# Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz is due to go on trial over the deaths of a group of Baghdad merchants in 1992 and could be sentenced to death if found guilty.
# Among his co-defendants are Saddam’s half brother Watban Ibrahim...
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Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh was Monday banned for the rest of the Indian Premier League matches this season for slapping bowler S Sreesanth, officials said. Harbhajan, 27, who pleaded guilty and apologized for the offence, was also fined his match...
# NY city’s first Arabic-language school was branded as threat that was thought by its principal as an institution for “peace and hope.”
# Muslim leaders, academics and others see the drive against the school as the latest in a series of...
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# China has signalled it would meet envoys of the Dalai Lama in coming days, following weeks of calls from world leaders for talks in the aftermath of anti-Chinese riots in Tibet.
# While Beijing’s tone since March’s riots has been...
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This weekend, Rock Against Racism and the Anti Nazi League’s historic 1978 Carnival is celebrated in an anniversary gig. Here, some of those who organised or played at the original concert – and members of the audience – remember the event
Indian police say the organisers of the new tournament transforming world cricket could be fined if cheerleaders are deemed to be dressed indecently.
# The Bush administration has launched a new front in the war on terrorism, this time targeting language.
# Americans may understand “jihad” to mean “holy war,” it is in fact a broader Islamic concept of the struggle to do good...
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# New research from a Harvard scholar suggests that Africa’s economic woes may have their roots in the slave trade.
# It seems different ethnic groups in all the African countries is a contributing factor to the very slow pace at which the...
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# The ongoing Indian Premier League cricket tournament is a heady cocktail of sports and commerce on a level that has never been attempted in the game before.
# Youngsters are getting a chance to play with international players and learn from them and...
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# UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has called for Pakistan to be readmitted to the Commonwealth.
# Pakistan’s new and still fragile coalition government is trying hard to prove that democratic civilian rule can succeed and survive in Pakistan...
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