, who left classified papers in an insecure area, has resigned, according to a statement made Monday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper did not reveal what the documents were about or where they were left. But a government source disclosed last night that they were NATO summit...

Canada Foreign Minister Gives up Office

Quebec: We Will Keep Crucifix Up
The government of the Canadian province of Quebec rejected a proposal to remove a crucifix from above the speaker’s chair in the parliament. According to Quebec Prime Minister Jean Charest said the crucifix was related to 350 years of history that could not be erased. The proposal was made in a report into how Quebec’s...

Quebec: We Will Keep Crucifix Up

Bollywood Star Tania Zaetta Accused of Sex with Troops in Afghanistan
Bollywood film celebrity Tania Zaetta denied the allegations that she had sex with Australian Special Forces troops during a tour of war-ravaged Afghanistan. However, the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, mentioned that the claims were being investigated by defense officials. Zaetta, who appeared on “Baywatch” and...

Bollywood Star Tania Zaetta Accused of Sex with Troops in Afghanistan

Israel and Syria Start Indirect Talks
Israel and Syria stated on Wednesday they had launched indirect talks to reach a comprehensive peace agreement. The talks are mediated by Turkish officials in Istanbul. This is the first time in eight years when the two countries are willing to reach a common denominator. "It will be a very long process. The direct...

Israel and Syria Start Indirect Talks

Today is Thursday, May 15
the 136th day of 2008 with 230 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury and Saturn.Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include author L. Frank Baum ("The Wizard of Oz") in 1856; French chemist Pierre Curie in 1859; author...

Today is Thursday, May 15

Today is Saturday, May 10
the 131st day of 2008 with 235 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury and Saturn.Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include British statesman and scholar James Bryce in 1838; Swiss theologian Karl Barth in 1886; Max Steiner, who...

Today is Saturday, May 10

Today is Monday, May 5
the 126th day of 2008 with 240 to follow. The moon is new. The morning stars are Venus, Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury and Saturn.Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard in 1813; German political theorist Karl Marx in 1818; hatmaker John...

Today is Monday, May 5

Vladimir Putin and Russia’s Missiles Parade
Two major events are happening this week in Russia. First, the president Vladimir Putin is stepping down on Wednesday, May 7, after eight years of presidency and he will be replaced by Dmitry Medvedev. And second, the Victory Day parade in Moscow takes place on Friday, May 9. Intercontinental missiles and tanks are prepared to...

Vladimir Putin and Russia’s Missiles Parade

Gordon Brown Seeks Ties with Bush
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is due to meet the three U.S. presidential candidates Thursday before holding talks with President George W. Bush in Washington. As British newspapers pointed comparisons between the premier’s three-day visit in the U.S. and the chronicled trip of Pope Benedict XVI, a British official said that the...

Gordon Brown Seeks Ties with Bush

Vladimir Putin to Travel to Libya
According to Russian officials, President Vladimir Putin will travel to Libya Wednesday at the invitation of Lybian leader Moammar Gadhafi, Voice of America reports. Their talks are expected to focus on gas exploration deals with Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas company. Putin’s visit comes as Russia’s neighbor Ukraine is...

Vladimir Putin to Travel to Libya

Rice to Attend Meeting with Olmert and Barak
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will attend a meeting with top Israeli officials on Wednesday as a last stop in her Middle East tour. The main issue to be debated at the scheduled meeting will be the Israel-Gaza peace efforts. However, the meeting has been somewhat overshadowed by the latest Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip in...

Rice to Attend Meeting with Olmert and Barak

8 People Killed and 25 Wounded After a Suicide Attack in Pakistan
A Pakistani military bus transporting medical corps staff to work in the city of Rawalpindi was attacked by a suicide bomber Monday, at 7.30 AM, outside the gate of the army's National Logistics Cell on a road connecting the Royal Artillery Bazar to the General Headquarters in the nearby garrison city. Some media reports said...

8 People Killed and 25 Wounded After a Suicide Attack in Pakistan

Russia and India Agree On New Transport Plane
According to recent news reports, Russia and India signed a deal to jointly build a multipurpose transport plane Monday as President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrapped up a visit that highlighted deepening military and economic ties between the two nations. It was unclear, however, whether the two sides were...

Russia and India Agree On New Transport Plane

Bush, Turkish leader discuss Kurdish guerrillas
In an attempt to minimize further casualties caused by serious differences over the fight against Iraq-based Kurdish guerrillas, President Bush and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey sought Monday to resolve these issues. The two state officials agreed on the need to share intelligence to end their deadly raids.However there...

Bush, Turkish leader discuss Kurdish guerrillas

16 People Connected With Assassination Plot Of Voreqe Arrested
According to Fiji police officials, more than 16 people were arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, the military chief who became prime minister after leading last year's coup. Police Commissioner, Esala Teleni, said at a news conference in the capital Suva, that three of those arrested were...

16 People Connected With Assassination Plot Of Voreqe Arrested

Bhutto Visits Fathers Grave
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday visited her ancestral village and offered prayers at her family's mausoleum in a visit greeted by thousands of supporters. This is the first public trip made by the former premier in Pakistan since her homecoming procession was marred by the deadly suicide blast...

Bhutto Visits Fathers Grave

Turkish Soldiers Killed in Kurdish Rebel Attack
According to local media, at least nine Turkish soldiers were killed in fighting with Kurdish militants after midnight on Sunday, and more soldiers were reported missing forcing Turkey’s prime minister to call an emergency security summit The deaths dramatically increase the pressure on the government to launch a military offensive...

Turkish Soldiers Killed in Kurdish Rebel Attack

US Looking For Settlement Between Israeli And Palestinian Conflic
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will commence a two-day visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank on Tuesday, in preparation for a Washington-proposed international conference on the Middle East. The Bush administration under direct supervision of the president has proposed a conference in the US in November to confront...

US Looking For Settlement Between Israeli And Palestinian Conflic

Yasuo Fukuda Running For Prime Minister
According to a local publication released today, Yasuo Fukuda is being backed up to run for Prime Minister by a majority of lawmakers from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The race is tight as Fukuda is running against former foreign minister Taro Aso in next Sunday's election for the party's presidency vacated by...

Yasuo Fukuda Running For Prime Minister

Saturday, Sept. 15,
the 258th day of 2007 with 107 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Saturn, Mars and Venus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus. Those born on this date in history are under the sign of Virgo. They include novelist James Fenimore Cooper in 1789; William Howard Taft, 27th president of the United...

Saturday, Sept. 15,

Iraqi Prime Minister Seeks Government Unity
Though accused by a political rival of tacit protection of Iran-tied militia, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed his optimism on his government reconciliation on Sunday. In the same time US military reported an attack that took place on Saturday, causing the death of five soldiers and the injury of other four troops. The...

Iraqi Prime Minister Seeks Government Unity

British Cash for Honors Probe Ends without Charges
The Crown Prosecution Service announced that nobody would be charged in the honors-for-cash probe involving former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, among others. "This investigation has ended as I always expected it would. Those involved have been through a terrible, even traumatic time," Blair said."Much of what has...

British Cash for Honors Probe Ends without Charges
 

UN sees "unique" chance for Arab, Israeli leaders to meet
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday ahead of meetings at UN headquarters on religion and peace that the opportunity it would provide for Arab and Israeli leaders to meet was "quite unique." Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah...

UN sees "unique" chance for Arab, Israeli leaders to meet

Hamas frees Fatah prisoners ahead of Cairo unity talks
Extending an olive branch to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of unity talks in Cairo next month, the Islamic Hamas movement released 17 members of the president's Fatah movement it had detained in the Gaza Strip in July. The 17 were among dozens of Fatah activists arrested by Hamas police after a car bomb killed five Hamas...

Hamas frees Fatah prisoners ahead of Cairo unity talks

Israel must withdraw from occupied areas, Olmert says
Israel will have to withdraw from the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, if it wanted peace with its Arab and Palestinian neighbours, outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in remarks published Monday. "We need to reach an agreement with the Palestinians, in which the significance is a...

Israel must withdraw from occupied areas, Olmert says

Sternhell: inaction against settler violence enabled attack on me
A prominent dovish Israeli professor who was wounded by a pipe bomb outside his Jerusalem home warned Friday that the attack against him underscored the collapse of the rule of law in the occupied territories. Police believe the bomb was placed at his doorstep by right-wing Jewish extremists angered by Professor Zeev Sternhell's...

Sternhell: inaction against settler violence enabled attack on me

Livni urges Olmert to quit "quickly"
 One day after securing the leadership of Israel's ruling party, Tzipi Livni called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to implement his promise to resign as soon as possible, allowing her to form a new government urgently. The Israeli foreign minister - chairing the first meeting of the centrist Kadima party since she won primaries held...

Livni urges Olmert to quit "quickly"

Abbas, Olmert to meet for last time before Israel's Kadima primary
 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is scheduled to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday evening, for their last talks before his ruling Kadima party chooses a new leader. The parley would be business as usual, senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said, adding the Palestinians would work with Israel's prime...

Abbas, Olmert to meet for last time before Israel's Kadima primary

Week ahead of Israel's Kadima primary, Livni still ahead: poll
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni remains the favourite candidate to win next week's primary in Israel's ruling Kadima party, maintaining her two-digit lead, according to an opinion poll published Friday. Over 46 per cent of Kadima members polled said they supported Livni, while under 28 per cent said they favoured her main rival, Shaul...

Week ahead of Israel's Kadima primary, Livni still ahead: poll

US official: 1967 borders are basis for negotiations
Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to negotiate the future of Jerusalem, a US official said Thursday. An Israeli official confirmed that that Israel was ready to negotiate Jerusalem, seen as the most sensitive bone of contention that the sides need to settle. But he added the issue had not yet been brought up in the talks...

US official: 1967 borders are basis for negotiations

Egyptian foreign minister anxious over Lebanon
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Wednesday that he is concerned about ongoing sectarian tensions in Lebanon. "We are worried about the situation in Lebanon, particularly Tripoli in north Lebanon," Abul Gheit said after meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora. North Lebanon has witnessed in the...

Egyptian foreign minister anxious over Lebanon

Kenyan premier calls for peace during bomb blast memorial
Crises in Somalia and the Middle East need to be resolved to prevent further extremism and terrorist attacks, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said Thursday on the 10th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks in East Africa. Over 200 people died and more than 4,000 were injured in Kenyan capital Nairobi and Tanzanian capital Dar es...

Kenyan premier calls for peace during bomb blast memorial