|
F R I E N D S O F I N D I A |
|
|
reuters.com - World News
Obama warns Koran-burning would boost al Qaeda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Thursday that an obscure U.S. Christian pastor's plan to burn the Koran on September 11 could provoke al Qaeda suicide bombings, and Asian countries urged Washington to prevent the act. Car bomb kills 16 at market in Russia's Caucasus VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia (Reuters) - A suicide bomber set off a powerful blast near a busy market in Russia's restive North Caucasus on Thursday, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 100, authorities said. U.S. Marines seize ship from pirates in the Gulf of Aden DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Marines boarded and seized a commercial German vessel in the Gulf of Aden that had been attacked and boarded by pirates a day earlier, the U.S. Fifth Fleet said in a statement on Thursday. Iran says to free one American detainee TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will release on Saturday one of three detained American citizens accused of espionage, an official told Reuters on Thursday. Israel faces Arab nuclear pressure at IAEA meetings VIENNA (Reuters) - Arab states backed by Iran are poised to target Israel over its assumed atomic arsenal at U.N. nuclear watchdog meetings this month, despite U.S. warnings this may hamper broader steps to ban such weapons in the Middle East. Gunmen behead, set alight Sunni cleric in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed the house of a Sunni cleric on Thursday and cut his head off before setting him alight in an attack that bore the hallmark of insurgents, a police spokesman said. Myanmar says China top ally, vote won't affect ties BEIJING (Reuters) - Myanmar's reclusive leader on Thursday reassured Beijing that China is a vital ally and said an upcoming election and planned power transfer to a civilian government would not affect relations. Nuclear-armed Pakistan expected to chair IAEA board VIENNA (Reuters) - Pakistan is expected to become the next head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing body despite being outside a global anti-nuclear arms pact and home to a nuclear smuggler who supplied Iran and North Korea, diplomats say. Young Turks crave jobs and end to ideological spat ISTANBUL (Reuters) - From the bustling streets of Istanbul to the villages of central Anatolia, one question dominates campaigning for Sunday's constitutional referendum. What kind of Turkey awaits the country's burgeoning young generation? Suicide blasts hit Mogadishu, 2 peacekeepers killed MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Suicide bombers killed two African Union peacekeepers and a number of civilians at Mogadishu's airport on Thursday in the latest attack on the Somali capital by al Qaeda-linked rebels. More ...
World News:
Google,
Yahoo!,
Reuters,
BBCNews
India News: Rediff.com, GoogleNews, PTINews, BBCNews, TheHindu, TheTelegraph, TheIndianExpress, TheHindustanTimes, TheTimesOfIndia US News: NewYorkTimes, Google, Yahoo!, CBSNews, Reuters AssociatedPress Business News: AssociatedPress, Rediff.com, GoogleNews, PTINews, TheHindu, TheTelegraph, TheIndianExpress, TheHindustanTimes, TheTimesOfIndia Technology News: AssociatedPress, GoogleNews, Yahoo! Health News: AssociatedPress, GoogleNews, TheTimesOfIndia Entertaintment News: AssociatedPress, Rediff.com, GoogleNews, TheHindustanTimes, TheTimesOfIndia Sports News: Rediff.com, GoogleNews, PTINews, TheHindu, TheTelegraph, TheIndianExpress, TheHindustanTimes Opinions: Rediff.com, TheHindu, TheTelegraph, TheHindustanTimes, TheTimesOfIndia, CFR.com Newspapers: World, USA, India Blogs: FriendsOfIndia Leisure: QuoteOfTheDay, WordOfTheDay, Horoscopes, HowToOfTheDay, AnswersoftheDay, JokeoftheDay Info: Hunger, Health, WorkingForChange, Tolerance, Poverty |
|
Custom Search
|
|
|
|