Jamaica Gleaner International
Published: Monday Monday | December 22, 2008
INDIA - Targeted Mumbai hotels reopen with tighter security
MUMBAI, India (AP): The blood has been mopped up, the grenade-scarred marble replaced, the bullet holes covered over.But the reopening yesterday of parts of the iconic Taj Mahal hotel - less than a month after militants stormed the building, spraying...
UNITED KINGDOM - Ceremonies mark 20th anniversary of Lockerbie
LONDON (AP): Ceremonies were held yesterday in the Scottish town of Lockerbie to mark the 20th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, in which 270 people were killed.More than 150 people attended a wreath-laying ceremony ...
IRAN - Iran shuts office of Nobel winner's rights group
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iranian authorities shut down the office of a human rights group led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi yesterday as the group was preparing to honour a political activist who spent 17 years in prison in the Islamic republic...