|
|
|
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
|
|
|
Iraq warns Turkey against incursion
|
|
ANKARA: Turkey paraded its military muscle Monday, amid stern
warnings from Baghdad that any large-scale Turkish incursion against
Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq would have “disastrous”
results.
In the capital Ankara, tanks and rocket
launchers were on display in the annual national day parade as Turks
celebrated the 84th anniversary of the secular republic’s creation
by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
|
|
 Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
O T H E R R E P O R T S
|
 |
|
|
|
|
China says 774 arrested amid product-safety
clampdown
|
|
BEIJING: Chinese authorities have arrested 774 people in a
nationwide crackdown on the manufacturing and sale of substandard
food, drugs and other products, the nation’s quality inspector
said.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
Victory in sight for firefighters in California
|
|
LOS ANGELES: Firefighters have tamed the handful of wildfires still
burning in California, but officials on Monday warily stopped short
of declaring outright victory in their battle with the blazes.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
UAE to deport 4,000 Asian workers after strikes
|
|
DUBAI: Four thousand Asian laborers working in Dubai will be
deported after they staged illegal strikes at the weekend over poor
wages and working conditions, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
Three Indonesian villages quarantined in anthrax
scare
|
|
KUPANG, Indonesia: Three villages in Indonesia’s east have been
closed off to outsiders after more than 750 people fell ill from
eating anthrax-infected buffalo meat, an official said Tuesday.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
Pres. Yudhoyono launches debut album in
Indonesia
|
|
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has found a
new use for his presidential pen, composing an album of 10 heartfelt
songs for release across the nation this week.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
WORLD
INBRIEF
|
|
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday brushed aside the UN
nuclear watchdog agency chief’s warning that there was no proof
Iran seeks atomic weapons, and invited him to stay out of diplomacy
with Tehran.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
