SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, 21 November 2007 — Egypt offered broad support yesterday for peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians in the United States next week but again pressed for a firm timetable
ABU DHABI, 21 November 2007 — The UAE Cabinet approved the 2008 federal budget yesterday and announced a 70-percent salary hike for all government employees beginning next year, the state news agency
NEW YORK, 21 November 2007 — The Israeli government is arbitrarily blocking about 670 students in the Gaza Strip from leaving the tiny territory to go to universities abroad, Human Rights Watch said
NEW DELHI/BANGALORE, 21 November 2007 — Karnataka was yesterday placed under president’s rule again, less than a fortnight after it was revoked, with President Pratibha Patil signing the decree after
PUNE, 21 November 2007 — Bangladesh will emerge as poverty and beggar-free country by 2030, says Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammed Yunus, who is also founder of Grameen Bank. Yunus was speaking at
DHAKA/GOLSHAKHALI, 21 November 2007 — A false tsunami alert two months ago led thousands of Bangladeshis to ignore warnings as cyclone Sidr approached, costing many lives, villagers and officials said
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines, 21 November 2007 — A small aircraft crashed and exploded Monday on a remote village in southern Philippines, killing its pilot, officials said. Emmanuel Antonio,
