International

Iraq’s Chemical Ali executed
27/01/2010 05:00
Iraq’s Saddam Hussein’s close aide “Chemical Ali” has been executed in Baghdad, the Iraqi official television reported Monday. Video grab of the state run Al-Iraqiya television channel showing the execution of Ali Hassan al-Majid, known...
Bin Laden claims December 25 U.S. plane attempt
24/01/2010 05:00
Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden talks at a news conference in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo A purported audio tape of Osama bin Laden aired on Al Jazeera television claimed responsibility for a...
Haitian man rescued from rubble after 11 days
23/01/2010 05:00
Wismond Exantus, a 25-year-old who was found alive in the ruins of a grocer’s shop, lies in a camp bed in a French field hospital in Port-au-Prince Rescuers pulled a man alive from the rubble on Saturday 11...
Haiti says 200,000 may be dead, tensions rise
16/01/2010 05:00
A resident carries Samael Jachond, who was rescued from the remains of his house, four days after the earthquake Tensions rose among desperate Haitians awaiting international aid and hunting for missing...
JAL agrees tie-up deal with Delta: report
15/01/2010 05:00
A Japan Airlines aircraft travels on a runway as Mount Fuji is seen in the background at Haneda airport in Tokyo January 15, 2010 Japan Airlines (JAL) has agreed on a tie-up with Delta Air Lines that will mean...
Obama chides banks’ ‘audacity’ for fighting fee
15/01/2010 05:00
In this Nov. 14,2009, file photo, President Barack Obama delivers a speech in Tokyo President Barack Obama on Saturday slammed Wall Street’s “audacity” for fighting a bailout fee he wants to slap on...
Koreas agree on talks to revamp industrial estate
14/01/2010 05:00
Vehicles wait to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong North and South Korea will hold talks next week on ways to revitalize a joint industrial estate in a further apparent sign that the North wants to...