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| Chilean miners' rescue: the key questions The Guardian How will they get the miners out? Now that they have located the miners, engineers intend to drill another borehole that will be wide enough (officials said it would be 68cm in diameter) to bring out one man at a time. The technique has been used ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mideast press split on direct talks BBC News The US invitation for the resumption of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Washington next month has provoked a mixed response from the press on both sides. In the Palestinian papers, several commentators defend the participation ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Al-Qaida group frees 2 Spanish in Mali The Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali — Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate have been set free, Spain's prime minister said Monday, ending a hostage drama that involved several nations. Roque Pascual and Albert Vilalta were ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 24 killed in suicide blasts in Pakistan Economic Times ISLAMABAD: At least 17 people, including a member of the National Assembly (MNA), were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque of Pakistan's south Waziristan region Monday afternoon, a political agent of the area said. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Iranian drone bomber guards nuke sites The Australian IRAN has unveiled a high-speed drone with a range of more than 1000km, described by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a "messenger of death". A day after Israel denounced as "unacceptable" the supply of Russian uranium rods for Iran's Bushehr nuclear ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pakistan's humanitarian situation critical - UN BBC News The UN in Pakistan has described the humanitarian situation caused by the flood disaster as critical. As floodwaters continue to travel south through the country, tens of thousands of people are being displaced each day. Earlier, the UN said it had ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Prachanda, Poudel defeated again in PM elections The Hindu PTI Nepal's lawmakers on Monday rejected Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and his Nepali Congress rival Ram Chandra Poudel for the fifth time in the prime ministerial elections, plunging the country ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sri Lanka flies doctors, flood relief to Pakistan Hindustan Times Sri Lanka has reached out to aid Pakistan in its uphill task of providing relief to the millions affected by the country's worse flood in several decades. On Sunday afternoon, Sri Lanka handed over the second consignment of flood relief to the Pakistan ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Swedish Prosecutor To Look Into Assange Case This Week Wall Street Journal By Gustav Sandstrom Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)--Swedish Chief Prosecutor Eva Finne will investigate the charges brought against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange this week, she said Monday. The prosecution authority Friday said Assange ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| minister held over Van Gogh theft BBC News The Egyptian government's head of fine arts has been remanded in custody pending an investigation into the theft of a Van Gogh painting at the weekend. Muhsin Sha'lan, first under-secretary at the culture ministry, was accused of "negligence", ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Baradar was arrested to block Taliban-Karzai deal' The Hindu It has emerged that Abdul Ghani Baradar, a senior operational commander of the Taliban, was arrested in January by Pakistani authorities because they feared being left out of a deal that the Taliban was striking with the Hamid Karzai government in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pak authorities sack influential police officer over lynching Hindustan Times PTI An influential senior Pakistani police officer was fired on Monday in connection with the public lynching of two brothers which shocked the nation and prompted the Supreme Court to take suo moto action. Zulifqar Cheema, the Regional Police Officer ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NATO: 4 foreign troops killed in Afghanistan The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Roadside bombs killed four members of the international security force in Afghanistan on Monday, including an American, two French marines, and a Hungarian soldier. The attacks came in the north, south and east of the war-torn ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Afghan president to issue decree for anti-corruption bodies Xinhua KABUL, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Afghan presidential chief spokesman Waheed Omar said Monday President Hamid Karzai will issue a decree to bring some changes in working procedure of two anti-corruption bodies -- Major Crime Task Force (MCTF) and Special ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Afghanistan foreign minister to visit India tomorrow Daily News & Analysis Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI The situation in Afghanistan and India's assistance programme in the war-torn country will be reviewed when Afghan foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul undertakes a two-day visit to India from tomorrow. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| British woman 'becomes world's fastest texter' Indian Express A 27-year-old British woman is said to have become the world's faster texter after sending a tongue-twisting 26-word message in just 25.94 seconds. Melissa Thompson wrote the message "the razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Police break up sex cult Shanghai Daily By Cyril Li | 2010-8-23 | NEWSPAPER EDITION AN organization advocating sexual liberation and group sex has been broken up by police in the southeastern city of Xiamen. Some women persuaded to join by Chen Keyong even brought teenage girls to his ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 15 killed as floodwaters overturn bus in Pakistan Sify Fifteen people were killed and 16 missing after gushing floodwaters overturned a bus in central Pakistan Monday, police said. The accident occurred near Khad Buzdar village of Taunsa city, around 400 km south-west of Islamabad. 'The rescue workers have ... See all stories on this topic » |
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