News Archive
RBAF to get upgraded radio network system
19/01/2008
THE Ministry of Defence yesterday signed a contract with a US-based communications provider for the supply of combat...
'Joint efforts needed for global issues'
19/01/2008
DURING the past few days, the sultanate has received a spate of visits from envoys and high-level delegations from...
Coop targets membership of 200,000 by the year 2010
19/01/2008
KOKAMI, the national mukim and village cooperative, is aiming for a membership of 200,000 by the end of 2010, its...
Private firm in anti-drug battle
19/01/2008
A PRIVATE sector company has joined forces with the Narcotics Control Bureau to fight the menace of drug abuse in the...
Putin lands key pipeline deal
19/01/2008
RUSSIA and Bulgaria agreed a landmark gas pipeline deal yesterday that will strengthen Russia's grip on Europe's energy...
550 cholera cases in Congo
19/01/2008
MORE than 550 people have fallen victim to a cholera epidemic so far this year in Lubumbashi, capital of Congo's...
WORLD ROUND-UP
19/01/2008
US for life-term for Qaeda plotter WASHINGTON: US authorities recommended a life sentence for a Canadian al-Qaeda...
Google to lend hand in fight on global warming
19/01/2008
GOOGLE'S philanthropic arm on Thursday said it is taking aim at global warming, poverty, and pandemics with millions in...
Chess genius Bobby Fischer dies in Iceland
19/01/2008
BOBBY Fischer, America's first and only world chess champion, who beat the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky in a blaze of...
Israel bombs Hamas ministry On ruse of halting attacks, Israel hits at Palestinian targets, jeopardising the peace process
19/01/2008
ISRAEL bombed the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza on yesterday, sharply escalating what it called a campaign to...

