Bethlehem, West Bank —Pope Benedict XVI told
Palestinians on Wednesday he understands their
suffering and supports their quest for a
sovereign homeland, standing in the cradle of
Christianity and offering his strongest public
support yet for an independent Palestinian
state.
London—The voters in the Indian occupied Jammu
and Kashmir have been praised for keeping away
from the ongoing parliamentary elections. Prof
Nazir Ahmed Shawl, Executive Director of the
London-based, Justice Foundation Kashmir Centre
in a statement congratulated the people of Jammu
and Kashmir for their candid rejection of these
elections.
Tokyo— Russian and Japanese companies have
signed a preliminary deal which they hope will
allow them to export more gas to Japan and other
Asian markets, officials said Wednesday.
Kabul—Ninety-five Afghan children are among the
140 people said to have died in a recent
U.S.-Taliban battle in western Afghanistan, a
lawmaker involved in the investigation into the
deaths said Wednesday. The U.S. military
disputed the claim.
SHIMON Peres only tells the truth by accident.
He is a political impostor and a political sham.
Like a traveling salesman offering a counterfeit
product, the Israeli president is now peddling
the merchandize called Benjamin Netanyahu. He
presents to the world a Netanyahu we have never
known: A peacemaker, the epitome of
truthfulness, a man with no other ambition than
to go down in history as the founder of the
state of Palestine.Like a lackey walking in
front of the king, strewing flowers on the road,
Peres flew to the US to prepare the ground for
Netanyahu’s coming visit. He imposed himself on
a reluctant Barack Obama, who had no choice but
to receive him.
