A TRIP to Eden by several men accused of terrorism involved fishing, barbecues and mud bogging, and there was no talk of either religion or politics, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Prosecutors had earlier alleged the trip was designed for bonding or team building among some of the 12 Muslim men charged with terror offences.
The men [...]
President Bush and King Abdullah of Jordan met privately for breakfast on Wednesday morning, as the White House tries to resuscitate the ailing Middle East peace talks before Mr. Bush leaves for Israel next month.
But the Jordanian Embassy said afterward that the king told Mr. Bush that negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis “should be based [...]
Nineteen African migrants died after smugglers forced them to
jump off a boat at gunpoint today, as they neared the end of a trip
across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia to Yemen.
Yemeni officials said the boat was carrying 120 refuge-seekers,
most of them Somalis, and that 102 of them managed to swim to the
coast of Ahwar in [...]
Scholes has been out of action since undergoing an operation to clear up a knee injury sustained in training at the end of October.
We are waiting for clearance and we think next Thursday the medical staff will give clearance for Paul Scholes to be ready to start full training and playing. He can play immediately, [...]
President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Bulgaria was notable in many ways — a multibillion-dollar pipeline deal, a chance to cement ties with an East European ally, and an opportunity to let Dmitry Medvedev shine in his first trip abroad since winning Putin’s blessing as the next president.
But the visit carried additional significance. It was most [...]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — U.S. President George W. Bush urged OPEC nations on Tuesday to put more oil on the world market and warned that soaring prices could cause an economic slowdown in the United States.
“High energy prices can damage consuming economies,” the president told a small group of reporters traveling with him in the [...]
