| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 Iraqi Insurgents Plant Qaeda Flag in Baghdad
| BAGHDAD — In a brazen late-afternoon attack in the heart of this city’s most prominent Sunni neighborhood, gunmen attacked two police checkpoints on Thursday before a series of roadside bombs detonated on police and army patrols responding to the mayhem. |... | Saudi homes need good scrubbing, study says
| Riyadh: The dirtiest parts of Saudi Arabian homes are filthier than the global average, a study has found. | The Hygiene Council on Tuesday unveiled its international Hygiene Home Truths Study 2010 at the council's fifth annual meeting in Riyadh, which was attended by... | Oman sets stiff penalties for expatriates overstaying visas
| Muscat: Oman is to introduce stiff penalties for expatriate employees who are without valid employment status, including imprisonment of up to two years and a maximum fine of up to 2,000 riyals (Dh19,075). | The penalties come after the authorities twice extended a gr... | Islamabad did what it could
| The Airblue crash in Islamabad has brought tragedy to the families of the 152 unfortunate victims and plunged the entire country into mourning. Leaving aside the question of what caused the plane to crash — whether it was the cloudy conditions and heavy rain, so... | Sarkozy takes aim at Al Qaida
| Al Qaida's announcement this week of the execution of a sick, 78-year old Frenchman, Michel Germaneau, somewhere in the vast arid wastes of the Sahara, is seen in Paris as a declaration of war. "This barbaric act will not go unpunished," a grim-faced Preside... | Sweltering heat breaks new record in Moscow
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - The summer heat set a new all-time temperature record in Moscow on Thursday, a leading forecaster said, adding that the unprecedentedly long heatwave could be interrupted already on Friday. Boys cool themselves in a fountain at All-Russian Exhibitio... | BP spill cases head to court as Shell counts cost
| LONDON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - The tide of lawsuits unleashed by BP'soil spill in the Gulf of Mexico breaks into an Idaho courtroom on Thursday, just as the company's rivals are counting the cost of a ban on offshore drilling. Crews conduct controlled burns near ... | Japan supertanker probe reveals crash impact
| FUJAIRAH/TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese supertanker, which triggered fears of an attack in the sensitive Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route, collided with something, possibly a submarine or mine, UAE port officials inspecting the ship said on Thursday. | Damage to the ... | India needs to speed up
| When Indians talk about China, many fall back on what is essentially a tortoise-and-hare rendering of their relative performance. The story goes something like this: "Sure, China has its 30-year record of double-digit growth, its gleaming skyscrapers and its eigh... | US is no stranger to double-dealing
| Following the revelation by WikiLeaks that there have been fresh allegations that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is secretly aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan, sections of the US media rushed to accuse Islamabad of supporting both sides of the decade-old... | Israel has made peace even harder
| In an interview earlier this year with The Jerusalem Post, one of the Jewish colonists in Shaikh Jarrah, an area in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem where Palestinians are being evicted from their homes, explained that he had no "personal problems" with "... | Cameron sees India as a key partner for UK
| If his two-day visit to India is any indication, it would appear that British Prime Minister David Cameron has taken the bull by the horns, so to speak, in an effort to shore up the British economy. The agenda for Cameron's trip was simple: pack the chartered plane wi... | Christianity can combat conservative Islam threat
| AYAAN Hirsi Ali is shivering in the teal, wool coat that envelopes her on this wet winter day in Sydney. | She looks bird-like. But behind the fragile-looking exterior is a steely mind that has earned her the distinction of being one of the world's most controversial ... | Modern Odysseys
| NEW YORK — Now about to circle back to London after 30 years, I’ve been thinking about my family’s odyssey. We lose sight of the long arc of things in the rapid ricocheting of modern life. | This is just one story among many, with its measure of joy ... | |
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