The Independent Cambodia puts the cremation site of Pol Pot on 'historic' tourist trail | The place where the body of Pol Pot, the former Khmer Rouge leader, was unceremoniously burned in a pile of rubbish is set to be the latest location from Cambodia's dark recent history to be transfo... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith) Cambodia Cremation Khmer Photos Tourism |
The Times Of India 'Jihad Jane' new face of terror in US WASHINGTON: The "war on terrorism" just got a little more complicated with the indictment of an average white American female dubbed "Jihad Jane" on charges of plotting with Islamic radicals, bringing... (photo: AP / SITE Intelligence Group) Islam Photos Sweden Terrorism US |
Gulf News Cathay Pacific returns to profit | Hong Kong: Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's biggest carrier, posted a second-half profit after paring capacity and selling a stake in a maintenance venture. | The HK$3.9 billion (Dh1.84 billion) ... (photo: Public Domain) Airline Business Economy Hong Kong Photos |
Daily Yomiuri Will Japan preside over Iran sanctions at UNSC? | As Japan prepares to assume the president of the U.N. Security Council in April, debate is already under way in various arenas regarding sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. Against this... (photo: UN/Eskinder Debebe) Iran Japan Nuclear Photos UN |
The Star UK opposition party calls for U.N. arms embargo on Iran | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Conservatives, favourites to win an election due in weeks, said on Wednesday they would back a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and a ban on oil and gas investment if Tehran re... (photo: (AP Photo/Max Nash)) Embargo Iran Photos UK UN |
The Star Iraq PM said to be ahead on eve of vote results | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for ... (photo: AP / Iraqi Government, HO) Elections Iraq Photos Politics Society |
The Star German Catholic sex abuse scandals draw link to pope | PARIS (Reuters) - In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says that if anyone leads innocent children to sin, "it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in ... (photo: AP / Maurizio Brambatti, pool) Abuse Church Germany Photos Society |
The Times Religious leaders must unite to beat Nigeria's extremists | Sir, The article by Ruth Gledhill and Jonathan Clayton ("500 butchered in Nigeria killing fields", Mar 9) portrays vividly the horror suffered by innocent civilians in the most recent outbreak of vi... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell) Nigeria Photos Religion Society Violence |
The New York Times Tycoon Wins Libel Suit in Ex-Spy's Murder Case | Boris A. Berezovsky, a self-exiled Russian tycoon, won a libel suit in London on Wednesday against a Russian satellite broadcaster that had linked him to the murder in 2006 of Alexander V. Litvinenk... (photo: AP/Sang Tan) Justice Media Photos Russia UK |