At least 14 people burned to death in their homes on Sunday as ethnic clashes spread to Kenya’s Rift Valley town of Naivasha, overshadowing a push to resolve the post-election crisis by Kofi Annan. for more click here
Al-Qaeda is using teenagers as suicide bombers in Iraq, a US military spokesman said on Sunday, as an influential Sunni cleric urged the jihadists to stop “strapping bombs to children”.
The comments came as Iraqi troops and tanks rolled into Mosul to boost forces for a huge offensive against al-Qaeda after deadly bombings in the restive northern city this week killed dozens, among them a police chief. for more click here
SOEHARTO, the military strongman who dominated Indonesia for 32 years, has died in a Jakarta hospital, leaving a nation torn between revering and reviling its former president.
Soeharto’s organs failed at 1.10pm yesterday, after 23 days on life support in Pertamina Hospital. His body will be flown to Solo for burial today in a family mausoleum. for more click here
(CNN) — Saddam Hussein let the world think he had weapons of mass destruction to intimidate Iran and prevent the country from attacking Iraq, according to an FBI agent who interviewed the dictator after his 2003 capture. for more click here
HUNDREDS of thousands of pounds given to police to boost security in Scotland’s capital has been “eaten up” by a spiralling pensions bill, The Scotsman can reveal.
Police chiefs in Edinburgh last year hailed two new deals that resulted in an extra £600,000 being paid to the local force to provide dedicated officers to meet the heightened terrorist threat at Edinburgh airport and protection for the rising number of royal and VIP visits. for more click here
COMPUTER giant Microsoft has signed a record lease for a flagship Edinburgh development as part of expansion plans in Scotland, The Scotsman can reveal.
The US firm has agreed a 15-year contract on two floors of Waverley Gate – the city’s former General Post Office – which has lain empty for almost three years since it was refurbished. for more click here
The Netherlands has gained international attention by becoming the most recent European nation to stir up radical Islamic outrage. Geert Wilders, chairman of the recently formed Netherlands’ Freedom Party, called the Koran “an inspiration for murder” and said that if the prophet Mohammed were alive today, he would have him “tarred and feathered as an extremist and deported if he were in Holland.” Wilder has produced a film he plans to air this March on how the Koran inspires murder. for more click here
For years, President Bush and his advisers expressed frustration that the White House received little credit for the nation’s strong economic performance because of public discontent about the Iraq war. Today, the president is getting little credit for improved security in Iraq, as the public increasingly focuses on a struggling U.S. economy. for more click here
European and Asian shares have fallen in Monday trading as concerns continue about the threat of recession in the US and its impact on the world economy.
The UK’s main FTSE 100 index was down 81 points or 1.3% to 5,788 in early trade, while Germany’s Dax had lost 2%, and France’s Cac had fallen 1.9%. for more click here
A non-Jewish Canadian lawyer who spent 20 years researching the legal status of Jerusalem concludes: Jerusalem is the Jews’, by international law. for more click here