Freed Colombian hostage reunited with her children
Betancourt ‘close to paradise’
BOGOTA — Ingrid Betancourt hugged and wept with her children for the first time in six years yesterday after a military rescue operation from FARC guerrillas.
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Olmert ponders return to policy of razing homes
JERUSALEM — A day after a Palestinian’s deadly rampage with a bulldozer in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday called for reviving the practice of demolishing attackers’ homes, and his chief deputy proposed cutting some Arab neighbourhoods off from the rest of the city.
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‘We talked all night long. We haven’t slept.’
First hours of freedom for Betancourt
herald staff with ap, reuters
Uribe may have gained even more support to run for a third term if he wants.
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obama pushes his campaign in republican states
McCain discusses Mérida Initiative in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Visiting US Republican presidential candidate John McCain met yesterday with Mexican President Felipe Calderón to discuss trade and immigration issues. They spoke at length about the Mérida Initiative, a US-sponsored effort to stem the flow of drugs and guns across the Mexico border, McCain said.
McCain and...
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Vice-premier even calls for dividing Jerusalem to keep trouble away
Israel mulls a return to home demolitions
“It’s inconceivable that we are slaughtered and they have all the privileges that our society grants our citizens.”
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allegations of sexual, financial misconduct
Mayor of London stands by his deputy but launches probe
LONDON — London Mayor Boris Johnson launched an investigation yesterday into allegations of sexual and financial misconduct against his deputy, in the mayor’s toughest political challenge since his election.
Full details of the charges against Ray Lewis have not been made public yet. But Lewis, an ordained Church of England priest,...
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Ultra-nationalist plan aimed to fuel country’s political tensions
‘Proof of Turkey coup plot found’
reuters
“Regardless of which camp will prevail at the end, the price is
likely to be high for Turkey’s
social and political stability.”
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U.s. wants china on board if it is to agree to goal of halving emissions
G8 to miss climate change targets
LONDON — Leaders at a Group
of Eight (G8) summit are unlikely to agree targets for cutting
greenhouse gas emissions in Japan next week, though the meeting may help pave the way for a
2009 deal, a UK official said
yesterday.
G8 leaders agreed last year in Germany to consider seriously...
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Sharia law in U.k.
Islamic law may play part
LONDON — Islamic Sharia law could have a role in mediation in England, but the country will never have Islamic courts that can impose their own judgments, England’s top judge said on Thursday.
Lord Chief Justice Nicholas Phillips waded carefully into an issue that caused outrage when the Archbishop of Canterbury...
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US envoy describes the successful emergence of ties from a stormy scandal
Much more than dollars in the suitcase
In an exclusive interview, US Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne expands on rapidly improving relations and the US presidential race.
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