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| Reaction to Quran burning pours in from around the world CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Increasingly earnest reaction poured in from around the world Thursday to a Florida church's plans to burn copies of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, on Saturday. The Rev. Terry Jones, the head of a small church in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Top Caucasus official says police on trail of Vladikavkaz bombers RIA Novosti VLADIKAVKAZ, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - The Kremlin's special envoy to the North Caucasus said on Thursday that investigators were on the trail of those involved in the terrorist attack in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Iran to release one of three American hikers held on spy charges Washington Post By Thomas Erdbrink TEHRAN -- One of the three American hikers jailed in Iran for more than a year on spying allegations will be released on Saturday, at the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, Iranian culture ministry authorities said Thursday ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Eid on Saturday in NCR Hindustan Times PTI Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Saturday. This was announced by Mufti Mohd Mukkaram Ahmed, the Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid, in New Delhi this evening after a meeting of Royat Hilal Committee. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US Marines capture ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia BBC News US Marines have boarded and seized a vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, navy officials say. A group of 24 marines swooped on the German-owned M/V Magellan Star and took control of the ship from nine pirates who had captured it on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fidel Castro Has Second Thoughts New York Times By ROBERT MACKEY In what seems like a case of life imitating "The Simpsons," Fidel Castro said, during a recent interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, that Cuba's communist economic model has proved to be a failure. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Court martial politically motivated: Sri Lanka's ex-army chief Sify Sri Lanka's ex-army chief General Sarath Fonseka said Thursday that the two courts martial and other cases against him were 'politically motivated'. 'The court martial has been set up by President Mahinda Rajapaksa for no other reason, but to put me in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Personal Finance: The fight over tax breaks Washington Post It's not even time to file our 2010 tax returns, but here we are in the middle of a battle over whether cuts from former President George W. Bush will stay in place or be allowed to expire. The powers that be on the right and left are set for a fight, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Serbia backs down on UN challenge to independent Kosovo Sydney Morning Herald BELGRADE: Serbia has dropped a challenge at the United Nations General Assembly to Kosovo's independence, saying it would submit a different resolution in a compromise with the European Union - a bloc it is trying to join. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Three killed in blast at Pakistan minister' home Sify At least three people were killed and six wounded when a car bomb exploded inside the residence of a provincial minister in Pakistan's Balochistan province Thursday, a media report said. The explosion occurred inside the residential complex of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Abducted journalist freed by captors The Guardian British-Pakistani journalist Asad Qureshi, who has been held captive in Pakistan since March, has been released. The British high commission in Pakistan announced the news today but gave no further details except to say he was receiving consular ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Myanmar seeks China's support of election Wall Street Journal By A WSJ STAFF REPORTER Myanmar's leader received a warm welcome in meetings with top Chinese officials in what analysts said was an effort to shore up China's support before Myanmar's first major election in 20 years. Although many details of Gen. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nobel winner urges end to death by stoning for all Iranians ABC Online Nobel peace-winner Shirin Ebadi has called on world leaders to fight to end the practice of death by stoning in Iran. She says Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, the Iranian woman whose earlier death sentence by stoning caused international outcry, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pak to charge three men over failed Times Square bombing Oneindia Islamabad, Sep 9(ANI): Pakistan will soon charge three men with terrorism in connection with the failed attempt to bomb New York's Times Square, a police official has said. The three men identified as Shoaib Mughal, Shahid Hussain and Humbal Akhtar ... See all stories on this topic » |
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