| 19 November 2006 07:53 |
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 Global trade talks have topped the agenda on the first day of a summit of Asia-Pacific heads of state in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi. Leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Forum say "major players" in the group are ready to commit to deeper cuts in what they call "trade distorting farm support". » |
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| 19 November 2006 07:14 |
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 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has warned that instability in Afghanistan poses a huge threat to peace and prosperity in the whole region. » |
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| 18 November 2006 11:45 |
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 Tony Blair has publicly accepted that the violence in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003 has been a disaster. » |
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| 16 November 2006 09:07 |
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 Climate change must be taken as seriously as the issues that have traditionally monopolized first-order political attention such as conflict, poverty and the proliferation of deadly weapons, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told a United Nations conference on the issue in Nairobi on Wednesday. » |
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| 15 November 2006 08:43 |
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 The Archbishop of York, the second-highest figure in the Church of England, waded into the row over Muslim veils yesterday saying they did not conform to “norms of decency.” » |
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| 14 November 2006 16:14 |
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 Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican moderate who achieved near-mythic popularity for his handling of the Sept. 11 attacks, filed papers Friday in New York to create the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Exploratory Committee Inc. A copy of the document was obtained by The Associated Press. |
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| 14 November 2006 09:09 |
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Nato is planning to strengthen its strategic and military ties with Australia, New Zealand, Finland and Sweden in a move that could give it a role far outside its traditional geographical influence. » |
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| 10 November 2006 09:25 |
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has warned that hanging former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will lead to even more bloodshed in Iraq. » |
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| 10 November 2006 09:23 |
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Democrats have gained the final seat in the battle for the US Senate, sealing their mid-term poll victory in both houses of Congress. » |
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| 10 November 2006 09:19 |
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 On the same day President Bush promised a new bipartisan Washington, he began efforts to get two of his most controversial decisions approved before the Democrats take over Congress. » |
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| 07 November 2006 11:02 |
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Voters in Tajikistan went to the polls in an election that looked sure to give President Emomali Rakhmonov, a Western-friendly leader in Central Asia, another seven years in power. » |
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| 07 November 2006 10:56 |
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The Kyrgyz president gave in Monday to opposition demands to fire key law enforcement officials but refused calls to resign even as thousands protested and police guarding his headquarters switched over to the demonstrators' side. » |
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| 06 November 2006 09:58 |
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 The authorities in Kyrgyzstan have launched a criminal investigation of opposition leaders accused of plotting a violent coup to overthrow Kurmanbek Bakiev, the president, who swept to power after the Tulip Revolution in March 2005. » |
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| 06 November 2006 09:56 |
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Intelligence and law and order agencies are expecting a reaction to the Bajaur air strikes in the form of errorist violence in Karachi, 'Daily Times' wrote on Sunday. » |
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| 29 October 2006 08:55 |
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After a hastily arranged video conference with George Bush Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that the U.S. president promised to move swiftly to turn over full control of the Iraqi army to the Baghdad government. A close aide to Nouri al-Maliki said later the prime minister was intentionally playing on U.S. voter displeasure with the war to strengthen his hand with Washington. » |
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