| Mon 6 Sep 2010 |
Lebanon PM retracts Syria charge
Al Jazeera | Lebanon's prime minister has said he was wrong in accusing Syria of assassinating his father, Rafik al-Hariri, in 2005 and said the charge against Damascus was politically motivated. | Saad al-Hariri's comments to the London-based Asharq ... |
De Castro explains actions regarding Globe Asiatique's deals with housing fund
Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) After defending Globe Asiatique Holdings Corp. over its handling of housing loans with the Pag-IBIG fund in a radio interview on Monday, former vice president Noli de Castro admitted that he ordered an investigation i... |
Late Singers David ZĂ©, Urbano De Castro Get Homage
All Africa The monthly live music programme dubbed "Musongué da Tradição", last Sunday paid homage to the late singers David Zé and Urbano de Castro, at Luanda's Kilamba Cultural and Recreational Centre. | ... |
France pioneers Roma programme
Al Jazeera | France has come under fire recently for dismantling Roma camps around the country and deporting hundreds to Romania and Bulgaria. | Over the weekend thousands of people took to the streets in French cities to protest the government's action. | But ... |
Barak seals Russian defence deal
Al Jazeera | Russia and Israel have signed a military co-operation agreement, according to the defence ministers of the two countries. | Anatoly Serdyukov, the Russian defence minister, and his visiting Israeli counterpart, Ehud Barak, did not reveals deta... |
Killing time no more
Al Jazeera | After months of diplomatic arm twisting and cajoling, the US government on Wednesday announced that direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations will resume. | In making this announcement, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that this new round of... |
Arsenic scare hits Argentines
Al Jazeera | One in 10 people in Argentina have been found to live in areas where levels of arsenic in the water are above the legal limit. | Campaigners there are calling on the government to take action, but as Craig Mauro reports from the province of Buenos ... |
French Roma scheme aids integration
Al Jazeera | Outside Paris' city limits, stuck under a railway line and boxed in between industrial units, is a tiny, but extraordinary, example of what some campaigners say gives the lie to the usual story about all Roma being thieves or beggars. | It is a sim... |
No respite as England take on Swiss
Al Jazeera | Two of Europe's most successful club coaches meeting on the international stage should be an interesting enough prospect but the problems mounting for Ottmar Hitzfeld and Fabio Capello make England's trip to Switzerland still more intriguing. | Exp... |
Deep role rewards Rooney
Al Jazeera | It is not often a striker scores a hat-trick but finds his goalless partner taking most of the plaudits but that was the case after Jermain Defoe's Wayne Rooney-inspired hat-trick in England's 4-0 win over Bulgaria on Friday. | Adam Johnson weighed... |
De Castro comes out to defend real estate firm on Pag-IBIG housing loans
Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines -- Former Vice President Noli de Castro has taken up the cudgels for controversial land developer Globe Asiatique Realty Holdings Corp., which the new management at the Pag-Ibig Fund has accused of misusing billions of pesos in ... |
Israeli FM doubts peace possibility
Al Jazeera | Israel's foreign minister has been quoted by the country's army radio as saying he believes that peace with the Palestinians is unattainable in a year or "during the next generation". | Avigdor Lieberman's reported comments come days after the... |
Guatemala declares day of mourning
Al Jazeera | Guatemala will hold a national day of mourning on Monday for the victims killed by more than 50 landslides across the country. | At least 45 people were killed over the weekend alone. Heavy rain in the past few days has unleashed mudslides in ... |
Final talks on Australia leadership
Al Jazeera | The three independent politicians who will decide who forms Australia's next government have held final meetings with the country's prime minister and the opposition leader. | They are expected to announce their decision on Tuesday. | Last month's ... |
Murray out in third round
Al Jazeera | Andy Murray hobbled out of the US Open as Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka beat him in a third-round match in which both players struggled with injury. | Wawrinka won 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-3 on Sunday as the Scotsman struggled to run at full speed after ha... |
Democrats running from health care vote as election draws near
The Examiner | According to an article at Politico by Jennifer Haberkorn, Democrats who voted for the health care law are not reminding their constituents of that vote, while some Democrats are bragging about voting against the mammoth law. | The article states t... |
Vatican calls stoning brutal
Ohio | Associated Press | VATICAN CITY: The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery. | In its first public statement about the case, which h... |
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