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. | Britsh MPs visiting the Pentagon to discuss America’s stance on Iran and Iraq were shocked to be told by one of President Bush’s senior women officials: “I hate all Iranians.”
And she also accused Britain of “dismantling” the Anglo-US-led coalition in Iraq by pulling troops out of Basra too soon. |
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. | President Mikheil Saakashvili, speaking at the UN on September 26, said it was a “law-enforcement operation” aimed against illegitimate intruders.
“One has to wonder, what was a lieutenant-colonel of the Russian Army doing in the Georgian forest organizing and leading a group of armed insurgents in a mission of subversion and violence?” Saakashvili said. “I want to ask our Russian friends: Is there not enough territory in Russia |
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. | lives should improve regardless of who wins. The major players in the polls all made generous pledges to the electorate. The question is how they plan to overcome the mathematical impossibility of paying for all that was promised.
There were three clear front-runners among the 20 parties and blocs registered for the balloting. They are the ruling Party of Regions led by Prime |
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. | After zooming in on the letters, weekly gossip magazine Choc revealed the text not covered by Sarkozy’s hand, which read: “I feel like I haven’t seen you for an eternity and I miss you. On Thursday, we’re leaving for a jaunt to Essaouira (Morocco) for my … But I would love to manage to see you in the week or next weekend. Millions of Besitos (Spanish for small kisses)”. |
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. | I must pass on: all except God doth perish. When I have sacrificed my angel-soul, I shall become what no mind ever conceived. Oh, let me not exist! for Non-existence |
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. | “We have found arms of US origin on PKK terrorists we have caught, and heavy artillery such as tanks and canons, again from the US, were found in camps that were raided. The US has also confirmed this,” said Mr. Erdoğan. Mr. Erdoğan said that he had not received a satisfactory explanation about how American weapons wound up in the hands of the PKK, which the US has designated |
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. | The inspections found out that labor safety rules were ignored while constructing the 16-storey building in Yeni Yasamal settlement. The area, where the construction work is carried out, has not been enclosed. 12 storeys of the building have already been built.
The inspection also suspended construction of the building in Yasamal district by Inam-Bayram LLC. 14-15 storeys of the building have been constructed |
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. | “The brutality of General Musharraf is being seen worldwide. Only the blind governments of the United States and Britain cannot see it,” Ahsan said.
Protesters pulled Tariq Azeem, the deputy information minister, from a car as he tried to leave the commission and hit him several times, before police stepped in and whisked him away. |
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. | UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has arrived in Burma for talks aimed at persuading the country’s ruling generals to end a violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.
Burma’s military rulers drew international outrage |
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. | It is not yet clear who was behind the attack, or what the intended target was.
A British Foreign Office spokeswoman confirmed the British pair, thought to be a couple in their 30s, lived in the Gulf state of Qatar. ‘Burns and cuts’ |
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. | “Peaceful settlement of Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, basing on international law norms and principles is carried out in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group. Though no significant results have been achieved yet, Azerbaijan is committed to the peace talks and continues its constructive efforts for the settlement of the conflict in the framework of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity,” Azerbaijani ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary |
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. | Burmese officials said nine people were killed on Thursday as troops fired tear gas and bullets to disperse crowds of anti-government protesters in Rangoon.
Most internet links have been severed and mobile phone networks disrupted. |
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. | The separatist PKK is listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and a number of other countries.
It has been accused of using bases in northern Iraq to mount attacks across the border against Turkish targets. |
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. | “We can’t expect a prime minister to have mastered such a technical concept completely, but this is an issue where Turkey could undertake a leadership role,” he continued. Recalling Turkey’s efforts as a mediator in the Middle East and its policy to serve as a “bridge,” between cultures, it could also serve as a bridge for the underdeveloped world on environment issues, Torunoğlu asserted. He added that stronger emphasis on the unfair terms the Kyoto Protocol implies for the less developed vis-à-vis the industrialized world would have guaranteed Turkey a seat on the UN Security Council in 2010. |
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. | The Israeli military killed two Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip early on Thursday, bringing to 11 the death toll in one of the bloodiest 24 hours in the Hamas-run territory in recent months.
The escalation, in which another 20 people were wounded, followed a warning by Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak that the clock was ticking down to a widescale military operation in Gaza aimed at curbing incessant rocket fire. |
