SANAA AFP — Guards of the editor of Yemen's independent daily newspaper Al-Ayyam repulsed an attack by armed men, one of whom was killed in the clash, the journalist told AFP on Wednesday. Hisham Bashraheel said the attack, in which two other attackers were wounded, occurred on Tuesday and...
DUISBURG, Germany AFP — Duisburg coach Rudi Bommer issued an ultimatum Wednesday to his Brazilian striker Ailton that his attitude over the following weeks would decide his future at the struggling Bundesliga club. "I gave him his chance in the championship, I was patient, but now that's finished: he...
LONDON AFP — Tottenham manager Martin Jol has been given an ultimatum of six games to save his job after his side fell to a 3-1 loss at home to Arsenal at the weekend, according to press reports here on Monday. Jol's position has come under scrutiny as his...
How fast and furious is the third installment of the Bourne trilogy? Just in the first 15 minutes it charges from a chase in Moscow to CIA headquarters in Langley, Va.; to Turin, Italy; Paris, London and New York City, barely pausing to catch its or our breath. The amnesiac...
LOME AFP — Togo's Nigerian coach Stephen Keshi on Thursday handed Arsenal forward Emmanuel Adebayor and his fellow Togolese rebels a midnight ultimatum to turn up or be dropped. Adebayor, along with Jazira Abu Dhabi forward Kader Cougbadja and Mons defender Nibombe Dare, were in March suspended from the...
BEIJING AFP — China's national football coach has been ordered to lead the squad to the final four of next month's Asian Cup and avoid the errors that led to a recent defeat to Thailand, state media said Monday. Embattled coach Zhu Guanghu, ordered to Beijing for two days...
LONDON AFP — British rock star Pete Doherty, partner of supermodel Kate Moss, hinted during a court hearing Wednesday that she had given him an ultimatum over his drug use. "The people I'm closest to have had enough. They say it's drugs or them," he told a court in...
LAGOS AFP — Nigerian doctors extended an ultimatum for the government to rescind a decision to reduce their pay or face a nationwide strike, an union official said on Monday. The Nigerian Medical Association NMA union's deadline, initially due to end Monday, was extended by seven days to give...
LAGOS AFP — Nigerian doctors have given the government a 21-day ultimatum to rescind a recent decision to reduce their allowances or face a nationwide strike, an official union statement said. The Nigerian Medical Association NMA said the ultimatum takes effect February 12 and that if it was not...
MOSCOW AFP — Russia and China consider that serving Iran with ultimatums over its nuclear programme is "counterproductive," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alekseyev has said. "The positions of our two states coincide on the absolute inadmissibility of the use of force and the threat of using force," Alekseyev said,...
The European Commission decided on 28 June to send an ultimatum to Italy (a reasoned opinion - the final stage prior to action before the Court of Justice) regarding implementation of the Directive on the promotion of biofuels (2003/30/EC). Rome stands accused of failing to justify...
GAZA CITY AFP — The Hamas-led Palestinian cabinet has called for militants holding an Israeli soldier captive in the Gaza Strip to spare his life. "The government issues an appeal to the resistance groups... for the soldier to be kept alive and well-treated," Information Minister Yussef Rizqa told AFP...
Europe Information 06-29-2006 The European Commission decided on 28 June to send an ultimatum to Italy (a reasoned opinion - the final stage prior to action before the Court of Justice) regarding implementation of the Directive on the promotion of biofuels (2003/30/EC). Rome stands accused of failing to justify its...
BISHKEK AFP — Kyrgyz and US negotiators met for talks on a strategic US air base in this Central Asian state, with Washington facing an ultimatum to pay more rent or face eviction. "US-Kyrgyz negotiations on the presence of the US air force at Manas airport started in Bishkek...
THE HAGUE AFP — Chief UN war crimes prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia, Carla Del Ponte, refused to comment on the expiration of the European Union's May 1 ultimatum to Serbia to arrest key crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, her spokesman said. "We will not speak about this until Wednesday...
PARIS AFP — French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin vowed not to back down on his contested youth jobs plan, the day after violent protests and as union leaders threatened to call a general strike. Villepin called for giving his controversial First Employment Contract CPE "a chance", while adding...
BEIRUT AFP — A bomb exploded outside a Lebanese army barracks in Beirut overnight, causing some damage but no injuries, after a reported Al-Qaeda warning of an attack. Lebanese newspaper Al-Balad said it had received a call from an anonymous caller claiming to be speaking in the name of...
DUBAI AFP — The kidnappers of a Jordanian embassy driver in Iraq gave a new three-day ultimatum to execute him if Amman fails to release a would-be suicide bomber, Al-Arabiya satellite channel reported. "They threatened to kill the hostage unless the Jordanian government fulfills their demands ... within three...
SULTAN YACOUB, Lebanon AFP — Lebanese troops backed by armour surrounded Palestinian militant camps in hills near the Syrian border following the murder of a surveyor, an AFP correspondent reported. Soldiers used loudhailers to give militants from the rejectionist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) an...
BRATISLAVA AFP — Slovakia's embattled economy minister defied an ultimatum from his prime minister to resign over an unexplained multi-million dollar loan from a businessman. "I refuse to quit my job as minister as the arguments put forward by my coalition partners are unacceptable from my point of view,"...
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