ABUU DHABI: President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolences to Chinese President Hu Jintao on the death of thousands of Chinese people by a quake that jolted Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province in southwest China. Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum also expressed sympathy to the Chinese ...

BY RAMESH THAKUR

As the preordained nominee, Hillary Clinton was anticipating a coronation, not a contest with a junior, younger, African-American upstart who bested her in organisation, mobilisation and fundraising. Her campaign morphed from enthusi...

US President George W. Bush begins his Middle East visit today apparently to work out a final peace agreement between Palestinians and the Israelis by the end of his term next January. The president was so enthusiastic last November when he convened a Mideast peac...