International

Cuba demands US gives back Guantanamo Bay

AFP | Feb. 14, 2008
Cuba's Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque claimed today that suspects held in the US naval base in the southeastern tip of Cuba have been subjected to torture and face unfair legal treatment.

International :: 426 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Religious police in Saudi Arabia arrest mother for sitting with a man

Times Online | Feb. 7, 2008
A 37-year-old American businesswoman and married mother of three is seeking justice after she was thrown in jail by Saudi Arabia's religious police for sitting with a male colleague at a Starbucks coffee shop in Riyadh.

International :: 446 Views :: 1 Comments ::

Reputed mobsters rounded up in U.S., Italy

Associated Press | Feb. 7, 2008
American and Italian authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a takedown of what they called a trans-Atlantic drug trafficking operation run by the Mafia.The operation, code-named "Old Bridge," was centered on New York and the Sicilian capital of Palermo, targeting Mafia figures who were strengthening contacts between mob groups in Italy and the United States.

International :: 493 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Britain unveils terror law proposals

LONDON - The British government revealed sweeping plans Thursday to toughen terrorism laws, including a proposal to hold suspects for up to 42 days without charge. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's plan would increase the limit for detaining suspects without charge from 28 days to 42 days and urge.

Associated Press | Jan. 24, 2008

International :: 553 Views :: 0 Comments ::

US drugs official accuses Chavez

A top US anti-drugs official has accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of being a "major facilitator" of the trade in cocaine.

The official, John Walters, said Venezuela had become "a haven" for shipments of cocaine manufactured in neighbouring Colombia.Venezuela rejects the charges, saying it is the victim of traffickers. But Mr Walters, speaking on a visit to Colombia, said failure to deal with the problem amounted to complicity.

BBC | Jan.20, 2008

International :: 629 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Hillary: Pakistan troops might have killed Bhutto

Hillary Rodham Clinton waded into Pakistan's volatile internal political situation yesterday, raising the possibility the country's military might have assassinated Benazir Bhutto because the killing took place in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.

BY Glenn Thrush | News Day | Dec. 30, 2007

International :: 814 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Row breaks out over Benazir Bhutto's death

The burial of Benzair Bhutto was today marred by heavy violence across Pakistan as a bitter row broke out over how she died. As hundreds of thousands mourned the murdered opposition leader, the country's Interior Ministry claimed she had died from hitting her vehicle's sunroof when she tried to duck after a suicide attack. However, one of Miss Bhutto's aide rejected the government's explanation of her death as a "pack of lies".

By Isambard Wilkinson & Bonnie Malkin | The Telegraph | Dec. 28, 2007

International :: 787 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Two-thirds of Israelis oppose attack on Iran: poll

Two-thirds of Israelis oppose their country launching on its own a military attack against nuclear installations in arch-foe Iran, said a poll published on Thursday.

AFP | Dec. 6, 2007

International :: 602 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Children must give prints for passports

Children over the age of six will have their fingerprints taken when applying for a passport to comply with new EU regulations. The European Commission says youngsters must be fingerprinted for all new EU passports and national ID cards – even those issued in the UK.

By Jason Lewis | Daily Mail | Nov. 24, 2007

International :: 775 Views :: 0 Comments ::

500 Pakistani activists arrested amid crisis

Police rounded up hundreds of opposition leaders and rights activists Sunday after Pakistan’s military ruler suspended the constitution, ousted the top judge and deployed troops to fight what he called rising Islamic extremism.

The Associated Press | Nov. 4, 2007

International :: 627 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Iran's president predicts Bush will stand trial for Iraq war

President Bush and other American officials will one day face trial just like deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein for "the catastrophes they caused in Iraq," Iran's supreme leader said Friday.

By Nasser Karimi | The Associated Press | Sep. 14, 2007

International :: 549 Views :: 0 Comments ::

MoD issues gag order on armed forces

Sweeping new guidelines barring military personnel from speaking about their service publicly have been quietly introduced by the Ministry of Defence, the Guardian has learned.

By Audrey Gillan | The Guardian | Aug. 10, 2007

International :: 471 Views :: 0 Comments ::

China pulls offensive abortion slogans

A new campaign in China to rid the countryside of pro-abortion slogans as crude as "Raise fewer babies but more piggies" is just a cover-up for a continuation of the nation's program that penalizes families with more than one child, a pro-family group says.

WorldNetDaily.com | Aug. 9, 2007

International :: 484 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Amourous Beijing couples told to be careful of surveillance cameras

Beijing couples intent on stealing a kiss in public are being warned they could be caught on closed-circuit television — and suspected of committing a crime, a state news agency reported Wednesday.

The Associated Press | Jul. 25, 2007

International :: 750 Views :: 0 Comments ::

UN nuclear inspectors set to leave for North Korea

UN nuclear inspectors leave for North Korea on Thursday to monitor Pyongyang's first steps in shutting down its nuclear weapons programme, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

AFP | Jul. 12, 2007

International :: 510 Views :: 0 Comments ::

Page 33 of 34

First Previous 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 [33] 34 Next Last

International

Latest Headlines