Israeli-Palestinian summit put off
Israeli helicopters fire rockets at Gaza targets
A long-awaited summit between the Palestinian and Israeli prime ministers was postponed indefinitely after 10 civilians were killed Sunday in a twin suicide attack in the southern port of Ashdod.
Spaniards vote out govt over Madrid blasts
Spain's opposition Socialists prepared for power on Monday after a sensational election upset sparked by anger over the government's handling of a suspected al-Qaeda attack on commuter trains that killed
Rifts in Iraqi Council over UN role
Iraq's interim 25-member Governing Council was divided yesterday over the role the United Nations should play in assembling Iraq's new caretaker government.
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Sitar maestro Vilayat Khan laid to rest
Indian sitar maestro Vilayat Khan has died in a Mumbai hospital after a long battle with lung cancer and was buried yesterday, his family said.
UN's rights commission opens meet
The UN's top human rights body opened its annual meeting yesterday with debate on the impact of terror attacks and sweeping security powers on civil liberties set to overshadow the six-week session.
Russians hand Putin 2nd term
Russians handed Vladimir Putin a crushing reelection victory yesterday after a vote that lacked drama but confirmed a desire for post-Soviet stability that the former KSG spy embodies here.
Madrid bombs probe focusing on al-Qaeda
Investigators probing the train bombings that killed 200 in Spain last week believe a multinational cell of al-Qaeda loyalists carried out the attack, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing European
Iran punishing itself by delaying inspection: IAEA
Iran is punishing itself by delaying international inspections since this will prolong the UN nuclear watchdog's investigation of Tehran's atomic programme, the watchdog's head Mohamed ElBaradei saidSunday.
DPRK boycotts economic talks with S Korea
North Korea pulled out of inter-Korean economic talks scheduled to start yesterday in South Korea after demanding a change of venue over political unrest here, officials said.
