Archive for February 2005
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Britain suspended a planned package of military aid to Nepal on Tuesday, following up its condemnation of King Gyanendra's seizure of power in the mountain kingdom. The 1.3 million pound ($2.5 million) package of non-lethal
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Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, a US citizen arrested in 2003 in Saudi Arabia and returned to this country late on Monday, has been charged with supporting al Qaeda and accused of discussing ways to kill
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Fifteen people were killed on Tuesday when a light plane operated by the Indonesian police force crashed into the sea off the remote Papua province, an airport official said. The plane, carrying 18 passengers and
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A top US senator called Tuesday for a permanent American military presence in Afghanistan to protect his country's security interests in the region, where Iran is allegedly jostling for nuclear capability. Speaking after meetings with
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US President George W. Bush won a largely symbolic pledge from Nato allies, including Iraq war critics, to help train Iraqi security forces on Tuesday at a summit staged to showcase resurrected transatlantic partnership. But
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The rupee made some headway against the dollar on Tuesday, helped by a strengthening euro and yen overseas and a rising domestic stock market, but traders said the central bank checked gains to keep exports
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Sterling strengthened above $1.90 versus the dollar for the first time in seven weeks on Tuesday, but hit a four-week low against the euro. Sterling's divergent moves were mainly driven by a broad decline in
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The dollar nursed broad-based losses on Tuesday as concerns that central banks were shifting their reserves out of dollar assets pushed the greenback through key technical levels. South Korea's central bank said on Monday it
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A French government bond sale with a rare 50-year maturity dominated the European bond market on Tuesday, as demand surged to 19 billion euros ($25.07 billion) and the triple-A-rated issuer narrowed price guidance. The FTSE
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A French government bond sale with a rare 50-year maturity dominated the European bond market on Tuesday, as demand surged to 19 billion euros ($25.07 billion) and the triple-A-rated issuer narrowed price guidance. The FTSE
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