JEDDAH, 19 September 2007 — Michael Scheuer, the former head of CIA’s Bin Laden Tracking Unit, says too few soldiers and too many agendas have led to a near-defeat in Afghanistan. Scheuer, whose
NABLUS/RAMALLAH, 19 September 2007 — An Israeli soldier and a teenage Palestinian were killed during a major Israeli invasion into a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank yesterday, officials
BAGHDAD, 19 September 2007 — Iraq will review the status of all security companies after this week’s “flagrant assault” by contractors from the US firm Blackwater in which 11 people were shot dead,
ISLAMABAD, 19 September 2007 — Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will step down as army chief only if he wins re-election, his lawyer told the Supreme Court yesterday. “If elected for a second
NEW DELHI, 19 September 2007 — Not willing to change their stand against the India-US nuclear deal, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) organized a protest rally in the capital city yesterday.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 19 September 2007 — Kerala is keen to set up Pravasi University, the varsity for nonresident Indians proposed by the federal Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, in the state, according
DHAKA, 19 September 2007 — A Bangladesh court yesterday acquitted former army ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad in a 16-year-old gold smuggling case, citing lack of evidence, lawyers and court officials
