18 Mar 2005 08:29 AM

The conditional truce between the Palestinian militant groups was announced Thursday after the meeting in Cairo.

18 Mar 2005 07:53 AM

Canadian Sikhs accused of being involved in the bombing of an Air India plane in 1985 were acquitted on Thursday by the Canadian judge. The decision evoked vocal response both in Canada and India.

17 Mar 2005 05:11 PM

U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California reported that the creator of 911 virus, a Louisiana man was sentenced to six months of prison and will pay Microsoft Corp. more than $27,000. He

17 Mar 2005 02:47 PM

Senate’s vote on oil and gas drilling in the little north coast town of Kaktovik appeared to be a trouble for it. Kaktovik is a very small city with just 284 residents. Still, it remains the biggest one among the towns of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain. The

17 Mar 2005 01:27 PM

Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, will be nominated as US trade representative. He will replace Robert Zoellick named trade representative in January. The switch comes amid George Bush’s nominations after his re-election in November. Portman

17 Mar 2005 12:45 PM

President Bush and Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi held a phone conference on Wednesday and came to terms, concluding that Italy will consider a phased withdrawal on condition that the Iraqi government is

17 Mar 2005 12:24 PM

On Tuesday Israeli officials reported that they are expecting Palestine to recall its militant groups even though Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas won a commitment from militant groups to an open-ended halt of attacks. Egyptian

17 Mar 2005 11:43 AM

Anatoly Chubais, the top Russian energy official, was a target of an attack this Tursday in the suburb of Moscow. An explosive device set near his armoured car exploded. Chubais’ bodyguards returned fire. Fortunately, Chubais was not injured. A few

17 Mar 2005 11:41 AM

US officials have reported Yesterday that U.S. militaries have commited homicide of more then twenty Iraq and Afghanistan detainees. The US Army reported about 208 abuse cases between the U.S. intrusion of Iraq in March 2003 and May 2004

17 Mar 2005 11:39 AM

Paula, Catherine, Gemma, Donna and Claire McCartney will meet with the US President George W. Bush on St. Patrick’s Day demanding a fair end to McCartney’s case. Robert McCartney was killed in Belfast by a gang that included two IRA activists. His sisters blamed IRA for being

17 Mar 2005 11:26 AM

The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai on Thursday amid her six-day trip to Asian countries. Antiterrorist talks were dampened by the huge blast in southern Afghanistan where at least five people died.

17 Mar 2005 08:49 AM

Justice B N Kirpal, India’s former chief justice, said Thursday the decision on Kanishka bombing that killed 329 people in 1985 was unjust. 329 people on board of Air-India’s Flight 182, Montreal to London, died after the explosion of the aircraft above the

17 Mar 2005 08:33 AM

Robert Blake, a Hollywood actor who played a detective on television and a psychotic killer in the movies, was found not guilty after the long-lasting trial on his wife’s murder. The once popular actor was on the verge of tears when announced innocent. Blake

16 Mar 2005 02:38 PM

The informers that helped Russian security service to track down Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov received their bounty of $10 million, Russia said yesterday. Chechen

16 Mar 2005 01:29 PM

A U.S. Senate committee reported on Wednesday that General Augusto Pinochet, former Chilean dictator, were discovered to have had more extensive cooperation than it was thought before. U.S. official institutions have reported that Pinochet was practicing the money transfering through 125 bank accounts