Tuesday, October 17, 2006

10/17/06

Ahmadinejad: God told me we would win Iranian president says he has been in touch with God, who reassured him Tehran victory against West is guaranteed.

EU to celebrate subdued 50th birthday party The EU has ditched plans to hold big-style celebrations for its 50th anniversary next year.

Hamas: Israel's tanks will be destroyed The military wing of Hamas announced Monday evening that it had completed its preparations towards a possible all-out conflict with Israel.

PM hopes for sympathetic ear in Russia Prime Minister Ehud Olmert traveled to Moscow Tuesday for three days of talks.

N Korea condemns 'war' threats North Korea has said that a United Nations resolution imposing new sanctions on the country following its nuclear test amounts to a declaration of war.

Bush praises US Muslims for working to defeat terrorism President George W. Bush welcomed Muslims living in the United States and from Islamic nations that are helping in the war on terror to an iftar meal.

U.S. population now 300 million and growing At 7:46 ET Tuesday morning, the United States became a nation of 300 million people.

Amateur 'video bloggers' under threat from EU broadcast rules The Government is seeking to prevent an EU directive that could extend broadcasting regulations to the internet, hitting popular video-sharing websites such as YouTube.

PA Survey Shows: Peace Still Far Off A poll carried out in the Palestinian Authority by the Al-Mustaqabal Research Institute shows that nearly 2/3 of PA Arabs object to normalized relations with Israel.

Mubarak-Assad meeting in cards Syrian President Bashar Assad and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak are set to meet in the coming days.