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Visiting Biden condemns new Israel settlement plan | JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned Israeli plans to build 1,600 more homes on occupied land where Palestinians seek statehood, ann... (photo: AP / Baz Ratner, Pool) The Star Israel Palestine Peace Photos US |
Israel approves new settler homes as Biden talks peace | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Gavin Rabinowitz | Agence France Presse | OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday approved the ... (photo: AP / Sebastian Scheiner) Daily Star Lebanon France Israel Palestine Photos US |
Barak: Israel will hold all of Lebanon responsible for any Hizbullah attack | By Patrick Galey | Daily Star staff | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Israel will not launch an assault on southern Lebanon but will retaliate indisc... (photo: AP / Dan Balilty) Daily Star Lebanon Defence Hezbollah Israel Lebanon Photos |
Iraq delays announcement of initial election results as ballot counting continues | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Rory Mulholland | Agence France Presse | BAGHDAD: Iraq awaited initial results Tuesday from p... (photo: AP / Ahmed al-Husseini)) Daily Star Lebanon Elections Iraq Photos Politics Society |
Survivors struggle to pick up pieces after Turkey temblor | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Mahmut Bozarslan | Agence France Presse | OKCULAR, Turkey: Survivors of a killer earthquake i... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici) Daily Star Lebanon Disaster Earthquake Emergency Photos Turkey |
Greek PM not looking for aid in meeting with Obama WASHINGTON: Ahead of a meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is stressing that his country's financial woes are a problem... (photo: Public Domain / TCY) The Times Of India America Obama Photos Politics US |
Women's Bill passed in RS as Congress refuses to be cowed down NEW DELHI: After a day of high drama that saw the Rajya Sabha swarm with more than a hundred marshals in blue dresses called in to bundle out seven MPs blocking proceedin... (photo: AP / Ajit Solanki) The Times Of India India Photos Politics Society Woman |
Some Iraq Results Coming Wednesday | BAGHDAD — Iraq’s electoral commission said Tuesday that it would announce partial results of parliamentary elections on Wednesday, providing an incomplete p... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) The New York Times Election Iraq Parliament Photos Vote |
Iran can deter attacks on nuclear sites: minister DOHA - Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar warned Tuesday that Tehran has 'great means of deterrence' to face any possible attack over its nuclear programme... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian, FILE) Khaleej Times Defence Iran Nuclear Photos US |
What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt? Not so long ago, when an American president wanted help in the Arab world, he would call Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who was routinely known as America's close... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser) Khaleej Times Egypt Mubarak Photos President World |
'Emperor' as AFP chief raises fears of poll fraud | MANILA, Philippines—Members of both sides of the political spectrum are antsy over President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's appointment of the 'Emperor' as Armed Forces of t... (photo: OPS/NIB / Marcelino Pascua) Inquirer Arroyo Fears Fraud Manila Photos |
Russia urges Sweden to extradite Chechen "bandits" | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Sweden on Tuesday to extradite two men it says are Chechen separatists and accuses of involvement in killings... (photo: AP / Alexander Natruskin, Pool) The Star Chechnya Human Rights Photos Russia Sweden |
Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged quake-stricken Haiti on Tuesday to hold legislative elections "as soon as appropriate," saying new polls... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) The Star Earthquake Elections Haiti Photos US |
Economic insecurity is troubling Obama Economic insecurity is troubling Obama | The Obama administration and Democrats in general are in trouble because they are not urgently and effectively addressing the iss... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Deccan Chronicle Democrats Economy Insecurity Photos US |
China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal | NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boostin... (photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi) The Star China Climate Change India Photos UN |
Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says | NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said on Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave on Mond... (photo: AP Photo / Petros Karadjias) The Star Cyprus News Nicosia Photos President |
First Iraq election results to be released Wednesday | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Iraq's parliamentary election will be released on Wednesday, an electoral commission official said on Tuesday. Iraqi's Prim... (photo: AP/Iraqi Government) The Star Baghdad Elections Iraq Photos Politics |
ANALYSIS - U.S. politicians may unite in obesity battle | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One way to achieve bipartisanship in Washington may be to tackle an issue everyone can agree on -- the childhood obesity epidemic. People line up... (photo: AP / Stacie Freudenberg) The Star Epidemic Health Obesity Photos US |
China and India Join Climate Accord | WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies ... (photo: AP / Heribert Proepper) The New York Times China Climate Change India Photos UN |
Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks | PARIS — The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish ... (photo: GFDL) The New York Times Conservation Maldives Photos UN Wildlife |