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N.Korea said to be ready for N-test - Gulf Today
“It is highly likely that the North has installed a nuclear device inside the tunnel and sealed it (with the piles of earth and sand),” the source said. Since last year, US and South Korean intelligence authorities have been monitoring the excavation ...
OFW agency head axed for 'poor performance' - Gulf Today
The sources, who requested anonymity, said lawyer Carlos Cao Junior has been dismissed as the chief of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) with effect on Jan.2, 2012. Named to replace Cao was Hans Cacdac, an undersecretary at the ...
House takes measures to tackle absenteeism - Gulf Today
Belmonte pointed out that in the past, members who were allowed to go on official leave would be considered as present, a practice which a concerned source who requested anonymity said has been used as an excuse to justify their prolonged absences. ...
US envoy meets ministers in first Myanmar visit - Gulf Today
Derek Mitchell, who was appointed as the first US coordinator for policy on Myanmar last month, began the visit by meeting foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin in the capital Naypyidaw, a government official said. He is then scheduled to see a variety of ...
Filipino abductors allow hostages to call family - Gulf Today
The officers, who requested anonymity, said the abductors also allowed Grefa Yeatts Lunsmann, 50, and her son Eric, 14, to call their family in Virginia to press their demand for a $10 million ransom for their release. The officers added the hostages ...
Marcos won't be buried at Heroes' Cemetery: Report - Gulf Today
Instead, the sources who requested anonymity, disclosed that Vice President Jejomar Binay recommended that Marcos be buried with full military honors in his home province of Ilocos Norte in Northern Luzon. The recommendation was the main highlight of ...
Friendly fire kills 10 Afghan guards - Gulf Today
Twenty-five foreign fighters, including Arabs, Chechens and Pakistanis, were killed and wounded by Afghan security forces after they crossed the border from Pakistan into Afghanistan's volatile east overnight, a government official said. ...
Saleh set to sign transition deal - Gulf Today
The Secretary-General of the GCC, Abdullatif Al Zayani, arrived in Sanaa to deliver the initiative to Saleh for him to ratify later in the day, a government official said. Zayani also carried invitations to all sides to attend Sunday's signing ceremony ...
Thousands join anti-government rally in Bulgaria - Gulf Today
... to need any medical care, which is in a disgusting state. "We are not even talking about money for theatre, books, travel," said Irina, a writer in her 50s. "Elderly people live in dire uncertainty," an 86-year-old woman, who refused to be named, said.
Caren Bohan and Matt Spetalnick: Crafting a new strategy for Middle East - Gulf Today
Obama and his aides have urged meaningful reform in private phone calls with Middle Eastern leaders, telling them “it's in their own interest to be responsive to their people,” a senior administration official said. One foreign diplomat welcomed ...
Michael Smerconish: Assistance from an anonymous source to families in need - Gulf Today
and offered assistance from an anonymous source to families in need. Jury wrote and reported that her husband had been out of work three years but was now making “40 cents,” adding, “We're in debt.” The Jurys then had four children, including Charles, ...
'Now, it is Chinatown everywhere' - Gulf Today
A high level Chinese diplomat who refused to be named said the number current PROC nationals in Dubai and the Northern Emirates is at over two million “in ...
Leader breaks away from MILF - Gulf Today
Reliable sources in the Philippine police and military, who requested anonymity, said they were not surprised by Umbrakato's decision to break away from the ...
Injured Venus likely to miss Fed Cup - Gulf Today
Williams informed US captain Mary Joe Fernandez she could be sidelined for a few weeks, the person told on condition of anonymity. ...
Resolutions are made to 'break' - Gulf Today
“Most of the resolutions come from the feeling of failure and to do something, said a psychiatrist in Rolla, Sharjah, on the condition of anonymity. ...
Ampatuans use court as 'massage parlour' - Gulf Today
The sources, who requested anonymity for security reasons, said this is part of the “VIP (very important person) treatment” being extended by some officials ...
Aquino's ex-girlfriend to host TV game show - Gulf Today
Reliable sources, who requested anonymity, said Shalani signed a contract as co-host of the show aired on TV5 on November 3 but it was unclear if she will ...
Tracy Wilkinson: Ex-guerrilla promotes drug-war strategy - Gulf Today
“Calderon sees him as some kind of a guru,” said a senior government analyst who disagrees with Villalobos and who spoke on the condition of anonymity ...
Police looking into deaths of 5-year-old girl, 5-month-old boy - Gulf Today
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the first case involved the death of a 5-year-old Afghani girl Fatma Reda, who died after a ...