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Obama: change at hand; McCain: Mac is back
JACKSONVILLE (Florida), Nov 3: Front-runner Barack Obama and his comeback-seeking White House rival John McCain dashed through critical states in a frenetic final blitz on Monday, on the eve of US elections....
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Whoever occupies White House, air raids to continue
WASHINGTON, Nov 3: US air raids inside Pakistan will continue whether the next occupant of the White House is a Republican or a Democrat....
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Curfew clamped on besieged Congo city
GOMA/RUTSHURU (DR Congo), Nov 3: Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday declared a curfew in the key eastern city of Goma, which is threatened by rebels camped on the outskirts....
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China readies for new era in relations with Taiwan
TAIPEI, Nov 3: The most senior Chinese official to visit Taiwan since the end of a civil war 60 years ago said on Monday that historic talks to take place this...
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Social mobility in UK ‘on the rise’
LONDON, Nov 3: Social mobility in Britain is improving for the first time in 30 years, according to a government report on Monday....
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BMW heiress blackmailed by former lover
BERLIN, Nov 3: Germany’s richest woman, BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, was in the spotlight on Monday after reports alleged that a former lover tried to blackmail her using videos of their steamy hotel room encounters....
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276,000 Afghan refugees returned this year: UN
KABUL, Nov 3: More than 276,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their troubled homeland this year, most of them from Pakistan, under a voluntary repatriation programme, the UN refugee agency said on Monday....
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Probe ordered into ‘prisoners pulling plough’
LUCKNOW, Nov 3: An Indian state government has ordered an inquiry into a report that prison inmates were forced to pull a field plough, an official said on Monday....
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60 Africans found dead on Yemen beach
NAIROBI, Nov 3: Sixty bodies of would-be refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia were found on a beach in Yemen over the weekend after smugglers forced many of them overboard, an international aid agency said on Monday....
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Army of global journalists in US
NEW YORK, Nov 3: An army of global journalists is descending on the United States to cover Election Day, Nov 4, in a reflection of unprecedented worldwide interest in the American presidential election....
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A teacher remembers a dreamer
JAKARTA, Nov 3: When Sri Murtiningsi asked her third grade students what they wanted to be when they grew up, some said they wanted to be doctors and another a pilot....
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Long, bitter road for US blacks
WASHINGTON, Nov 3: Key dates in the history of African-Americans in the United States:...
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Obama is Hussein Jan for Afghans
KABUL: The newly-constructed American University of Afghanistan was supposed to herald a new era in Afghan-American relations. Instead, its affluent students are regular targets for attack and attempted kidnappings in an increasingly unstable Kabul....
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Dire legacy for US presidential poll winner
LONDON: Whether it’s front runner Barack Obama or outsider John McCain who makes it to the White House when America goes to the polls on Tuesday, the first briefing the new...
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Gazans not terribly excited
GAZA: Only a few years ago the bright yellow and orange al-Awda Factory for Biscuits and Ice Cream was a vibrant business and one of the largest factories in the Palestinian territories....
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US election divides civil rights battle town
SELMA, (Alabama): If Democratic candidate Barack Obama wins Tuesday’s US presidential election, he will owe a debt to this Alabama town where one of the most significant confrontations of the civil rights era played out....
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Yiddish revival creates rift among Hebrew speakers
COPAKE (New York): Hebrew is the language of the state of Israel and the Bible, but a growing number of Jews around the world are reclaiming Yiddish as the language of their culture, creating a rift with some Hebrew speakers....
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US commitment to Iraq
BAGHDAD: Dr Amira Edan al-Dabab has spent the past five years picking up the pieces of Iraq’s plundered past and fears the results may again be lost if America elects Barack Obama....
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Hutu militias key to Congo conflict
The international community is scrambling to organise a summit to prevent a resumption of the fighting in Congo that has displaced a quarter-million people in recent weeks....
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Kenya mad about Obama
NAIROBI: For reggae fans there is Makadem, for rock, Extra Golden. Folk lovers have Kenge Kenge while Tony Nyadundo offers a more traditional sound....
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