Israeli and Palestinian leaders face critics of talks The Independent | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his peace moves, just as his Palestinian counterpart faced harsh criticism for agreeing to the talks at all. | Analysts on both sides questioned th...
The degree zero of culture Asia Times | Sep 3, 2010 LIFE IN TALIBANISTAN, Part 2 | The degree zero of culture | By Pepe Escobar | This is the second article in a three-part report. | PART 1: | Ten years ago, Taliban Afghanistan - Talibanistan - was under a social, cultural, political and economic nightmare. Ten ...
A weakened Earl blows by The Boston Globe | This story was reported by Erin Ailworth in Hyannis, Maria Cramer in Oak Bluffs, Brian MacQuarrie in Nantucket, Eric Moskowitz in Chatham, and Travis Andersen and Andrew Ryan in Boston, and was written by Peter Schworm. | A diminished Tropical Stor...
‘Kashmir inalienable part of India’ Zeenews Mumbai: Expressing concern at China's remarks about the term ''India-controlled Kashmir'', External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has said that China must respect the sensitivities New Delhi has towards Jammu and Kashmir. | Talking to reporters here on...
Scientist Sets Off Security Scare, Not His First, at Miami Airport The New York Times | MIAMI (AP) — A scientist detained at Miami International Airport on Thursday night because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law enforcement official said. | Officia...
Hurricane Earl a glancing blow in R.I. The Providence Journal | --> --> | After days of threatening advances, the hurricane known as Earl lost its punch and its ominous title Friday as it veered away from Rhode Island as a downgraded tropical storm that brought moderate winds, bands of heavy rain and roiling su...
Hurricane Earl slowly weakening on northward trek The Star | HYANNIS, Mass. (Reuters) - A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Earl churned toward the Massachusetts coast on Friday, en route to Canada's Maritime provinces, after slapping North Carolina with heavy wind and rain but causing less damage than ...
Hurricane Earl churns north, weaker but still threat The Star | HYANNIS, Mass. (Reuters) - A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Earl churned toward the Massachusetts coast on Friday, en route to Canada's Maritime provinces, after slapping North Carolina with heavy wind and rain. Men watch the ocean ahead of...
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JAL to Sell Units and Cut Jobs as Part of Restructuring The New York Times | TOKYO (AP) — Japan Airlines outlined restructuring plans Tuesday that included cutting 30 percent of its work force and additional financing to keep flying after filing for...
Earl becomes major hurricane, could swipe U.S. east The Star | MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl strengthened to a major Category 3 storm on Monday as it lashed the Caribbean's northern Leeward Islands on a track that could see it swiping the...
Farooq blames Pakistan for inciting violence in Kashmir Zeenews Kolkata: Kashmir is an integral part of India and will continue to remain so, Union minister Farooq Abdullah asserted today, while indirectly blaming Pakistan for inciting violence...
Go off the beaten track in Ibiza The Independent | Route 19 is not a route in the grand sense of the word. It is not a Route 66, a Silk Route, a Garden Route. In sections, it seems unrelated to logic, twisting, writhing and switching course. But here, two miles beyond Sant Miquel de Balansat, it de...
Hurricane Earl weakens after swiping North Carolina The Star | HYANNIS, Mass. (Reuters) - A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Earl churned up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada on Friday after dealing North Carolina's coast only a glancing blow. Men watch the ocean ahead of Hurricane ...
Sydney flight grounded over bomb threat The Daily Telegraph Australia | A CHINA Airlines flight bound for Sydney has been grounded for safety checks in Taiwan because of an alleged bomb threat, airport police say. | Flight CI051 was due to depart at 11:55pm on Friday (1.55am AEST Saturday) from Taipei but is currently ...
Radical Islam is world's greatest threat - Tony Blair BBC News Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has described radical Islam as the greatest threat facing the world today. | He made the remark in a BBC interview marking the publication of his memoirs. | Mr Blair said radical Islamists believed that whatever was done in the name of their cause was justified - including the use of chemical, biological or nucle...
