Member 316Top Iraqi official detained at Baghdad airport (AP)28-08-2008 22h18AP - American forces arrested a top Iraqi Shiite government official as he stepped off a plane at Baghdad's airport, a political ally said Thursday. The U.S. said the man arrested was a leader of Iranian-backed militias and was behind a bombing that killed 10 people, including four Americans. US coalition: 100 militants killed in Afghanistan (AP)28-08-2008 23h20AP - A four-day battle that began with an ambush on a joint U.S-Afghan patrol in southern Afghanistan has killed more than 100 militants, the coalition said Thursday. Fighting across Pakistan's tribal belt kills 8 (AP)28-08-2008 22h43AP - A bomb blew a bus carrying Pakistani police and government workers off a high bridge Thursday, killing eight, as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country's northwest. Russia frees 12 Georgians, but EU mulls sanctions (AP)28-08-2008 23h20AP - Russian forces turned over 12 Georgian soldiers on the border of one of the separatist provinces under its control Thursday after the short war that outraged the West and brought Moscow's military deep into Georgia. Thai protesters defy court order to leave compound (AP)28-08-2008 23h41AP - Thousands of demonstrators some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister's office compound on Thursday, vowing to remain until the country's leaders resign. Italian museum defies pope over crucified frog (Reuters)29-08-2008 00h16Reuters - An Italian museum on Thursday defied Pope Benedict and refused to remove a modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that the Vatican had condemned as blasphemous. Mideast running on different clocks at Ramadan (AP)28-08-2008 23h10AP - The start of the holy month of Ramadan next week is causing clock confusion in the Middle East. Egypt and the Palestinians are falling back an hour far earlier than usual, trying to reduce daylight hours for Muslims fasting until sunset in sweltering summer temperatures. Tourists evacuate as Gustav grows near Jamaica (AP)29-08-2008 00h18AP - Tropical Storm Gustav surged toward hurricane force on Thursday as it drove toward Jamaica and aimed for the Cayman islands, prompting evacuations of tourists and offshore oil workers. In its wake, impoverished Haitians scrambled for food. Meanwhile, New Orleans kept nervous watch, three years after Katrina's destruction. Mugabe defies opposition over government plans (AFP)28-08-2008 23h50AFP - President Robert Mugabe's regime insisted Thursday it will form a new government alone as an outraged opposition planned to petition mediator Thabo Mbeki to save Zimbabwe's power-sharing talks from an "act of insanity". Dalai Lama admitted to hospital with "discomfort" (Reuters)29-08-2008 00h12Reuters - The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, has been admitted to a hospital in India with "abdominal discomfort" but there was no cause for concern, doctors said on Thursday. <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 654 Member 312 Member 5328 Member 2582 Member 1926 Member 1383 Member 5282 Member 160 Member 2945 Member 2126 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 | |
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