Archive for April 28th, 2008

Thailand, India aim to boost rice output

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Thailand and India are set to finalize ways to accelerate boosting rice output in preparation for the growing global food shortage, Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan said on Monday. Speaking ...

NGO formed in Israel to define education policy on Jew-Arab coexistence

Monday, April 28th, 2008

A group of academics and education officials in Israel formed a committee to establish an education policy aimed at helping the Jews and the Arabs live together, local daily Ha'aretz reported Monday. "As long as the Education Minist ...

Russian launches rocket with Israeli satellite

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Russia launched a carrier rocket on Monday to send an Israeli communications satellite into space, news agencies reported. The Russian booster Zenit-3SLB with the upper-stage rocket DM-SLB, which lifted off from the Baikonur spacepo ...

Israeli deputy PM says to take all options to prevent nuke Iran

Monday, April 28th, 2008

All the options are on the table to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz said late Sunday before heading to Washington for strategic talks. Israeli daily the Jerusalem Post quoted Mo ...

Israeli shelling on northern Gaza kills five Palestinians

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Five Palestinians were killed and six others wounded in an Israeli artillery shelling on the town of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza Strip on Monday morning, medics and witnesses said. Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency and ambulan ...

Israeli deputy PM says ball of peace in Syria’s court

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Peace between Israel and Syria is now dependent on Damascus' stance and Syria must decide whether to abandon "the axis of evil" or to continue to be led by Iran, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz said late Sunday. "The ball ...

Bush pokes fun at his potential successors

Monday, April 28th, 2008

US President George W. Bush poked fun at his potential successors, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner. "Senator McCain's not here," Bush said of Republi ...

Woman ‘imprisoned, abused’ for 24 years

Monday, April 28th, 2008

A woman has told police that she was held prisoner in a cellar for almost 24 years by her father, who repeatedly raped her and fathered her seven children. Lower Austria police said in a statement that the 42-year-old woman, identified a ...