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28 Mar 2005 10:02 AM
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Syria denies Lebanese prisoners still kept in jails:
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Last month, Syria released about 50 political prisoners that mostly belonged to Muslim Brotherhood and there were two Lebanese among them.
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28 Mar 2005 09:55 AM
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Baghdad security and insurgents skirmish:
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Iraqi capital Baghdad today faced a skirmish between insurgent government employees and Iraqi security forces. The roadside bomb last left three people dead and at least five injured, the officials report.
The fire attack targeted a car carrying police Colonel Abdul Karim Fahad Abbasson on his way to Doura quarter
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28 Mar 2005 09:53 AM
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Putin invokes tax justice and order:
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Russian President Vladimir Putin invoked the government Monday to work out a legal reform package that would put an end to shadow privatization deals of the 1990s and put in order tax administration.
Putin’s last week’s meeting with big business leaders when he confirmed his support for the reduction of privatizations
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28 Mar 2005 08:32 AM
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Personal accounts remain heated point in Congress:
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Then-Gov. George W. Bush’s proposal to establish individual investment accounts in the Social Security system seems to face heated debates in Congress. Administration officials acknowledge this problem and say Bush
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28 Mar 2005 07:09 AM
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Sharon optimistic about pullout bill:
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Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister, said he is hopeful that parliament will reject a bill to submit his Gaza pullout plan to a referendum.
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28 Mar 2005 06:58 AM
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New Kyrgyz Parliament starts its work:
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On Monday, new parliament started its work in Kyrgyzstan after being acknowledged by the Central Election Commission.
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25 Mar 2005 07:39 PM
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New pact could hamper UK euro-entry, says Brown:
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Gordon Brown said on Monday that the UK may have some problems while euro entry, after EU finance ministers introduce some changes into its Stability and Growth Pact.
As governments discussed the implications of a new set of EU fiscal rules agreed at the weekend, the chancellor
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25 Mar 2005 04:56 PM
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Fisher: From Japan jail to Iceland with new citizenship:
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The U.S. government expressed its regrets concerning the fact that Japan allowed the former world chess champion Bobby Fisher to leave the detention center and fly to the Iceland where he was granted citizenship.
After
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25 Mar 2005 01:02 PM
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Terrorist suicide bomb blew killed 11 Iraqi and U.S. officers:
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Today the U.S. and Iraqi officers report yesterday’s suicide car bomb blast killed 11 and wounded about 20 people, among which were 2 U.S. soldiers.
The
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25 Mar 2005 12:42 PM
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Update 1: Paris specialists worry about Rainier’s condition:
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Doctors are not sure if Prince Rainier III of Monaco recovers from the heart, lung and kidney malfunction that forced him to be rushed to the intensive care unit four days ago.
"The state of health of His Most Serene Highness Prince Rainier III, who is still in intensive care under artificial respiration
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25 Mar 2005 10:59 AM
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U.N. Security Council sends 10,000 peacekeepers to Sudan:
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Yesterday the U.N. Security Council secrete voting passed a resolution to send 10,000 peacekeepers to Sudan to reinforce a peace agreement in the South of the country and to help in solving the conflict in western Darfur
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25 Mar 2005 10:41 AM
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New development of the longest right-to-die case:
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The Schindlers are facing one setback after another. The dispute between them and Terri Schiavo’ husband can turn into the longest fight with courts of all levels.
Schiavo’s parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, turned to U.S. District Court after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected their pleas to intervene in the case. Whittemore is now one more time considering the parents’ latest plea.
Terri Schiavo had been starving for almost seven days and was showing signs of dehydration on early Friday. Doctors
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25 Mar 2005 10:19 AM
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UN report: «Lack of commitment» in Hariri’s death probe:
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There was a «distinct lack of commitment» in the investigation of tragic death of Lebanese opposition leader Rafik Hariri and other 16 people in the center of Beirut on February 14, according to the report issued by the UN.
"Clearly
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25 Mar 2005 10:16 AM
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Embassy official: Akayev’s alleged ouster violates Kyrgyz Constitution:
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Akayev’s so-called ouster is a serious violation of Kyrgyz Constitution as he has not stepped down as the President of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Embassy in the US senior official said.
The country’s opposition has forced the government to step down, Kyrgyz Embassador in the USA Baktybek Abdrysayev
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25 Mar 2005 09:59 AM
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Putin tries to put oligarchs at ease:
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President Vladimir V. Putin said at Thursday’s meeting with Russia’s wealthiest businessmen that he approved a change in the law that would break off investigations into the privatizations of the 1990’s. He proposed instead to reduce the statute of limitations on privatisation deals in oil, metals, cars and utilities from 10 years to three. These President’s steps are targeted at improvement of economic state, specially the investment
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