Editorial
Disregard for human life
Nothing will bring back the hundreds of British soldiers killed fighting in Iraq at Tony Blair's behest.
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World
Italian judge demands CIA agents' arrest
Saturday 25 June 2005
AN Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 CIA agents for allegedly helping to abduct an imam and fly him to Egypt as part of the US "war on terror," an Italian official familiar with the case said yesterday.
Rights group slams Uribe plan to disarm far-right
Saturday 25 June 2005
HUMAN Rights Watch attacked Colombia's plans to demobilise thousands of far-right militiamen on Thursday, calling on foreign governments not to fund the plan because it fails to provide justice for the paramilitaries' victims.
China urged to establish public health service
Saturday 25 June 2005
TOP UN poverty adviser Jeffrey Sachs told China yesterday that it should nationalise its health-care system to help bridge the gap between rich and poor.
IRA offers apology for 1973 killing
Saturday 25 June 2005
THE IRA apologised yesterday for shooting to death a Catholic girl in 1973 during a botched ambush on a British army patrol in Derry.
Adams says 'disappeared' will be found
Saturday 25 June 2005
SINN FEIN president Gerry Adams said yesterday that the bodies of the so-called disappeared would eventually be found and returned to their families.
Greek workers strike over attacks
Saturday 25 June 2005
NATIONWIDE strikes in Greece halted dozens of flights, disrupted transport services and kept government offices closed yesterday, when unions took action against government attacks on workers' rights.
Bush aide's slur sparks fury
Saturday 25 June 2005
THE White House defended presidential adviser Karl Rove yesterday after he sneered at liberals for allegedly being soft on terrorism.
Malaysians jailed for maid abuse
Saturday 25 June 2005
A MALAYSIAN has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for beating to death his Indonesian maid while another Malaysian received a 12-year prison term and nine blows with a cane for raping his Indonesian maid three times, news reports said yesterday.
Bush and Iraq PM talk tough
Saturday 25 June 2005
US President George W Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari stood shoulder to shoulder at the White House yesterday, both pledging eventual victory over Iraq's insurgency.
Campaigners slam Mugabe
Friday 24 June 2005
MORE than 200 international human rights and civic groups called on the African Union and United Nations yesterday to stop Zimbabwe's government from destroying the homes and livelihoods of poor city dwellers.