In 1984 I visited a (supposedly) reformed thief who has long presided over what is often called 'the Thief's Temple' in Sri Ranga Patnam near Mysore, known as Halagappa. He told me he was a baggage lifter (thief) when he
Beirut - All the prisoners and the remains of the Lebanese and Arab fighters arrived from Israel within the last 2 days . The focus today will be on the burial of all the rem
Beirut / Baghdad - Sunni leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority met with Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki , reflecting Iraq's efforts to reconcile with aloof Arab neighbors and tamp down sectarian tension across the region.
In a series of publications of PDF-versions of books inaccessible to mass audience REGNUM publishes a collection of archived documents translated into English, "Estonia: The Bloody Trace Of Nazism: 1941−1944. New Documents On Crimes Of Estonian Collaborators During The Second
A Jewish-American millionaire at the heart of a widening corruption probe that could unseat Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert returned to court on Thursday to be cross-examined by Olmert's lawyers. In May, financier Morris Talansky testified to having given Olmert
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday he wants to send more troops to Afghanistan "sooner rather than later," signaling a shift in priorities from Iraq amid warnings of an accelerating Taliban threat. Gates and Admiral Michael Mullen, the head
Barack Obama will flash Kennedy-style charisma but face a stern test as a novice on the world stage in the Middle East and Europe next week, on a trip rich in both risk and potential rewards. The presumptive Democratic nominee
The Bush administration's move to join Iran at nuclear talks echoes its pragmatic steps toward North Korea and shows how far it has come from the "axis of evil" days, analysts said Wednesday. William Burns, the third-ranking US diplomat, is
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Thursday that a Shiite revolt in the country's northwest was over, but military sources said the rebels had seized a village in the area shortly after. Military and local sources said at least
Up to 1,500 loyalists protested outside the republican palace in Khartoum on Thursday, shouting death to the world court prosecutor for seeking the arrest of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir. Shouting "God is Great" and "Go Forward Bashir" students and Arab
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo vowed Monday to prosecute Darfur rebel commanders alleged responsible for the killing of 10 African Union (AU) troops in the Sudanese region last year. Four days after he accused Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
A new company of Chinese engineers deployed to Sudan's war-torn western region of Darfur on Thursday, boosting the number of UN-led peacekeeping troops to 8,000, a mission spokeswoman said. "They've arrived; 172 arrived so that brings the number of the
At least five civilians, including a woman and her two children, were killed early Thursday when Somali insurgents attacked an Ethiopian military camp in the Somali capital, witnesses said. The feuding sides used heavy artillery in southern Mogadishu's Huriwa district,
Iran said on Thursday that Israel's release of Lebanese prisoners in a swap with Hizbullah was an achievement both for the movement and the Lebanese people, the state news agency IRNA reported. "The glad news of the release of Lebanese
Two Israeli soldiers whose bodies were returned home two years after being killed by Hizbullah in an ambush received military burials on Thursday. Ehud Goldwasser was the first to be buried, in his northern hometown of Nahariya. Thousands of people
The European Commission will continue to provide financial aid to Lebanon under the European Neighborhood Policy with a grant of 42 million euros ($66.6 million) during the upcoming year, a statement issued by the commission said on Thursday. As part
Iran said on Thursday that it hoped weekend talks aimed at defusing the long-running standoff over its nuclear drive would produce "positive developments" and voiced satisfaction at US involvement. "The presence of an American delegate in Geneva will help the
Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt said on Thursday that only Lebanese national unity can protect the resistance, in reference to Hizbullah."Arms cannot protect arms ... only national unity can protect the resistance," he said, indirectly responding to Hizbullah
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Thursday chaired the first meeting of the ministerial committee that was formed on Wednesday with the mission of drafting the new Cabinet's ministerial statement. The committee included Information Minister Tarek Mitri, Agriculture Minister Elias Skaff,
