Jerusalem— Israel cut off all fuel supplies to
Gaza’s 1.4 million residents Thursday, a day
after four Palestinian militants infiltrated the
Israeli depot that is the territory’s sole
source of fuel, and shot dead two civilian
workers. The brazen daylight raid in southern
Israel threatened to set off a new round of
fighting in Gaza after a monthlong lull and
could jeopardize recently renewed peace efforts.
United Nations— Improving coordination of
international efforts to help bring peace and
development to Afghanistan will be a key
priority for the U.N., the new Special
Representative of the Secretary-General in the
strife-torn nation pledged
Srinagar— Stressing on the need of unity among
Kashmiri Muslims, All Parties Hurriyat
Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has
said various agencies were operating to create a
divide among the Muslim Kashmiris. Speaking at a
Seerat conference organized by Mutahida
Majlis-e-Amal at Mirwaiz Manzil in Srinagar,
Mirwaiz said that for the past eight months
various agencies were active adding they were
creating misunderstandings among the Muslim
community of Kashmir to make the division easy.
Yangon—Myanmar’s military government Thursday
warned foreign embassies not to support Aung San
Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party, as the nation
gears up for a referendum on a constitution
opposed by her supporters.
SIXTY years ago this month, my mother rushed one
morning into the bedroom that I shared with my
younger brother, Suhail, and told us to dress
quickly because we are travelling by sea very
shortly to nearby Beirut, Lebanon.
