Adam, 32, left his wife and newborn daughter in northern Nigeria five years back to seek employment in Lebanon. He had a contract offering him $200 a month to work in a cell phone shop in Beirut's Hamra neighborhood. According

The judiciary on Tuesday interrogated three suspects on charges of spreading misleading information regarding an alleged mass grave in the Jbeil town of Halat and released them pending completion of the investigation. Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat also ordered the

Reform [in Islam] will never end," argued professor Nasr Abu Zayd. "There is a sort of unawareness of the process of rethinking ... It is not a choice, [without it] culture and tradition would die." A professor of Islamic Studies

The Tashkent authorities had the International Friendship monument in front of the Friendship of Peoples Palace dismantled on April 12 night. The monument had been erected in memory of the Shamakhmudovs who adopted 15 orphans in the Great Patriotic War

Members of the present board, which was elected in 2004, ended their tenure in June 2007 and have been waiting for the arrival of the new ambassador to elect a new board at a parents' general meeting. Outgoing board members

Pro-Tamil Tiger commentators as well as Tamil moderates in the island feel that the change brought about through a resolution of the Tamil Nadu state assembly in February, does not have a justifiable basis even from Karunanidhi's Tamil nationalist standpoint.

Following an appeal by Security Forces to LTTE cadres to surrender with the promise of transforming their lives, around 54 Tiger cadres including Sea Tiger cadres and sympathisers had given themselves up at the Rehabilitation Centre in Jaffna during the

Norway's special envoy to Colombo Jon Hanssen-Bauer said in an interview to media that India was to be the "main partner" for Sri Lanka in the future, and that Oslo was in regular touch with New Delhi over the issue

Priyanka has visited the Vellore prison in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and met Nalini Sriharan, who is serving a life sentence for the assassination of the former Indian Premier. "Meeting with Nalini Sriharan was my way of

The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons, comprising experts from several countries, the European Union and the U.N., said the government didn't appear interested in taking action. "The IIGEP has...found an absence of will on the part of the Government

Troops have assaulted LTTE bunker lines in general area Weppankulam around 7.45 this morning. By intercepting LTTE communication channels it is revealed that an LTTE cadre was killed in this attack. Meanwhile, troops have launched an attack observing a group

I haven't been able to get a permission to go to Gaza. I would like to. I asked for permission but I was turned down," Carter told reporters in Ramallah ahead of a meeting with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad.

Livni arrived in Doha on Sunday to address a democracy forum, but she also met Qatari leaders and her Omani counterpart during her stay. The only Arab countries which Livni visited previously were Egypt and Jordan, both of which have

A number of sociologists and psychologists are conducting negotiations with the prisoners to ensure that they do not hurt themselves," Public Security Department (PSD) spokesman Major Mohammad Khatib said. Scores of inmates, with criminal records such as homicide and robbery,

Air Force spokesperson Wing Commander Andrew Wijesooriya said the target was hit accurately. Defense reports said the targeted communication facility was destroyed in an earlier air raid last year but ground information has revealed that it has been reestablished. The

Before they leave the country, the IIGEP said in their final report, "The uncooperative atmosphere has rendered the task [of the panel], which approached its work in a spirit of cooperation and, at first, with optimism, disquieting and unpleasant. "Sections

The tour aims at "facilitating dialogue among the Lebanese," and Berri "looks forward to ending it with a visit to Saudi Arabia" and a meeting with King Abdullah, adviser Ali Hamdan told AFP. Berri arrived in Doha from Cairo on

The project is to be launched under the "Nagenahira Navodaya Program" (Eastern Renaissance), the large development program undertaken by the Sri Lankan government after liberating the province from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). According to NHA sources, the