British guns pound Basra 2008-04-21 06:01 - IRAQI forces backed by British troops and artillery seized the main stronghold
of the radical Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the southern port city of
Basra yesterday.
Guantanamo Britons to sue MI5 over ‘illegal interrogation’... 2008-04-21 06:01 - Eight men freed from Guantanamo Bay are suing the British Government for
millions of pounds, claiming that it was complicit in the process in which
they were detained and sent for interrogation at the detention camp.
Al-Qaeda warns of Iranian threat 2008-04-21 06:01 - <b>DUBAI</b> Al-Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, said in an audio
message to mark five years since the US-led invasion of Iraq that
Washington’s war had met with nothing but failure and defeat.
Dockers’ protest forces arms cargo away from Durban port 2008-04-21 06:01 - A Chinese ship carrying arms destined for Zimbabwe was last night forced to
turn back after South African unions refused to unload it, claiming that to
do so would be “grossly irresponsible”, South African media reported.
Obama staggers under Clinton’s relentless attack 2008-04-21 06:01 - Hillary Clinton’s week-long assault on Barack Obama, over comments she branded elitist, followed by his lacklustre debate performance last week, appear to be taking their toll.
Brazil at odds with UN over biofuels 2008-04-21 06:01 - Brazil’s President blames rising oil prices for current global food crisis, saying biofuels are not the problem.
Prince lands in garden but doesn’t stay for tea 2008-04-21 06:01 - Prince William lands an air force helicopter in the garden of his girlfriend Kate Middleton’s family home, but the Defence Ministry defends his actions.
Zimbabwean farmers swap troubles to fight drugs in Afghanistan 2008-04-21 06:01 - As he drives out into the dusty fields of Kandahar province keeping one eye
open for the Taleban, Harry Spies can’t help daydreaming sometimes about the
farm he used to have in Zimbabwe.
Bobby Fischer’s final manoeuvre 2008-04-21 06:01 - Snow fell so heavily on the morning of January 21 that the priest feared he
might not make it to the remote country church in time. So secretive were
arrangements for the funeral, even he had not been told about its location
until a few hours before; a small chapel in southwest Iceland, where a grave
had been dug overnight without the knowledge, or permission, of its minister.
