| Spain To Open Talks With ETA Updated:21 May 2006 |
| Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will open talks with the armed Basque separatist group, ETA.
Mr. Zapatero says he will ask Parliament to "start of the process of dialog to achieve the end of violence with ETA."
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| Egypt Calls For International Nuclear Weapons Ban Updated:21 May 2006 |
| Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is calling for an international ban on nuclear weapons amid Iran's struggle to develop a nuclear industry of its own.
Mubarak says world leaders "must deal with the challenge posed by weapons of mass destruction, and in particular nuclear weapons, without double standards or selectivity."
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| China Saves Hundreds Of Vietnamese Fisherman After Typhoon Updated:21 May 2006 |
| Chinese rescue ships have saved 330 Vietnamese fisherman during the powerful Typhoon Chanchu.
In what state-media is calling "the largest international rescue operation at sea ever conducted by China," vessels have been searching for more than 40 hours to rescue fisherman from 22 boats caught in the storm.
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| Suicide Attack Kills 13 in Restaurant Updated:21 May 2006 |
13 People were killed and 17 more were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a restaurant in downtown Baghdad that is frequented by the police.
According to Police Col. Abbas Mohammed, three of the dead were police officers. The explosion erupted at about 1:20pm when the restaurant would have been packed for lunch.
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| Another Assassination Attempt Foiled By Palestinian Security Updated:21 May 2006 |
In what officials of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party said was a clear conspiracy against their leaders, Palestinian security foiled a second assassination attempt in two days.
The fear of civil war has been raised with the latest bout of Palestinian infighting between the Fatah party and the Hamas, which controls the Palestinian government.
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| Demonstrators Protest Violence Updated:22 May 2006 |
| Hundreds of Brazilians took to the streets to protest a surge of gang violence. Sunday was declared a "Day of National Dignity" by demonstrators who gathered in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other major cities to protest the failure of politicians to crack down on organized crime.
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| Fifty Seven People Trapped In Flooded China Updated:22 May 2006 |
| An estimated 57 coalminers are said to be trapped underground at the Xinjing Coal Mine in the northern province of Shanxi.
Senior Chinese officials accuse the mine of excessive and illegal mining.
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| Suspect Held In Connection With Holloway Disappearance Updated:22 May 2006 |
| Dutch police have arrested an acquaintance of Joran van der Sloot, who was once a focus of the investigation into last year's disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway.
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| China Rescues 330 Vietnamese Fishermen Trapped In Typhoon Updated:22 May 2006 |
| China Maritime Search and Rescue Center on Sunday has rescued a total of 330 Vietnamese fishermen caught in typhoon Chanchu. On Saturday afternoon itself, they saved 97 Vietnamese fishermen.
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| Bombers Attack in Iraq Updated:22 May 2006 |
| It's a time of change and renewed violence in iraq. Suicide bombers detonated explosives inside a crowded baghdad restaurant popular with police officers, killing at least 13 people.
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| Major Powers To Discuss Iran Updated:22 May 2006 |
| The world's leading powers will meet in London on Wednesday to decide on the next measures to tackle the current nuclear standoff in Iran. A British official confirmed the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany will be present at Wednesday's meeting.
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| Possible Working Relationship Between Spanish Government And ETA Updated:22 May 2006 |
| Spanish president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced “The start of the process of dialogue to achieve the end of violence with ETA.”
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| U.S. Sending Tamiflu To Asia Updated:22 May 2006 |
| The United States just announced plans of sending shipments of the stockpiled antiviral drug Tamiflu to Asia in an attempt to lessen chances of a pandemic.
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| India To Brief Nuclear Suppliers Group Updated:22 May 2006 |
| As the Indo-US civil nuclear deal makes it to the top of the agenda at the plenary meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Brazil on May 29,India plans to brief each of the 45 NSG countries on multiple advantages of allowing nuclear trade with one of the world's fastest growing economies.
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| Indian Workers Defy Deadline Updated:22 May 2006 |
| More than 8,000 Indian workers of a Brussels-based construction firm, striking work for better pay and perks continued with their protest for the fifth day, defying a government deadline to resume work.
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| Crucial Week For Peace Process Updated:22 May 2006 |
| As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins another round of talks with the people of Jammu and Kashmir this week, Sunday's terror attacks in Srinagar are bound to complicate the peace process.
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| India To Join IPI Gas Pipeline Talks Updated:22 May 2006 |
| Despite criticism by the United States over the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline, Islamabad and Tehran and New Delhi have decided to hold talks to discuss issues like pricing, trilateral framework and appointment of consultants to carry out feasibility studies.
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| Iran May Already Have Bomb Updated:22 May 2006 |
| An Israeli nuclear expert has claimed that Iran may already possess a nuclear bomb but is "smart" enough to pretend to be on the way to achieving nuclear capability so that it could acquire concessions from the international community.
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| Iraq Vows 'Maximum Force' Updated:22 May 2006 |
| Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to use "maximum force against terrorism."
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| Britain Mistakenly Labels Innocent Citizens As Criminals Updated:22 May 2006 |
| Britain’s beleaguered Home Office admitted labeling nearly 1,500 innocent people as criminals by mistake, sparking a fresh controversy.
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| Five Injured In Ferry Accident Updated:22 May 2006 |
| Five passengers have been injured with minor injuries when a ferry hit a freak wave on its way to Santander in northern Spain from Plymouth in England.
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| Power Generation From N-Plants To Double Updated:22 May 2006 |
| The government of India plans to double the electricity production from nuclear power plants by 2030 with the possibility of international cooperation, according to Atomic Energy Commission Chairman, Anil Kakodkar.
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| Israel To Release $11mn For Palestinians Updated:22 May 2006 |
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| Montenegro And Serbia Split Updated:22 May 2006 |
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| Thai Sex Workers Warned Against Going To Germany During World Cup Updated:22 May 2006 |
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| Two Dead With Signs Of Bird Flu Symptoms In Iran Updated:22 May 2006 |
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| 25 Hurt In Grenade Attacks Updated:23 May 2006 |
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| USAID Provides Bird Flu Detection Equipment To Pakistan Updated:23 May 2006 |
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| Powerful Earthquake Rocks East Russia Updated:23 May 2006 |
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| Rainstorm Kills 9 People In E. Pakistan Updated:23 May 2006 |
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