6 January 2009, 3:10 pm
The revenues of Azerbaijan`s communication and information technologies sector will be equal to those brought in by the oil sector by 2018, Minister of Communication and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov has said. The minister said if the project on the establishment of regional innovation zones ... Read More »
6 January 2009, 9:18 am
An Israeli bombardment hit outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people - many of them children - as international outrage grew over civilian deaths.... Read More »
5 January 2009, 8:31 am
As Israeli forces attacked Gaza by land, sea and air, residents living in the congested coastal strip faced a fateful question: Flee the shelling and shooting, or hole up inside their homes and hope for the best?... Read More »
5 January 2009, 2:35 am
I was woken up by the sound of muffled explosions in the vicinity, apparently still on the outskirts of Grozny. In the last few days I have learned to distinguish between the thunder of a tank and the explosions of bombs, dropped by planes. The aerial bombing produces more noise. Besides that, when ... Read More »
4 January 2009, 3:04 pm
Gaza's main hospital, already full of Palestinians wounded in the week-long Israeli air assault, reached critical mass on Sunday, according to a Norwegian doctor volunteering at Shifa Hospital. "We've had a steady stream [of patients] every day, but the last 24 hours has [brought] about triple the n... Read More »
3 January 2009, 11:59 pm
The search continues for more possible victims after a series of powerful earthquakes in remote eastern Indonesia killed at least four people.... Read More »
3 January 2009, 2:39 pm
Launching a much expected ground offensive in a widening war on Gaza's Hamas rulers, Israeli tanks and infantry entered Gaza after nightfall Saturday.... Read More »
3 January 2009, 1:11 pm
Australia has told the United States for a second time that it will not resettle detainees freed from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba.... Read More »
2 January 2009, 5:02 am
Raul Castro was unanimously selected by Cuba's National Assembly in February to succeed Fidel Castro after his nearly 50-year reign as Cuba's leader. The younger Castro had largely been in charge since an aging Fidel underwent major surgery in July 2006. When Raul officially took the reins, he quick... Read More »
1 January 2009, 1:39 pm
Gazprom , the Russian energy monopoly, shut the entire flow of natural gas intended for Ukraine 's domestic consumption Thursday morning after negotiations over prices and transit fees unraveled the day before.... Read More »
1 January 2009, 11:15 am
Israel dropped a one-ton bomb on the home of a Hamas strongman Thursday, killing him along with two wives and four children in the first attack on the top leadership of Gaza's rulers. As the aerial bombardment escalated, the army said it also was poised to launch a ground invasion.... Read More »
31 December 2008, 11:34 pm
The Iraqi government made final preparations for what it considers a restoration of its full sovereignty when a new security pact with the United States goes into effect today.... Read More »
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