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Monday, 27 December, 2010
GAZA CITY — Palestinians and Israelis traded threats yesterday after two Palestinians were killed in fresh skirmishes along the tense Gaza Strip border. The escalation of violence came on the eve of the second anniversary of Israel’s devastating “Operation Cast Lead” assault on Gaza and followed wee
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Monday, 27 December, 2010
LONDON — British ministers said yesterday they wanted to introduce new laws to allow regulators to fine airports for travel disruption, after a cold snap all but shut down Heathrow Airport last week. Transport Minister Philip Hammond told the Sunday Times that regulators should have tougher powers t
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Monday, 27 December, 2010
NEW DELHI — Dense fog over Indian capital New Delhi yesterday disrupted flight and train schedules, leaving thousands of passengers stranded in the cold at the airport and at railway stations. While services resumed hours later, commuters had to bear the brunt of the huge backlog. The fog descended
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Monday, 27 December, 2010
KABUL — International forces went beyond their mandate by carrying out a raid on a Kabul office which left two Afghan security guards dead, Afghanistan’s government said yesterday. The guards were killed last Friday when foreign troops stormed the building over what the Nato-led International Securi
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Monday, 27 December, 2010
LONDON — Teams of scientists have cracked the genetic codes of the wild strawberry and a certain type of cacao used to make fine chocolate, work that should help breeders develop better varieties of more mainstream crops. The wild strawberry is closely related to important food crops such as apples,
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Sunday, 26 December, 2010
By Samuel Kutty - MUSCAT — The Public Authority for Water and Electricity (PAEW) achieved another milestone in water supply with the containerised mobile desalination plant at Al Ghubrah going on stream. Work on the desalination plant, which uses the concept of reverse osmosis to produce potable wat
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Sunday, 26 December, 2010
Omani Days in Tokyo attracts Japanese visitors - TOKYO — The Omani Days in Tokyo programme continued to attract visitors and many lovers of culture, including Haru Ando the translator who produced the Japanese copy of Reformer on the Throne — Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman. The programme wil
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Saturday, 25 December, 2010
CAIRO — The global economy can withstand an oil price of $100 a barrel, Kuwait’s oil minister said yesterday, as other exporters indicated global production was unlikely to rise in 2011 because the market was well supplied. Analysts have said oil producing countries are likely to raise output after
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Sunday, 26 December, 2010
JOS, Nigeria — A series of unprecedented bomb blasts and attacks have left at least 38 people dead in Nigeria as authorities worked yesterday to keep the violence from spreading. Seven explosions went off in two different areas of the flashpoint city of Jos in central Nigeria, killing 32 people and
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Sunday, 26 December, 2010
ABIDJAN — The government of Ivory Coast incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo said yesterday a threat of force by West African leaders calling for him to step down after last month’s disputed election was “unjust.” Heads of state from regional bloc ECOWAS late last Friday added to world pressure on Gbagbo
