Archive for May 26th, 2008

Report: Israel steps up detention campaigns against Palestinians

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Israeli forces stepped up random detentions of Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza Strip, Hamas-led ministry of prisoners' affairs said on Monday. In a new report issued on Monday, the ministry said the Israeli troops arrested more t ...

Six people killed by suicide bomb north of Baghdad

Monday, May 26th, 2008

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck a checkpoint outside an anti-Qaida armed group base north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding 18 others, a well-informed police source said. The attack took place a ...

Pakistani president summons parliament session on budget

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf summoned the National Assembly session on the federal budget that is likely to be presented in the parliament session for deliberation on June 7, said local private Dawn TV on Monday. But the TV ...

Tsunami signs to be placed in New Zealand

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Tsunami signs will soon be going up as the New Zealand government has released a national design standard, Civil Defence Minister Rick Barker said on Monday Barker said on Monday that the signs would indicate tsunami evacuation zone ...

Myanmar’s constitution approved

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Myanmar's constitution was overwhelming approved in a referendum, state media said on Monday. Source: Xinhua ...

Cambodia provides $250,000 to help cyclone-hit Myanmar

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Cambodia will provide additional 250,000 U.S. dollars to help Myanmar after the cyclone disaster, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Monday. "Including the 50,000 U.S. dollars that Cambodia has already provided, we will provide up ...

Putting it plainly, US rate-cut campaign ends

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Sounding a gong couldn't have made it clearer. United States Federal Reserve officials are putting out the word that further interest rate cuts are unlikely. Fed Governor Kevin Warsh ditched the central bank's cryptic word tangles a ...

Cambodia lifts ban on rice export

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that the country would resume rice export from Tuesday. "The ban on rice export for two months is over," Hun Sen said while addressing an inauguration ceremony at the National Institut ...