It's déja vu. This time the Bush gang wants war with Iran. Following a carefully orchestrated strategy, they have ratcheted up the "threat" from Iran, designed to mislead us into a new war four years after they misled us into Iraq. FULL STORY...
A non-binding resolution condemns Bush's plans to send 21,500 extra troops to Iraq.
'Ten dead' in US shootings
Global
By Agencies
Tuesday, 13 February 2007
Up to 10 people have been killed in two separate shooting incidents in the US. Six people died and at least four were injured after a man opened fire with a shotgun at a crowded US shopping mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, police said.
Three people are reported to have been killed and about 20 injured after bomb blasts tore through two buses near the Lebanese Christian mountain town of Bikfaya.
New Zealand must become the world's first greenhouse gas-neutral country, the country’s prime minister has said, outlining a series of ambitious environmental targets.
The US group, the Dixie Chicks, has won the three Grammy Awards for best song, record and album of the year following remarks critical of George Bush, the US president.
A draft report accusing Britain, Poland, Germany, Italy and other EU nations of colluding with the CIA to transport terror suspects to clandestine prisons will probably be watered down to ensure the European parliament's endorsement, officials say.
Iraq is to close its borders with Iran and Syria for at least three days, Abboud Gambar, the commander of Baghdad's new security plan has said on state television.
Pakistan's ruling party has introduced a bill to outlaw forced marriages, including those that take place under an ancient tribal custom in which women are married off in order to settle feuds.
Dubai Aluminium Co (Dubal) and Abu Dhabi's investment vehicle Mubadala Development will build the world's largest aluminium plant at a cost of $8 billion.