Explain use of H1-B visas: US senators to Indian cos Republican Senator Charles Grassley and Democratic Senator Richard Durbin have asked nine foreign-based firms, including some leading Indian companies that used 20,000 of such visas, to disclose details about their workforce.
Iran asks US to leave Gulf Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday threatened severe retaliation if the United States attacked his country, which is locked in a standoff with the West over its nuclear programme.
Minister quits as Gaza burns Palestinian Interior Minister Hani Qawasmehs resignation is the first from the unity cabinet and is certain to precipitate a crisis because his withdrawal destroys the factional balance within the government.
Khaleda aide held for graft Joint Forces of the military-backed non-party caretaker government detained Hannan Shah and his eldest son Shah Rezaul Hannan from their Defence Officers Housing Society (DOHS) home on Monday on charges of extortion in Gazipur district, near Dhaka.
Court official killed, Pak on edge Senior police officials said unknown assailants entered the house of Syed Hamid Raza, an additional registrar of the Pakistan Supreme Court,
and shot him dead.
A Palestinian youth stands in front of a burning vehicle during clashes between rival Fatah and Hamas in Gaza City, on Monday. Two Palestinians were killed in fresh fighting between rival Fatah and Hamas gunmen today despite a truce aimed at ending the worst factional violence since a unity government took office. AFP
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