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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page North Korea Times.com http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:52:36 -0400 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:52:36 -0400 30 Initial reports say at least 100 people were killed when their Spanair plane crashed on takeoff at Madrid's Barajas airport on Wednesday. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396981/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:10:15 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396981/cs/1/ The United States and Poland have sealed an agreement Wednesday to place elements of a U.S. missile shield in Poland. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396724/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:53:20 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396724/cs/1/ France's President Nicolas Sarkozy visited French troops in Kabul Wednesday to pay respects to ten French soldiers who were killed in a fierce battle just 50 kilometers outside Kabul. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396977/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:59:44 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396977/cs/1/ Usain Bolt of Jamaica has smashed the world record in the 200 metres final on Wednesday, to take the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396983/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:29:08 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396983/cs/1/ With just four days to go before the Beijing Olympics end, it is already clear that China, alongside the US, is now one of the world’s leading sporting nations. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396722/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:40:03 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396722/cs/1/ Two more deadly car bombings have rocked Algeria, killing at least 11 people according to state radio. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396978/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:01:42 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396978/cs/1/ U.S. President George Bush has defended the U.S. war on terror and his administration's efforts to keep pressure on terrorists. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396979/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:03:24 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396979/cs/1/ Campaign officials for Barack Obama say his new running mate will join the Democratic hopeful onstage this coming weekend in Springfield, Illinois. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396528/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:40:30 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396528/cs/1/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused NATO of overemphasising its support of Georgia after the alliance declared there could no longer be business as usual with Russia. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396519/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:12:01 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396519/cs/1/ Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners Tuesday as Russian troops slowly began pulling out of the conflict region in Georgia. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396518/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:10:33 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396518/cs/1/ The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition have failed to agree on a consensus candidate to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president, to provide him indemnity and to work out the modalities of restoring the judges who were sacked after an emergency was declared last year. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396523/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:22:32 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396523/cs/1/ After his side's scrappy three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international here Wednesday, India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted his side was under pressure after their loss in the series opener Monday. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396961/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:01:23 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396961/cs/1/ India's fast bowler Munaf Patel has been docked 75 percent of his match fee for breaching the International Cricket Council's (ICC) code of conduct in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Dambulla Wednesday. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396955/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:01:06 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396955/cs/1/ At a meeting of nuclear-exporting nations Aug 21-22 in Vienna, several countries will seek clear conditions before agreeing to allow nuclear trade with India, diplomats said. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396951/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:00:53 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396951/cs/1/ Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) Wednesday confirmed its decision not to take part in the next second edition of World Cup Twenty20 in 2009. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396947/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:00:43 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396947/cs/1/ At least 45 people have been confirmed dead when an airplane veered off the runway Wednesday as it attempted to take off from the Madrid-Barajas airport, Spanish authorities reported. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396946/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:00:38 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396946/cs/1/ German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition unveiled Wednesday new far-reaching rules to head off powerful foreign-owned state-controlled funds going on a shopping spree for companies in Europe's biggest economy. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396928/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:01:57 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396928/cs/1/ Dambulla, (Sri Lanka) Aug 20 (IANS) Indian batsmen made heavy weather of an easy target before recovering to post a series levelling three wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international here Wednesday. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396923/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:01:50 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396923/cs/1/ A day before the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) meets here to discuss a change in guidelines for global nuclear commerce with India, an international lobby Wednesday urged New Delhi to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396903/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:01:06 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396903/cs/1/ Tbilisi (Georgia), Aug 20 (DPA) Russia's army Wednesday continued its occupation of two enclaves in Georgia as Kremlin officials claimed they would accelerate what they said was an already in-progress withdrawal. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396897/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:00:51 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396897/cs/1/ Yangon, Aug 20 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon plans to visit Myanmar in December to discuss the country's political stalemate, his special envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari disclosed Wednesday. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396895/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:00:39 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396895/cs/1/ The US government, whose watch list of terrorist organisations still includes Nepal's Maoists, Wednesday became the first member of the international community to pledge aid for the tens of thousands of people displaced by a ravaging flood in south Nepal while Kathmandu's neighbour India angered the new Maoist prime minister by blaming Nepal for the disaster. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396887/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:00:04 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396887/cs/1/ A prominent ruling party MP in Britain has launched a fund for the families of those who were killed or wounded in last month's bombings in Gujarat, calling it a 'resounding message against terrorism'. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396866/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:02:27 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396866/cs/1/ Manila, Aug 20 (Xinhua) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Wednesday said it will cooperate with Australia, New Zealand and the World Bank to improve infrastructure in the Pacific Island countries. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396865/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:02:25 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396865/cs/1/ Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia will send a formal appeal with Moscow to be recognized as an independent state, the parliamentary speaker for the autonomous region told news agency Interfax. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396857/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:02:10 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396857/cs/1/ Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Wednesday accused the West of spreading 'total disinformation' in an effort to isolate Russia after its conflict with Georgia, and pledged to expand military ties with Moscow. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396825/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:58 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396825/cs/1/ Amputee swimmer Natalie Du Toit has made plenty of waves ever since she qualified for the Olympics with a fourth-place finish at the world championships in May in Spain. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396820/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:44 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396820/cs/1/ Almaty, Aug.20 : The first conference on security and cooperation in Central Asian-Caspian region will be held in Almaty on August 25. he Institute of World Economy and Politics, Almaty will organize the conference, in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan. The participants will make analysis and discuss the role of Central Asian-Caspian region in the global and Asian security system, interaction and cooperation in economic, political, politico-military and other spheres," the MFA's representative said. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396879/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:00:54 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396879/cs/1/ Fresno (California), Aug.20 :Charanjit Singh Bath, a farmer and an entrepreneur from Punjab, has done the Sikhs proud by being the largest grower of raisins not just in the United States, but the world. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396874/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:00:16 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396874/cs/1/ New Delhi, Aug 20 : Beijing Olympic Games may become the biggest broadcast event in the Olympic history, according to an official with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396803/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:02:53 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396803/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 20 : Wrestler Sushil Kumar on Wednesday brought further international glory to India by winning the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics after 56 years. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396797/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:02:32 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396797/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 20 : American actors Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston could run in to one another at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396796/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:02:25 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396796/cs/1/ The United States says it will study any application for asylum by ex-Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf but has pointed out that no such bid had been made so far. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396517/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:09:05 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396517/cs/1/ ArcelorMittal, the world's leading steel company, Wednesday said it has agreed to buy the iron ore mining company London Mining Brasil for $810 million. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396783/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:02:53 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396783/cs/1/ Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has died in the Percy Military Hospital in Paris after being hospitalised there for more than a month. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396524/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:26:47 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396524/cs/1/ Lawyers for Indian doctor,Mohamed Haneef, who was arrested in Australia on terrorism charges, which were later dropped, say he has been vindicated in a new enquiry which has criticised the methods of the Australian Federal Police. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396516/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:05:53 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396516/cs/1/ NATO and the European Union have strongly condemned Tuesday's suicide bomb attack against a police academy in Algeria that left at least 43 people dead. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396514/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:02:55 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396514/cs/1/ British television star Jade Goody, diagnosed with cervical cancer, broke down in tears as she arrived here Tuesday night after cutting short her appearance in an Indian reality show. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396758/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:01:48 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396758/cs/1/ A stolen 1933 painting by the legendary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso has been found abandoned in Sao Paulo by the Brazilian police. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396512/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:59:45 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396512/cs/1/ Two senior Congress leaders in India and three others have been charged by the Punjab vigilance department for the illegal construction of a building on government land in Amritsar city. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396511/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:58:28 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396511/cs/1/ London, August 20 : A German geography professor has developed a controversial system of mountain "wind-catching" screens, which he claims, could slow or even halt the dramatic rate at which Europe's glaciers are melting. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396717/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:00:24 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396717/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug. 20 : The Olympic medals have caught the eyes of athletes and spectators from around the world. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396670/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:01:12 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396670/cs/1/ Kabul, Aug 20 (Xinhua) Nine Taliban insurgents were killed Wednesday in air strikes by international forces in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province, a provincial police spokesman said. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396664/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:01:03 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396664/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates (UAE) would host the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) here from Jan 19-21 next year to explore ways for larger investments in alternative and renewable energy sources, WAM news agency reported Wednesday. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396650/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:36 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396650/cs/1/ Colombo, Aug 20 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan government Wednesday urged the international community to put pressure on the Tamil Tigers to allow civilians to leave the conflict zones to safety. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396628/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:03 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396628/cs/1/ Troubled singer Amy Winehouse and her husband have become neighbours - the 'Back to black' singer has booked into a clinic which is only a short drive from the jail where Blake Fielder-Civil is kept. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396616/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01:27 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396616/cs/1/ The picture postcard land of lakes, reindeers and the mystic Santa Claus - Finland - has caught the Indian traveller's fancy. Statistics reveal that the number of Indian tourists to the small Nordic country has jumped by over 50 percent in the last one year. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396591/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:38 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396591/cs/1/ "Basic Instinct" star Sharon Stone is reportedly dating a man who is less than half her age. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396585/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:32 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396585/cs/1/ Dubai, Aug.20 : The International Cricket Council will decide today whether next month's Champions Trophy will be held in Pakistan or in some other country. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396578/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:12 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396578/cs/1/ Indian car maker Tata Motors, which is planning to produce the world's cheapest car selling at 1,700 euros ($2,600), also has plans to produce an electric-drive version, according to a German press report. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396570/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:01:10 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396570/cs/1/ In a poll outcome set to delight children worldwide, British adults have voted Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and J.K. Rowling as their three favourite writers, putting them well ahead of authors of the critically acclaimed 'serious stuff'. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396561/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:32 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396561/cs/1/ India will hold a special briefing for the 45 members of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) later Wednesday in an effort to get the existing ban that prevents nuclear commerce between NSG countries and New Delhi lifted. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396560/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:16 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396560/cs/1/ Islamabad, Aug 20 : Around 63 percent of people in Pakistan are happy at former president Pervez Musharraf's resignation, while 15 percent regret the move, a new survey conducted by Pakistan's unit of Gallup International has revealed. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396554/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:25 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396554/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) international luxury executive airline Royal Jet has announced a new fare structure for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396553/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:19 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396553/cs/1/ Discovering the advantages of international love, volunteering to try out one of the more than 100,000 condoms being handed out in the Village, or simply out to party is an Olympic experience down to the last drop. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396536/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:36 -0400 North Korea Times.com http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/396536/cs/1/ PARIS (Reuters) - France reacted in shock on Wednesday to the death of 10 of its soldiers in an ambush in Afghanistan and questions began to be asked about the country's worst military loss in 25 year... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063163/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:09:46 -0400 Reuters http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063163/ Women subjected to severe stress during pregnancy risk giving birth to children who develop schizophrenia, a study suggests. Researchers found that children of Israeli women who were pregnant during ... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062441/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:42 -0400 The Herald http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062441/ WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior U.S. military official says the U.S. government has approved a draft agreement on reducing the American military presence in Iraq. The official said the deal is not final an... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063196/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:42:24 -0400 Breitbart http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063196/ JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed Middle East peace moves with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday, in advance of an expected visit by Syria's leader to Mos... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063165/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:09:36 -0400 Reuters http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063165/ WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia - a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a ... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063204/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:29 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063204/ Singapore: Delays in liquefied natural gas ventures led by ExxonMobil and Chevron may pare global supplies by 100 million metric tonnes, more than the annual demand of South Korea and Japan, the world... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062593/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:05:22 -0400 Gulf News http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062593/ BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have finished work on a draft security agreement that would see all American troops leave Iraqi cities by June 30 and the rest of the country by the end of 20... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063193/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:58 -0400 Find Law http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063193/ ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Twin car bombs rocked a hotel and military headquarters in Algeria, killing 12 people Wednesday, a day after a suicide bombing nearby killed 43. The new bombings were the sixt... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063206/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:25 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063206/ 8/20/2008, 5:32 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal aviation officials said Wednesday they are conducting an unusual 30-day review of the Eclipse 500 very light jets in response to reports of saf... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063186/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:55:29 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063186/ Are you a gourmet who has had to come up with creative ways to cut costs as food prices soar? How do you shop for and prepare meals on a budget? Contact Jennifer Davies by http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062504/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:57:47 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062504/ "An internal inquiry has been ordered," said Shakti Kumar Gupta, head of administration for the state-run All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). "We have constituted a comm... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062442/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:35 -0400 The Australian http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062442/ TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran has banned an award-winning young actress from leaving the country over her appearance in a star-studded Hollywood production, the state news agency IRNA said on Wednesday.&q... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062927/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:49:27 -0400 Iran Focus http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062927/ Anglers fishing off a pier claim to have spotted a deadly shark circling off the coast. Regular sightings of the blue shark have been made over the last few weeks around the Heugh breakwater and Pilo... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062449/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:33 -0400 The Herald http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062449/ Wall Street stocks had opened the session in the red, but reversed course when the Department of Energy said US crude-oil inventories for last week rose by 9.4 million barrels to 305.9 million barrels... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062450/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:31 -0400 The Australian http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062450/ By Lisa Shumaker - AnalysisCHICAGO (Reuters) - Iran has emerged as one of the top buyers of wheat from the United States this marketing year, but political tensions between the two countries make it u... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062718/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:49:25 -0400 Iran Focus http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062718/ Republican presidential candidate John McCain told voters on Wednesday he is not challenging Barack Obama's patriotism in criticizing his call to pull out of Iraq, only the judgment of his Democratic ... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063190/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:48:39 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063190/ Chinese authorities told British foreign ministry officials that they denied the 64-year-old entry at 11pm (1am AEST). He was earlier declared "persona non grata" by the Thai authorities and... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062435/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:44 -0400 The Australian http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062435/ Are you a gourmet who has had to come up with creative ways to cut costs as food prices soar? How do you shop for and prepare meals on a budget? Contact Jennifer Davies by http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063181/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:57:55 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063181/ The report comes a day after NATO foreign ministers said they would make further ties with Russia dependent on Moscow making good on a pledge to pull its troops back to pre-conflict positions in Georg... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063207/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:25 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063207/ MAYOR Michael Bloomberg has proposed a renewable energy program for New York City that would include placing windmills on city bridges, solar panels on skyscrapers, and the use of tidal, geothermal an... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062448/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:33 -0400 The Australian http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062448/ A Gulf War veteran was jailed for eight years yesterday after carrying out two sex attacks on a woman within days of each other. Lord Emslie told Raymond Jude: "You stand convicted of an escalating c... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062445/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:36 -0400 The Herald http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062445/ A policewoman told a court yesterday she was too scared to intervene in an alleged bust up between a colleague and club bouncers. Mary Connolly, 31, was giving evidence at the trial of PCs Graeme Key... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062446/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:34 -0400 The Herald http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062446/ "Such actions create mistrust and spur an arms race on the continent and beyond its borders," the ministry said in a statement. -Dow Jones Newswires, 201-938-550 Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlu... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063199/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:36:43 -0400 Morning Star http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063199/ The ambulance service put the health of a teenager in jeopardy by refusing to send help, it was ruled yesterday. Professor Alice Brown, the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, upheld a complaint from... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062440/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:41 -0400 The Herald http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062440/ Dubai: DP World said it has signed a £400 million (Dh2.7 billion) contract to build the first phase of a new port at London Gateway, being billed by the company as the most technically advanced ... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062597/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:05:04 -0400 Gulf News http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062597/ MADRID, Spain (AP) -- A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off the end of a runway into a hellish scene of charred b... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063201/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:30 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063201/ (AP) France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from airing TV shows aimed at children under three years old, to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at t... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063172/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:07:40 -0400 CBS News http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063172/ BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A former senator close to President Alvaro Uribe was freed from prison on Wednesday, four months after his arrest on charges of colluding with far-right death squads. http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063212/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:15 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063212/ MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican cement firm Cemex said on Wednesday it could turn to international arbitration to resolve a dispute with Venezuela's government, which seized the company's unit there i... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063166/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:09:35 -0400 Reuters http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063166/ ROME (AP) -- The Beijing bishop appointed by China's state-controlled Catholic Church said in an interview Wednesday that he hopes Pope Benedict XVI will visit his country and that relations with the ... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063208/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:23 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063208/ DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Missiles destroyed a suspected militant hide-out near the Afghan border Wednesday where foreign insurgents were known to frequent, killing at least five people, Paki... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063211/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:17 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063211/ Baghdad, Aug 20 (bna) U.s. And Iraqi Negotiators Have Finished A Draft Agreement That Would See All American Troops Removed From Iraqi Cities By June 30, An Iraqi Official Said Today. But The Draft Ha... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063174/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:06:49 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063174/ Dubai: DP World said yesterday it has awarded a 400 million pounds (Dh2.7 billion) contract to build the first phase of a new port at London Gateway, Britain's first deep sea container port developmen... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062589/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:05:51 -0400 Gulf News http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062589/ Tributes were paid to the British man and his eight-year-old daughter who died in a crash in Turkey. Jonathon Pearce and his daughter, named as Charley in reports, were on a Jeep safari trip when the... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062438/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:38 -0400 The Herald http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062438/ Most travellers are confused about carbon offsetting and nearly all of them think the government should do more to improve awareness, a poll showed yesterday. Around 10% of those surveyed thought off... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062443/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:35 -0400 The Herald http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062443/ W ASHINGTON - Rico the pit bull mix is bursting with adolescent energy when he’s led into a training center by Army Capt. Lawrence Minnis. But as soon as Minnis reaches for a treat jar, the dog... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063171/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:08:49 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063171/ Once a 'gaijin,' always a 'gaijin,' " Debito Arudou claims that the word "gaijin" is essentially the same as "n--ger" and should be made obsolete. He adds that the word gaijin lacks the meaning of "ex... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062574/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:10:58 -0400 Japan Times http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062574/ TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran described talks with a top U.N. inspector over its nuclear program -- which the West fears is a cover to build atomic bombs -- as "positive", the official IRNA news agency repo... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063167/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:09:34 -0400 Reuters http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063167/ Are you a gourmet who has had to come up with creative ways to cut costs as food prices soar? How do you shop for and prepare meals on a budget? Contact Jennifer Davies by http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063182/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:57:56 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063182/ Dubai: Nearly 816,000 laptops were sold in the Middle East in the second quarter, compared to 430,000 in the same period last year, an increase of about 87 per cent, according to International Data Co... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063175/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:05:40 -0400 Gulf News http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063175/ Hejazi was aged 15 in 2004 when he was among a group of people involved in a dispute which resulted in a man being fatally stabbed. He was hanged in the city of Isfahan on Tuesday, Iranian media said.... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063188/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:49:28 -0400 Iran Focus http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063188/ Turkey´s Hamit Altintop celebrates with his teammate Nuri Sahin (front) after scoring a goal against Chile during the Turkey versus Chile friendly football match at Ismetpasa Stadium in Izmit. Turkey... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062598/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:34 -0400 soccerway http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062598/ Are you a gourmet who has had to come up with creative ways to cut costs as food prices soar? How do you shop for and prepare meals on a budget? Contact Jennifer Davies by http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063180/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:57:53 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063180/ Troubled footballer Joey Barton is being sued by a second victim of his violence, it was revealed yesterday. Only last week solicitors for Jamie Tandy, 23, confirmed he was suing Barton for allegedly... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062437/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:37 -0400 The Herald http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17062437/ Dubai: Iraq's Oil Minister Hussain Al Shahr-istani will visit Beijing at the end of this week to conclude a contract to develop the Ahdab oil field with a unit of China National Petroleum, an official... http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063176/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:05:20 -0400 Gulf News http://story.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17063176/