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Insurgents bombed a polling station and lobbed grenades at voters Sunday, killing 36 people in attacks aimed at intimidating those taking part in an election that will determine whether the country can overcome the sectarian divisions that have plagued it since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Baghdad - Bombs, mortar rounds and rocket attacks killed 38 people and wounded 110 as Iraqis voted Sunday in an election Al-Qaeda threatened to sabotage, the interior ministry said.
Premier Wu Den-yi reaffirmed yesterday the government s determination to reduce the unemployment rate to below 5 percent this year, declaring this year job promotion year.
A skeptical Palestinian leadership agreed Sunday to hold U.S.-mediated peace talks with Israel for four months, effectively ending a 14-month breakdown in communications between the two sides.
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Abu Dhabi: Nissan has the potential to double its market share in the Middle East but needs to offer the consumer more smaller and cheaper cars, Renault-Nissan president and CEO Carlos Ghosn said yesterday.
RIYADH: Saudi-based National Agricultural Development Co said yesterday it has completed procedures to obtain a 42,000-hectare farmland in Sudan.
Sometimes a president sends a message by what he doesn’t say. Some in the Middle East have concluded that President Obama did just that in his State of the Union speech earlier this week — in which he failed to mention Israel, the Palestinians or the Middle East peace process, which was one of his most high-profile diplomatic initiatives during …
Homes on the Lizard will soon have all their electricity generated by the wind thanks to a major overhaul of turbines at Goonhilly Wind Farm.
BLACKLANDS residents in Kilwinning have hit out at North Ayrshire Council’s lack of gritting during the big freeze.
Shares in the small, loss-making Dutch luxury carmaker Spyker Cars NV surged again Monday on hopes the company’s owners will reach a deal to buy Saab from General Motors Co.
Responsible banks and aid for Haiti _ not invincible billionaires, high-charged diplomacy or rock stars _ are the watchwords at this year’s World Economic Forum at Davos.
Indian software services firm HCL Technologies Ltd. said Monday that quarterly profit fell 16.7 percent in dollar terms, stung by foreign exchange losses, falling interest income, higher costs and weak revenues from its back office business.
A well-known face of the former government of Saddam Hussein widely known as Chemical Ali was executed Monday for ordering a gas attack on a Kurdish village in northern Iraq and for his role in other attacks that became notorious symbols of Mr.
Vice President Joe Biden met with Iraqi leaders Saturday amid controversy over the legitimacy of hundreds of electoral candidates in the upcoming general election.
President Barack Obama Saturday endorsed a bipartisan plan to name a special task force charged with coming up with a plan to curb the spiraling budget deficit, though the idea has lots of opposition from both his allies and rivals on Capitol Hill.
As Gov. Rick Perry spoke to a Capitol anti-abortion rally, a supporter of Republican opponent Debra Medina tried to steal some of the show.
HEADING FOR SHOWDOWN: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at an election rally in Colombo.
As much as 450,000 gallons of crude oil may have spilled in a southeast Texas port when two vessels collided Saturday morning, but it’s unclear whether that much actually leaked from the damaged tank, a U.S. Coast Guard official said.
The U.S. Marines marked the end of nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday by handing the Army their command of Anbar province, once one of the war’s fiercest battlefields but now a centerpiece of U.S.-Iraqi cooperation.
Yet Blair authorised the September 2002 dossier, saying: “What I believe the assessed intelligence has established beyond doubt is that Saddam has continued to produce chemical and biological weapons, that he continues in his efforts to develop nuclear weapons and that he has been able to extend the range of his ballistic missile programme.” Blair …
President Barack Obama phoned Senate allies Saturday as two key senators predicted that embattled Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will be confirmed for a second term.
SAN’A, Yemen - Yemen’s most influential Islamic cleric, considered an al-Qaida-linked terrorist by the United States, warned Monday that the U.S.-backed fight against the terror group could lead to “foreign occupation” of the country.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond will be quizzed by MPs over the way his Government handled the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
Most Afghans now seem optimistic about the future of their country, according to a new poll.
BANGALORE: The High Court has decided to await the Supreme Court verdict for the hearing of a petition challenging the renovation work of the cave at Bababudanagiri in Chikmagalur.
Germany’s foreign minister has gone to Yemen to secure the release of a family of five who were taken hostage last year.
A British bomb disposal expert killed on the deadliest day for Nato forces in more than two months is due to be named.
Manouchehr Mottaki declined to specify what charges the Americans faced. Last month, Iran’s chief prosecutor said the Americans are accused of spying.
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Can’t see video? Update Adobe Flash Player Video may take a moment to load. Return to Video Index A major investigation was today launched after an elderly man’s body was found at a Telford home and another body was reported as being spotted in the River Severn.
Five people from Shropshire have appeared in court in connection with a child sex ring allegedly involving nine teenage girls.
A former Virginia Tech student accused of decapitating another student at a campus eatery pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Monday and now faces up to life in prison.
The EA provides for the operation of a 400 tpd underground gold mine and processing facility.
Matthew Lewis, 4, makes no noise but his face tells the story while getting his vaccination at the H1N1 clinic in Ottawa.
Doctors in Italy gave permission Monday for police to question a fugitive American doctor who was found in a tent at the snowy foot of Mont Blanc last week, a hospital spokesman said.
Iran could consider sending its low-enriched uranium abroad, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, signaling a possible softening of its opposition to a plan aimed at easing Western concern over its nuclear ambitions.
Comment about “Frustrated Abbas offers to quit” Phone Name Comment 0 Frustrated Abbas offers to quit Slams Hamas and Israel Reuters Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday he did not wish to run for re-election in January, voicing disappointment at Washington for “favouring” Israel in arguments over …
Democrats narrowly held two seats on the Haddon Heights Council. Democrats Stephen Berryhill and David McCollum won the majority of the votes in Tuesday’s election.
WAM Abu Dhabi, Nov 06th, 2009 : “An immediate freeze on building in the colonies is essential, but that would be only a start.
Obama on Fort Hood shootings US President Barack Obama promises the government will get ‘answers to every single question’ about the Fort Hood shootings.
Money-saving ballot questions approved Tuesday by Evesham and Delran voters will increase political party influence in township elections.
President Barack Obama is set to sign a bill extending jobless benefits 20 weeks and prolonging the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit.
Trying to smuggle two Mexican nationals into Texas the long way — via Canada — has landed an Alberta man house arrest.
A Fort Lauderdale multimillionaire has quietly taken a plea deal in a misdemeanor drug case after telling Israeli media that Broward sheriff’s deputies beat him and made anti-Semitic remarks during his arrest.
The spokesman for Zimbabwe’s prime minister says Morgan Tsvangirai is asking other leaders in the region to “rescue” the unity government from which he temporarily withdrew last week.
FORMER local cricketer Don Toft is hoping to catch beer lovers’ attention with two of his real ales.
U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton engaged in last-minute diplomacy on Saturday aimed at salvaging an accord to establish diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia after a century of enmity.
A Sunni cleric known for denouncing insurgents in Iraq was killed Friday by a bomb that ripped apart his car, a police official said, in the second targeted attack on a religious figure in as many weeks.
Date : Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:33:37 +0500 COULD THERE BE A STATE NOT STANDING FOR ITS SIGNATURE? Cuneyt Ulsever Hurriyet Daily News Tuesday, October 06 2009 14:55 GMT+2 I found the news story in daily Hurriyet on Sunday odd.
