22 hours ago Israeli forces wound Maltese woman, 3 Palestinians Israeli troops shoot Maltese woman filming Palestinian demonstrators in besieged Gaza. GAZA CITY - Israeli troops shot and wounded three Palestinians and a Maltese woman in the Gaza Strip on Saturday during a protest near the border with Israel
22 hours ago Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas called on Saturday for an "open political dialogue" between Palestinian groups and both Israeli and Jewish organisations around the world. "I call for an open political dialogue between Palestinian and Israeli forces, and we are ready to undertake them
23 hours ago RAMALLAH, West Bank Aides to Mahmoud Abbas say the Palestinian leader could meet with President Barack Obama soon. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says the Palestinians requested such a meeting and were told by Obama''s envoy that the U.S. leader would see Abbas in the near future. Erekat said
25-4-2010 An Israeli policeman shot and seriously wounded a British tourist after he drew a knife on officers and priests at occupied Jerusalem''s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, police said on Saturday. The man in his 40s was seriously wounded by shots from a policeman on Friday evening after he attempted to
25-4-2010 On Friday incumbent governor Taban Deng, the official candidate of the Sudan People''s Liberation Movement (SPLM), announced that he had retained his post in this month''s elections. The announcement triggered protests in which two Teny supporters were shot dead by security forces in the Unity
25-4-2010 Dunlop - ABU DHABI UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Saturday criticised restrictions on women''s employment in some Gulf countries and called for those barriers to be lifted. Women now have access to higher education in all six" Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Pillay said at a news
25-4-2010 Raadhika Venkatesh, while talking about her experience said, “It was a great experience playing for an orchestra. All of us were put together for rigorous practice sessions of about 10 hours a day for about six days. The practice sessions were initially done in sections under a separate tutor for
25-4-2010 The United States and its European allies are pushing for a fourth round of UN sanctions to pressure Iran to curb a nuclear programme the West fears is aimed at building a bomb. Iran says it needs nuclear technology to generate power. Mirkazemi said sanctions had no impact on Iran’s energy
25-4-2010 This move has now conferred QEWC the operating responsibilities of RLPC. The transaction is subject to customary approvals and is expected to close during the second half of 2010. The deal, when completed will result in an increase in QEWC’s interests in RLPC and RLOC to 80 percent and 100 percent
25-4-2010 Neither Israel nor the United States has ruled out military action to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions, which Tehran insists are peaceful but which the world powers believe mask a drive to manufacture an atomic weapon. Israel is widely believed to be the sole nuclear-armed power in the Middle East