The Hindu : International News : Thursday, January 05, 2006

Online edition of India's National Newspaper Thursday, January 05, 2006

International

News Update

News
Front Page
National
States:
• Tamil Nadu
• Andhra Pradesh
• Karnataka
• Kerala
• New Delhi
• Other States
International
Opinion
Business
Sport
Miscellaneous
• Cartoons
Engagements

Sudoku
Today's Headlines

RSS Feeds

Specials
In Focus
Photo Gallery
Events 2005

Features:
Life
Magazine
Literary Review
Open Page

Metro Plus
Business
Education Plus
Book Review

SciTech
Entertainment
Young World
Quest
Property Plus
Folio

Stocks
Quotes
SE Diary

Advts
Classifieds
Employment
Obituary

Archives
Yesterday's Issue
Datewise

Group Sites
The Hindu
Business Line
The Sportstar
Frontline
Publications
eBooks
Images

Home

Crown Prince of Dubai assumes power on brother's death
Sheikh Maktoum was known for his generosity for the Indian community, says envoy

30 Shias die in suicide attack
DUBAI: Amid deepening sectarian tensions, a suicide bomber has killed at least 30 Shias attending a funeral procession in Iraq. The attack took placed at Miqdadiya, nearly 100 km north of Baghdad. Gunmen first fired automatic weapons and ...

Russia, Ukraine end gas row
MOSCOW: Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday resolved their bitter dispute over natural gas prices, ending a standoff that led to gas shortages in Europe. Under an agreement signed in Moscow on Wednesday, Ukraine during will buy Russian and Central ...

Koizumi defends shrine visit
TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi defended on Wednesday his visits to a war shrine honouring Japanese war dead, saying again that it is ``a spiritual issue.'' Mr. Koizumi made the remarks in a televised press conference when asked ...

Whitbread Prize for Scottish writer
Ali Smith's novel is the surprise choice; Salman Rushdie loses out

Other Stories

63 journalists killed in 2005

Iran trying to assemble nuclear missile: report

Dog days in the job market

In the dock, just in time

Leaders slam Mugabe

India & World
French firm chief ready to testify before panel
PARIS: Jean-Claude Giannino, president of Technopure that carried out the first phase of asbestos removal from the French aircraft carrier, George Clemenceau, says he is willing to testify before the Indian Supreme Court's Monitoring Committee ...

Read Today's supplements: Metro Plus | Sci Tech |

Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com
Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address

Yesterday's
International Page