SHARJAH, 10 December 2004 — UAE President Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zayed Al-Nahayan, in his capacity as ruler of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has restructured the government of Abu Dhabi by merging several
NEW DELHI, 10 December 2004 — The United States will build stronger defense ties with India, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld vowed yesterday, but New Delhi said proposed US arms sales to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, 10 December 2004 — Sustained army operations in a tribal region near the Afghan border have put Al-Qaeda-linked extremists on the run and crippled their ability to strike, a Pakistani general
MANILA, 10 December 2004 — A toddler was among four people pulled alive from a building crushed by a landslide 11 days ago as Philippine rescuers yesterday frantically dug for more survivors. ... Full Story
AMMAN, 10 December 2004 — Syria and Lebanon were “very receptive” to Palestinian requests to upgrade relations with them, PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas said in Jordan after landmark visits to both countries. “We
JERUSALEM, 10 December 2004 — The trial of an Israeli commander accused of emptying his weapon into a Palestinian schoolgirl to ensure she was dead opened yesterday in a military court, a military
ABUJA, 10 December 2004 — Sudanese delegates began arriving in the Nigerian capital Abuja yesterday ahead of the latest round of African Union-sponsored talks on resolving the conflict in the war torn
BAGHDAD, 10 December 2004 — A spokesman from Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s office yesterday denied a media report that he had proposed spreading Iraq’s Jan. 30 election over several days to improve
DAMASCUS, 10 December 2004 — Syrian police yesterday dispersed more than 100 activists who blocked traffic in central Damascus during a demonstration to push for further political reforms in the Arab
TORONTO, 10 December 2004 — A former US Marine in Iraq, testifying Wednesday at a hearing for an American military deserter seeking asylum in Canada, said several men in his unit were “psychopaths”
BRUSSELS, 10 December 2004 — US Secretary of State Colin Powell accused European allies of undermining NATO yesterday by refusing to allow staff seconded to the alliance to take part in its military
