BAGHDAD, 5 February 2005 — Gunmen kidnapped an Italian woman journalist near a Baghdad mosque yesterday as the main Shiite alliance made a strong showing in Sunday’s national elections. Giuliana
WASHINGTON, 5 February 2005 — The commander of the US Marine Corps admonished a three-star general Thursday and told him to choose his words “more carefully” after the general told a San Diego conference
LONDON, 5 February 2005 — Saudi Arabia should be allowed to experiment with democracy at its own pace and not be criticized as a dictatorship, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday. “Obviously
RAMALLAH, West Bank, 5 February 2005 — Palestinians urged Israel yesterday to expand a prisoner release to ensure the success of the forthcoming summit as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon accused
ANKARA, 5 February 2005 — A leading Iraqi Kurd told Turkey it had no right to meddle in Iraq’s affairs and said any military intervention by Ankara aimed at stalling the creation of a Kurdish state
KHARTOUM, 5 February 2005 — About 10 Darfur rebel commanders have renounced leadership of the main movement in Sudan’s west, rebel officials said yesterday, raising fears that negotiations for a cease-fire
TEHRAN, 5 February 2005 — Iran’s judiciary said yesterday it was not pursuing Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, after investigations showed that a private complaint against her did not merit being
KUWAIT, 5 February 2005 — Kuwaiti security forces are hunting a number of key militant suspects after a recent spate of violence in the emirate, security sources said yesterday. Confessions of
UNITED NATIONS, 5 February 2005 — The United Nations vowed to discipline two officials implicated in a report that detailed conflicts of interest and flawed management in the UN oil-for-food program,
CALCUTTA, 5 February 2005 — German Nobel Prize-wining author Gunter Grass has branded India’s nationalist icon Subhash Chandra Bose a Nazi stooge scandalizing millions who blindly heroworship him.
NEW DELHI, 5 February 2005 — Describing the dismissal of the BJP government in Goa as “unconstitutional and arbitrary,” the BJP stalwarts decided yesterday to move the Bombay High Court and also take
PESHAWAR, 5 February 2005 — Pakistani police and intelligence agencies have arrested a Tunisian national suspected of links with Al-Qaeda, security officials said yesterday. The suspect, who
ISLAMABAD, 5 February 2005 — Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf yesterday called for a negotiated settlement of Kashmir issue, saying that dialogue process with India is aimed at finding a peaceful
DHAKA, 5 February 2005 — The future of the tri-nation gas pipeline project is set to come under fresh scrutiny by the government of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia following the sudden postponement of the
KARACHI, 5 February 2005 — Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said mega show Expo 2005 has helped to change the impression of foreign investors about Pakistan. The prime minister said the exhibition
