Archive for April 6th, 2008

Report: Zimbabwe’s ruling party calls for elction recount

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Report: Zimbabwe's ruling party calls for elction recount Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party has called for a recount in last week's presidential election, the state-run Sunday Mail newspaper said. The Sunday Mail said ZANU-PF had a ...

Computer glitch causes new chaos at Heathrow T5

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

The new Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport was hit by new baggage chaos Saturday as a computer glitch forced British Airways to cancel 24 short-haul flights. "This morning, a software problem has arisen in the baggage system at ...

French medical team in Bogota to await FARC response on hostage

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

France's medical mission will remain in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, to await a response from Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) on allowing treatment for French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, French Foreign Minister Ber ...

Ecuador accuses CIA of controlling part of its intelligence

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa accused the CIA on Saturday of controlling many of his country's spy agencies and passing information to Colombia. "Many of our intelligence agencies have been taken over by the CIA," the president ...

Insurgents attack school in E Afghanistan

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Insurgents have blown up a school, but fortunately hurt no one, in the eastern Afghanistan province of Paktika, said a statement of the U.S.-led Coalition forces released here on Sunday. "The school was built by Afghan citizens and ...

Nepal to stop transport during election

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

The Nepali Home Ministry has decided to stop transport movement for 24 hours during the April 10 Constituent Assembly election in Nepal. According to a leading website nepalnews.com Sunday's report, beginning the midnight of April 9 ...

New Queensland laws to charge negligent parents

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Australia's Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine said on Sunday that parents who abandon their children to go gambling, drinking or shopping will face up to three years in jail under new Queensland laws. Shine told ABC radio that ...

Islamic Development Bank to start constructing nearly 500 cyclone shelters in Bangladesh

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will start constructing nearly 500 cyclone shelters cum schools in Bangladesh's coastal districts by June this year. The project is financed by 130 million U.S. dollars IDB received from an anonymo ...