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Pak set to lift Nato supply ban
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Wednesday it had ordered officials to finalise an agreement as quickly as possible on lifting a six-month blockade on overland Nato supplies into war-torn Afghanistan. Islamabad has stopped short of announcing when the transit lines will reopen, but has signalled President Asif Ali Zardari will attend key talks on Afghanistan in Chicago on May 20-21, after a last-minute invitation from Nato....
 
 
 
Mansour receives Man.City coach; Mancini hails support
ABU DHABI: Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Presidential Affairs and owner of Manchester City Football Club on Tuesday received the coach of the team Roberto Mancini, his assistant David Platt, the acting chief executive John Macbeath and members of the Club’s administration. In remarks at the meeting, Sheikh Mansour hailed the Manchester City’s historic win of its first English Premier...
   
Judge holds onto wobbly Greece
ATHENS: Greece put a senior judge in charge of an emergency government on Wednesday to lead it to new elections on June 17 and bankers sought to calm public fears after the president said political chaos risked causing panic and a run on deposits. Greeks have been withdrawing hundreds of millions of euros (dollars) from banks in recent days as the prospect of the country being forced out of the European Union’s common currency...
 
 
UN observers evacuated from tense Syrian area
DAMASCUS: Syrian troops launched deadly raids in northwest and south Syria on Wednesday, as activists said members of a United Nations team of observers were safely evacuated a day after a bomb blast hit their convoy. Syrians showed in elections this month that they support the government’s policy of reform and a majority back the regime, President Bashar Al Assad said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. The results of the...
   
Biosensor shows promise for cancer diagnosis
WASHINGTON: Researchers have created an ultra-sensitive biosensor that could open up new opportunities for early detection of cancer and help doctors tailor personalised medicine specific to biochemistry of individual patients. The device, which could be several hundred times more sensitive than other biosensors, combines the attributes of two distinctly different types of sensors, said Mohammed A Alam, professor of electrical...
 
 
Emirati dies after collision with truck
SHARJAH: A 32-year-old Emirati national died on Wednesday after his car crashed into the back of a truck on Malaiha road. According to police the accident took place at 5am. O was driving at a high speed when the truck suddenly slowed down. O failed to control the speed of his car and crashed into the back of the truck, severely injuring himself. The police were notified of the accident and dispatched emergency services that...
   
Temperature remains in the forties
SHARJAH: Maximum day temperatures seem to remain high, as Sharjah again recorded 44˚C on Wednesday. However, maximum temperatures in Dubai and Abu Dhabi were slightly lower than Sharjah, Dubai recording 41.4°C and Abu Dhabi 41°C, meteorologists said. Thursday morning will be dusty and hazy and day temperature will remain high. The weather will be partly cloudy at times over some eastern areas by the afternoon. The winds will be...
 
 

 
 
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