Politics

Egypt adopts organ transplant bill to curb trafficking - 02/28/2010

CAIRO- Egypt's parliament voted by an overwhelming majority on Saturday to regulate organ transplants in a bid to curb illegal trafficking and tourism over the issue. The law bans commercial trade...

Evidence against barred Iraq candidates to be released - 02/28/2010

BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao - Evidence that led to candidates being barred from Iraq's March 7 election for suspected links to Saddam Hussein will be released in the coming days, the head of the committee...

Dubai police say they have DNA proof of Hamas man's killer - 02/27/2010

DUBAI- Dubai police said on Friday they have DNA proof of the identity of at least one of the killers of senior Hamas militant Mahmud Mabhuh in the emirate last month. "We have DNA evidence ......

UN renews call for 'credible' Gaza probe - 02/27/2010

UNITED NATIONS, Gerard Aziakou - The UN Friday backed a move effectively giving Israel and the Palestinians another five months to conduct full, credible probes into alleged war crimes during the...

Berlusconi likens Italian judges to Taliban - 02/27/2010

ROME- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi launched a fresh attack on the country's judges Friday, likening them to Afghanistan's Taliban and saying they had seized power from the people....

US pokes fun at Kadhafi call for jihad on Switzerland - 02/27/2010

WASHINGTON- The United States on Friday poked fun at Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's call for jihad against Switzerland, saying it recalled the colonel's anti-Western diatribe at the United Nations...

Fixing Yemen's economy to challenge donors meeting - 02/26/2010

RIYADH, Paul Handley - International donors will meet in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to study how best to deploy billions of dollars to strengthen Yemen's government and stem the rise of violent...

Iraq Sunni bloc ends poll boycott - 02/26/2010

BAGHDAD- Iraq's leading Sunni Arab political bloc announced on Thursday that it will take part in next month's general election and urged its followers to turn out in numbers. The about-face by...

11 Nobel winners call for release of Mexico Atenco prisoners - 02/26/2010

MEXICO CITY - Eleven Nobel Peace Prize winners asked Mexico's president to release 12 people sentenced to 30 years in jail after violent clashes with police four years ago, in a letter published...

Son of Hamas co-founder spied for Israelis: report - 02/25/2010

JERUSALEM, Gavin Rabinowitz - The son of a Hamas founder was a key mole for Israeli intelligence inside the Islamist movement, helping thwart dozens of attacks, an Israeli newspaper reported...
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