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Independent news from around the globe...Israel temporarily 'halts' arming GeorgiaTEL AVIV - PressTV - 10/09/08 - Israel claims it has halted its lucrative weapons sales to Georgia in a bid to dissuade Russia from increasing military ties with Iran. 20 killed in attack on Pakistan mosqueISLAMABAD - RTÉ - 10/09/08 - At least 20 worshippers have been killed and 30 wounded in a grenade attack on a mosque in northern Pakistan. 36 militants, six troops killed in fierce clashes in PakistanISLAMABAD - RTT - 11/09/08 - Fierce clashes between security forces and militants in north-west Pakistan resulted in the death of 36 militants and six troops Wednesday, reports quoting an army spokesman said. Gen Ashfaq Kayani: Pakistan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity to be defended at all costRAWALPINDI - APP - 10/09/08 - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday said that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country will be defended at all cost and no external force is allowed to conduct operations inside Pakistan. He was commenting on the recent incident where innocent civilians were killed in a cross-border raid by the Coalition Forces. Federal Shortfall To Double This Year, Next President To Inherit Deficit of $500 BillionWASHINGTON - WashPost - 10/09/08 - A weak economy and a sharp increase in government spending will drive the federal budget deficit to a near-record $407 billion when the budget year ends later this month, and the next president is likely to face a shortfall in January of well over $500 billion, congressional budget analysts said yesterday. Russia’s Venezuela gambit a test for USBRUSSELS - TNI - 10/09/08 - Russia’s decision to send warships to the Caribbean is not just a riposte to US navy manoeuvres in the Black Sea, but a sign of Moscow’s determination to contest American influence, say analysts. U.N. says has evidence air strikes killed 90 AfghansKABUL - Reuters - 26/08/08 - The United Nations said on Tuesday it had found convincing evidence that 90 Afghan civilians, most of them children, were killed in air strikes by U.S.-led coalition forces in western Afghanistan last week. At least 35 killed in suicide attack in Diyala provinceBAGHDAD - M&C - 26/08/08 - At least 35 people were killed and 47 were injured Tuesday in a suicide attack in front of a police station in Iraq's Diyala province, medical and witnesses said. U.S. Expects to Rebuild Georgian ArmyTBILISI - Reuters - 22/08/08 - The United States expects to help Georgia rebuild its military, a top U.S. general said Thursday. Top US officials 'furious at Khalilzad'ISLAMABAD - Quqnoos - 26/08/08 - ZALMAY Khalilzad, the Afghan-born American ambassador to the United Nations, has angered top US officials over claims he contacted the contender for Pakistan’s presidency without authorisation, an article in the New York Times says. Somalia: MPs Describe the Killing of 65 Civilians As 'Massacre'MOGADISHU - SMN - 17/08/08 - Nearly all Somali legislative body members have slammed the killing of 65 civilians by the Ethiopian troops in Arbiska area near Afgoi as a "massacre" Deaths in Mogadishu market attackMOGADISHU - Al Jazeera - 19/08/08 - Five people are reported to have been killed and at least 17 people wounded after Ethiopian forces fired mortar shells close to Mogadishu's main market, witnesses said. Kuwait Energy inks Somali state oil firm dealKUWAIT CITY - "Trade Arabia" - 19/08/08 - Kuwait Energy Company (KEC) has signed a partnership agreement with the Somali government and Indonesia's PT Medco Energi Internasional to set up a state oil firm in Somalia, KEC's chief executive said. 43 killed in attack on Algerian police schoolISSERS, Algeria - AFP - 20/08/08 - A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside a police school in Algeria on Tuesday, killing 43 people and raising fears of an Al-Qaeda -linked campaign in north Africa. Pakistan: 23 more killed in Kurram clashesPARACHINAR - TNI - 19/08/08 - Twenty-three more people were killed in the strife-torn Kurram Agency on Monday, raising the tally of the dead to 227 as the ongoing tribal clashes entered the 12th day. Sources said 30 others were injured in various parts of the agency between Sunday and Monday night. Afghan officials clamp down on press freedomKabul, Afghanistan - CSM - 19/08/08 - Naseer Fayaz, one of Afghanistan's most famous television presenters, is used to fans and other well-wishers coming by the office. The host of a popular weekly program, "The Truth," his exposés of government malfeasance have won him awards as well as a devoted following. But after a recent episode of the show that was especially critical of the government, Mr. Fayaz received unexpected visitors: members of the Afghan secret police. Afghanistan's Karzai to Run for Office AgainKABUL - VOA - 19/08/08 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he plans to run for re-election next year. Dissident Northern Ireland republican threat 'higher than from Islamic extremists'LONDON - The Telegraph - 28/07/08 - Dissident republicans from Northern Ireland are engaged in suspicious activity more than any other radical group in the UK including Islamic extremists, according to security sources. Suicide hot line got calls from 22,000 veteransWASHINGTON - AP - 28/07/08 - More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says. NATO forces kill 4 civilians in southern Afghanistan, say vehicle failed to stop despite warningsKABUL - AP - 26/07/08 - NATO forces on Saturday fired on a vehicle that wouldn't stop at a checkpoint in Afghanistan's volatile south, killing four civilians and wounding three others, the alliance said. Document Actions |
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