Aljazeera.net back issues from September 2008:
Sudan forces gather at Darfur camp.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/26/2008 3:54:21 PM Sudanese forces have begun massing outside a camp for displaced persons in Darfur, sparking fears of new violence in the area. Troops gathered outside Kalma camp in Southern Darfur on Tuesday, following recent fighting as government forces raided ...
Q andA: Oil prices and the economy.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 7/9/2008 6:55:45 PM With oil prices having more than doubled over the last 12 months, various reasons are being cited for the price increases. Adhip Chaudhuri, a visiting professor of economics at Georgetown University's campus in Doha, Qatar, explains the cause and ...
Analysis: Blame the dollar.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 6/23/2008 7:39:11 AM The US economic power horse is running out of ideas and cash as it jostles with a massive national debt, housing and financial crises, rising inflation, and a depreciating currency. This has all contributed to a growing tendency to live off credit ...
US markets drop after triple blow.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 7/25/2008 12:03:51 AM US markets have dropped by more than two per cent after yet another fall in US home sales, a rise in jobless claims and record losses posted by the second-biggest car maker in the country. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 2.4 per cent ...
Global trade talks collapse.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 7/29/2008 9:20:28 PM High level talks to rescue a global trade pact have collapsed after the US, China and India failed to compromise on farm import rules, trade officials say. Pascal Lamy, head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), said the talks in Geneva, ...
Mixed results for big US firms.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 7/31/2008 6:27:23 PM Oil giant ExxonMobil has reported record second quarter earnings of $11.68bn, giving it the biggest profit ever from operations of any US corporation. Nonetheless, shares fell for the world's largest publicly traded oil company as it failed to ...
Commodities push down Asia stocks.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/5/2008 8:10:05 AM Asian stocks have fallen to their lowest level in more than a year as shares in resource companies were hit by a slump in oil and metal prices.Oil neared a three-month low of around $120 a barrel on Tuesday amid signs of slowing US demand. The ...
Charges filed in US card scam.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/6/2008 5:55:07 AM Eleven people, including a US secret service informant, have been charged in connection with the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit card numbers by way of hacking into nine major shopping retailers in the United States, the justice department ...
US central bank auctions funds.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/12/2008 3:57:30 PM The Federal Reserve, the US central bank, has auctioned $25 billion of loans to US banks in the latest bid to improve poor credit conditions in the US. The bank said on Tuesday the money would be lent at a rate of 2.754 per cent and for an ...
Vital oil route 'set to reopen'.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/18/2008 2:05:53 PM A vital oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea oilfields, through Georgia, to Turkey's west coast is set to reopen soon, according to Turkey's energy minister.The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) line, the world's second-longest pipeline, was closed down on August 5 ...
US woes rattle Asian stockmarkets.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/19/2008 10:48:29 AM Asian stocks have fallen to a two-year low, due mainly to fears the US government will have to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two troubled US mortgage giants. The markerts plummeted on Tuesday, following an article in Barron's, a US ...
S Korea officials warned off golf.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/21/2008 1:16:45 PM Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president, has told his officials to stop playing golf, saying it sends the wrong message to people suffering the effects of the country's economic downturn. His comments came as South Korea's main stock market closed ...
Russia denies Khodorkovsky parole.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/22/2008 8:39:41 AM A Russian court has rejected a request for parole from Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of the now bankrupt Yukos oil company, after five years in jail on tax evasion and fraud charges.A judge ruled on Friday that the oil tycoon was not eligible for ...
Boats reach Gaza despite blockade.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/23/2008 2:00:08 PM Two vessels carrying 46 international human rights activists have reached the Gaza Strip, despite Israel's strict 14-month siege of the Palestinian territory. The end of the mission to symbolically break the siege came after Israel backed down ...
Israel police raid Islamic Movement.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/24/2008 7:33:54 AM Israeli security forces have raided the offices of the Islamic Movement and al-Aqsa institution in the northern Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm, accusing them of supporting the Palestinian Hamas movement.Dozens of police officers and agents from the Shin Bet ...
Israel frees Palestinian prisoners.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/25/2008 7:03:00 AM Israel has released nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners ahead of a visit to the region by Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state.Palestinian officials, including Ashraf al-Ajrami, minister of prisoner affairs, greeted the prisoners as they boarded buses at ...
Dozens killed at Iraqi checkpoint.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/26/2008 10:05:30 AM A suicide bomber has struck at an Iraqi security checkpoint in the northern Diyala province, killing at least 28 people and wounding 42 others, police say. The bomber on Tuesday, wearing an explosives vest, blew himself up in a crowd of Iraqi ...
Israel 'doubling' settlement growth.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/26/2008 10:20:41 AM Israel has nearly doubled settlement construction activity in the occupied West Bank since 2007, a report by the rights group Peace Now says. The report on settlement expansion coincided with the 18th visit by Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary ...
African migrants die as boat drifts.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/26/2008 3:51:09 PM At least 35 African migrants have died of hunger, thirst and exposure after the boat carrying them across the Mediterranean sea drifted for three days, the Spanish Red Cross said Twenty-five migrants were rescued from the boat on Monday south of ...
N Korea 'violated nuclear pact'.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/27/2008 1:57:28 AM The US has said that North Korea has pushed international disarmament efforts a "step backward" in violating its commitment by suspending disablement work on its nuclear reactor. Pyongyang blames Washington for failing to deliver on a promise to ...
Many dead in China chemical blasts.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/27/2008 6:35:28 AM More than a dozen people have been killed and many more injured after a series of explosions rocked a chemical plant in southwestern China. Toxic gas leaks resulting from the blasts also forced thousands living around the factory in Yizhou city ...
Mugabe to form new government.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/27/2008 11:22:39 AM Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, has said he will form a new government with or without the opposition. But Zimbabwe's two opposition factions said on Wednesday they will not take part in any government formed by Mugabe before ...
Sudan hijackers surrender in Libya.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/27/2008 3:48:52 PM Two hijackers of a Sudanese plane have surrendered to Libyan authorities, a Libyan official has said.They surrendered at a remote desert airport after freeing all passengers on board, almost 24 hours after the drama began. The attackers, who ...
Russian warships sent to Abkhazia.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/27/2008 4:10:32 PM Russia has sent a missile cruiser and two other ships to a Georgian port, while a US military ship has docked at another southern port in a show of force amid an escalating standoff with the West over a nation devastated by war with Russia. The ...
Armed Somali group frees UN worker.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/27/2008 7:17:36 PM An armed group in Somalia has released the local UN refugee agency chief who was seized in June near Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, the refugee agency said.The UNHCR said on Wednesday it was "pleased" with the release of Hasan Mohamed Ali Keynan who was ...
Lebanese court charges Gaddafi.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/28/2008 12:22:07 AM A Lebanese prosecutor has charged Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's president, and six other Libyan officials with the disappearance of Imam Moussa al-Sadr, a top Lebanese Shia cleric 30 years ago, judicial officials in Beirut said.Prosecutor Samih al-Haj charged ...
Brazil reserve ruling delayed.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/28/2008 1:10:12 AM Brazil's supreme court has delayed a ruling over the future of a tribal reserve on the country's northern border until later in the year. A panel of 11 judges is to vote on whether to uphold a petition by two Roraima state senators who are ...
China agrees $3bn Iraq oil deal.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/28/2008 1:39:39 AM Iraq and China have agreed the terms of a $3 billion oil service contract, Iraq's oil minister says, announcing the first major oil contract with a foreign firm since the fall of Saddam Hussein. The deal means China has taken the first opening ...
Anwar sworn in as Malaysian MP.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/28/2008 12:35:08 AM Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's leading opposition figure, has been formally declared a member of parliament, moving a step closer to achieving his goal of taking over the government. "I am glad to be back after a decade," said Anwar, who was forced ...
Lebanese helicopter brought down.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/28/2008 9:21:14 AM A Lebanese military officer has been killed after armed men brought down a Lebanese army helicopter flying over the southern village of Sejoud, military officials have said. Lebanese soldiers and Hezbollah members cordoned off the area in the ...
Blaze sweeps Ukraine military base.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/28/2008 2:13:19 PM Thousand of people have been forced to evacuate as artillery shells and other ammunition exploded after a forest blaze swept into a munitions storage site in Ukraine. The fire had broken out on Thursday in a forest near the town of Lozovaya, ...
Al Jazeera reporter release ordered.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/28/2008 4:54:40 PM The Palestinian high court of justice has ordered the release of Al Jazeera journalist Awad Rjoub, who was detained by the Palestinian Authority's security forces in the West Bank last month. Rjoub, also the director of the Arabic Media Centre, ...
US: '100 Taliban killed' in Helmand.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/28/2008 4:31:32 PM US-led coalition and Afghan forces have killed more than 100 Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand during three days of fighting, the US military has said in a statement.The fighting began after patrols came under attack from small arms, rocket ...
Mexico court upholds abortion law.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/28/2008 8:15:10 PM Mexico's supreme court has upheld a law allowing abortion in the nation's capital, defying president Felipe Calderon's conservative government and the Roman Catholic Church on the issue.With the support of eight out of 11 judges on Thursday, the law was ...
Ex-marine acquitted in Iraq deaths.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/29/2008 12:13:08 AM A former US marine has been acquitted of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of unarmed detainees in Iraq four years ago. The acquittal of Jose Luis Nazario Jr came after six hours of jury deliberations in the first-of-its-kind federal trial in ...
Morales sets Boliva referendum date.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/29/2008 4:15:04 AM Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, has set the date for a referendum on a new constitution that allows presidential re-election and aims to empower a the country's indigenous majority. Flanked by dozens of supporters at the presidential palace ...
Argentine ex-generals convicted.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/29/2008 4:17:26 AM An Argentine court has sentenced two former generals to life in prison for the murder of a senator during the country's seven-year military government. Retired generals Antonio Bussi and Luciano Menendez were found guilty of kidnapping, torturing ...
Oxygen tank 'caused Qantas hole'.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/29/2008 4:52:59 AM An air safety investigation into the emergency landing of a Qantas plane in the Philippines last month has blamed an exploding pressurised oxygen cylinder. The interim report released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau on Friday says the ...
Malaysia blocks controversial blog.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/29/2008 5:27:18 AM The Malaysian government has blocked access to a popular blog known for its sensational political postings, sparking complaints that the government has reneged on a pledge to keep cyberspace uncensored. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia ...
Karadzic shuns war crimes pleas.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/29/2008 12:39:02 PM A UN war crimes judge has entered a plea of "not guilty" to war crimes charges for Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, after he refused to file his own plea. Karadzic refused to enter pleas to 11 charges of genocide and crimes ...
Russia accuses G7 of 'bias'.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/29/2008 10:41:45 AM Russia has accused the Group of Seven nations of "bias" in a new attempt to counter condemnation of Russia's actions in Georgia that has included talk of sanctions. Responding to a statement by G7 foreign ministers that condemned the Kremlin's ...
Religious riots hit Indian state.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/29/2008 11:45:10 AM Thousands of people, most of them Christians, have fled their homes in the eastern Indian state of Orissa in the wake of religious violence that has killed at least 11 people. Catholic schools across India were shut on Friday in protest and both ...
Palin picked as McCain running-mate.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/29/2008 4:25:43 PM John McCain, the US Republican presidential candidate, has introduced Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, as his running-mate to take on Barack Obama in November's poll. Palin, a mother of five, is the first woman to lead Alaska and is best ...
Thousands flee Japan floods.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/29/2008 4:50:49 PM More than one million people have been ordered to leave their homes as severe flooding sweeps central Japan. Many had to flee by boat or wade through waist-deep water as the fierce rains left one woman dead and three others missing. One man was ...
Morocco dismantles 'terrorist cell'.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/29/2008 10:54:32 PM Moroccan police say they have dismantled a "terrorist network" linked to al-Qaeda and arrested 15 suspects who were planning attacks.Members of a group called Fath al-Andalous, or the Conquest of Andalusia, were operating in several towns, and were found ...
Bomb strikes Sri Lankan capital.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 7:42:37 AM A bomb has gone off in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, wounding at least 44 people, police and hospital sources say. A package left near a fruit seller exploded in Pettah, the main commercial hub of the capital on Saturday, police said. ...
Lebanon appoints new army chief.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 7:06:25 AM The Lebanese government has appointed Brigadier-General Jean Kahwaji to be chief of the Lebanese military, replacing Michel Sleiman, who in May became the country's president. The decision on Friday was taken during a government session at the ...
Italy in Libya deal to resolve rows.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 10:36:26 AM The Italian prime minister has said that his country will invest $5bn in Libya over the next 25 years under a deal to resolve colonial-era disputes that have long-tarnished relations between Rome and Tripoli. Berlusconi made his comments during ...
Federer rolls on at US Open.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 12:07:40 PM The showery weather at Flushing Meadows proved an inhospitable place for former champions Svetlana Kuznetsova and Lindsay Davenport, with both crashing out of the U.S Open in the third round. Less than 24 hours after world number one Ana ...
Bangladesh thrashed in first ODI.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 1:23:26 PM Australia's bowling attack ruthlessly exposed Bangladesh's weak batting when the world champions cruised to a 180-run win in the first of three one-day internationals. After Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful won the toss and asked Australia to ...
Police killed in India blast.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 12:11:30 PM Twelve policemen have been killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoist rebels in eastern India. The victims were returning from a routine patrol when the mine exploded on Saturday, a police spokesman said. S N Pradhan, a ...
Hundreds cross from Gaza into Egypt.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 1:04:29 PM Hundreds of Palestinians are reported to have crossed into Egypt after Cairo opened the border with the Gaza Strip for two days. The opening on Saturday comes ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, but only people with pressing humanitarian ...
Robinho left out of Madrid squad.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 3:05:17 PM Robinho was left out of Real Madrid's squad for their Spanish Premera Liga football season opener at Deportivo Coruna, with the player's future at the club hanging in the balance. The Brazil forward wants to join Chelsea in the English Premier ...
Earthquake hits southwest China.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 4:07:59 PM At least 22 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after an earthquake struck southwest China. The earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, hit 50km southeast of Panzhihua city in the southwestern corner of Sichuan province on ...
Springboks rout Wallabies 53-8.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 3:58:03 PM Winger Jongi Nokwe became the first player to score four tries in a Tri-Nations match as South Africa routed Australia 53-8. Nokwe's quartet were complemented by four more from lock Andries Bekker, centre Adrian Jacobs, replacement flyhalf Ruan ...
Blonska banned for life.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 4:43:08 PM Ukrainian heptathlete Lyudmila Blonska has been given a lifetime ban after testing positive for an anabolic steroid at the Olympic games. Blonska, 30, who was stripped of the heptathlon silver medal after finishing behind compatriot Nataliia ...
Tibetans hold 'fast for peace'.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 5:21:46 PM Thousands of Tibetans have staged a symbolic 12-hour "fast for peace", joined by the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, from his hospital bed in Mumbai, India. Tibetans thronged the main temple in the northern Indian town of Dharamshala on ...
Gaza medical workers go on strike.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 5:27:15 PM Thousands of doctors in the Gaza Strip have gone on strike in protest at what they say was the politically motivated firing of at least 50 doctors and administrators by the Hamas-run health ministry. Government employees, medical workers and ...
Hull feels heat of Premier League.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 6:38:48 PM Arsenal rediscovered their English Premier League form with a convincing 3-0 victory over Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium. Portsmouth ended a run of six successive league defeats when they won 3-0 at Everton while Hull City's flying start ...
Pakistan halts fighting for Ramadan.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 7:48:53 PM Pakistan has announced a suspension of military operations against fighters in the tribal regions during the month of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. But a senior official said on Saturday that security forces would respond if ...
Nigeria rebels claim deadly attacks.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 8:58:55 PM Nigeria's main rebel group has claimed it launched a series of attacks on the Nigerian army, killing 29 soldiers, but the military has denied there has been any fighting. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said in an ...
Basque politician freed from jail.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/30/2008 9:47:00 PM The former leader of the banned Batasuna party, which is considered the political wing of the armed separatist group Eta, has left prison after serving a 15-month sentence in Spain for offences related to "terrorism".Arnaldo Otegi, who called for ...
Mexicans rally over rising crime.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/31/2008 7:15:38 AM Anti-crime protesters in Mexico are to hand in their demands to the president. An estimated 200,000 Mexicans, dressed in white, took part in a street rally in Mexico City, the capital, on Saturday, calling for the government to improve the ...
Australia draft in Henriques.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/31/2008 2:28:56 PM Portugal-born all-rounder Moises Henriques has been called into the Australian cricket team as a replacement for Andrew Symonds, who was dismissed from the team for disciplinary reasons. Henriques, a former Australian under-19 captain who has ...
Millions brace for Hurricane Gustav.
Sep 01, 2008 ... 8/31/2008 1:53:01 PM Millions of people across the US Gulf coast are bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Gustav, described as "the storm of the century". The category-three storm's 200kph winds are expected to strengthen on Sunday and more than 11 million residents ...