Al Borg to buy 51 pct of medical lab
Al Borg Laboratories has agreed to buy a 51 percent stake in Medical Genetics Centre, the country's biggest genetics testing laboratory, it said in a statement on Thursday. Al Borg,…
Swedish pension giant bans investment in Israeli defence company
Sweden's largest pension funds have elected to remove Israeli defence electronics company Elbit Systems from its investment portfolios over its involvement in the construction and operation of the Israeli separation…
Kuwait court jails journalist critical of prime minister
KUWAIT CITY: A court on Thursday sentenced a leading Kuwaiti journalist to six months in jail and a $17,500 fine for allegedly slandering the prime minister, pending an appeal. The…
US wiretapping of Islamic charity deemed illegal
SAN FRANCISCO: A US federal judge Wednesday deemed "unlawful" the 2004 electronic surveillance of an Islamic foundation that the Bush administration suspected was supporting terrorism. US District Court Judge Vaughn…
Iraqi health official gunned down at home
BAGHDAD: A senior Iraqi official was killed at his home and a woman and her daughter were discovered dead, likely tortured, in separate incidents in Baghdad, an interior ministry official…
Uganda gov't says it will compensate rebel victims
KAMPALA: A Ugandan presidential adviser says that more than 5,000 people whose lips and ears were cut off by rebels will receive compensation. Richard Todwong told The Associated Press on…
China insists Iran nuclear crisis needs 'peaceful' answer
BEIJING: China on Thursday took a more prominent role in efforts to contain Iran's nuclear drive and President Hu Jintao announced that he will go to a major anti-proliferation…
Israeli judge orders release of detained Fatah leader
JERUSALEM: An Israeli military judge on Thursday ordered the release of 10 Palestinians, including a senior Fatah official, detained at a protest march through a West Bank checkpoint, supporters said.…
US envoy in Sudan in a bid to rescue polls
KHARTOUM: The US special envoy for Sudan met opposition leaders in Khartoum on Thursday in a bid to save April's elections, threatened by the pullout of President Omar Al-Beshir's main…