Issue: January 19, 2009   (Archive)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010   

Leaders struggle to maintain truce
European and Middle Eastern leaders held a summit in Egypt yesterday aimed at shoring up a fragile truce in the three- week war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.


Obama hypes up Day One in office
Barack Obama attended an inaugural concert and laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns after riding a special inaugural train into Washington and carrying the hopes of a nation demoralized by recession and entangled in two foreign wars.

Power pointer
The Malaysian opposition's ambitions of taking power have been given a boost with a by- election win.

`Splash landing' pilot reveals flight details
The pilot who safely brought down an engineless Airbus described flying into a wall of large birds just after takeoff, officials said.

             


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