Bangladesh Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina, in her first, formal public statement since a landslide victory in Monday’s election, said she would target poverty as her "number one enemy" but that her first task would to bring prices down to the poor’s reach. "Our greatest, our number one enemy is poverty," said Hasina, while […]
Obama says change is coming
CHICAGO: US President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday that "change is coming to America" as he gave a victory speech after becoming the first African-American to be elected to the White House. "It’s been a long time coming. But tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change […]
US helicopter raid on Syria kills eight
US helicopters flying from Iraq landed inside Syria yesterday and dropped special forces who killed eight people, including four children, the Damascus government said today as Washington admitted it had targeted "foreign fighters". Syria warned it held the US "wholly responsible for this act of aggression and all its repercussions". It described the dead as Syrian civilians, […]
……………..SURVEYS ON STOPING TERRORISM………….
Israeli Leader Promises to Use ‘Iron Fist’ to Stop Terrorism JERUSALEM, March 2 — Israel’s acting prime minister, Ehud Olmert, warned Palestinians today that Israel would use "far-reaching measures" and "an iron fist against any attempt to resume terrorist activity," whether in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. Mr. Olmert spoke as a new opinion […]
Bush’s words mean nothing as Obama is hawkish on Pakistan
Pakistan’s summit- level interactions with US leaders make it clear that no one has, nor is anyone looking for, a quick fix solution to the complicated issue of how to make US military intervention in Pakistani territory compatible with the Pakistan-US alliance against the war on terror. Pakistani officials candidly admit that the Bush-Zardari meeting […]
Singapore’s First Olympic Medal In 48 Years
Singapore’s Olympic medal drought is finally over. The country’s women’s table tennis team’s narrow victory of 3-2 over their South Korean counterparts at Friday’s semi-finals garauntees her first Olympic medal in almost half a century. Weightlifter Tan Howe Liang gave the nation its only Olympic medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics – a Silver. Wth […]
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