Advertise | 
RSS | Sitemap | About TWT | Contact Us | Subscription Services | Real Estate | Auto Weekend | TWT Radio
RSS | Sitemap | About TWT | Contact Us | Subscription Services | Real Estate | Auto Weekend | TWT Radio
Foreign |
Japanese inmate gets help
Iwao Hakamada, Japan's longest-serving death-row inmate, has insisted for 40 years that he is innocent of the four murders he was convicted of. The evidence was suspect, he says, and his confession was coerced. Now the judge who wrote the ex-boxer's death sentence agrees.
Military junta won't let cyclone slow vote
Burma's military junta will press ahead tomorrow with a referendum designed to entrench its grip on power in spite of devastating damage from this week's cyclone. UPDATED 1:55 p.m.
Video: Military junta: We need aid, not expertise
Norimichi Kumamoto, the judge who wrote Iwao Hakamada's death sentence in 1968, speaks to the crowd. He had argued for acquittal but was outvoted by two other judges in their secret deliberations.
U.N. seeks $187 million aid to survivors
The United Nations is seeking $187 million to help an estimated 1.5 million cyclone survivors in Myanmar over the next three months, U.N. officials said. 4:45 p.m.
More Top Stories
- 'A lot' pose threat if freed from Gitmo (By David R. Sands)
- Wheat disease threatens supplies (By David R. Sands)
- Al Qaeda leader held in Mosul (Associated Press)
- 'Right of return' still just a symbol (By Joshua Mitnick)
- Hezbollah hit over violence (By David R. Sands)
- President endorses electric-car project (By Jay Bushinsky)
Sunday, May 4
- Ivory Coast rebels turning in weapons (By Benoit Hili)
- Two arrests made in plot to kill Karzai (By Rahim Faiez)
- Motorcade hit, U.S. battles extremists (By Selcan Hacaoglu)
- China: 'Door of dialogue' open on Tibet (By William Foreman)
- Cyclone kills more than 350 in Burma (By Aye Aye Win)
- Rice presses Israel on West Bank issues (By Anne Gearan)
- Rice says peace deal possible this year (By Anne Gearan)
- Cruise ship runs aground in Baltic Sea
- Boat sinks off Brazil; at least 12 die (By Tales Azzoni)
- Abkhazia says it shot down spy planes
- Autonomy vote in Bolivia sparks clashes (By Dan Keane)
- Unclear if attack targeted Talabani's wife (By Bradley Brooks)
- Iraq's first lady OK after bomb attack (Associated Press)
- Bush's N. Korea policy draws right jab (By David R. Sands)
- Report: U.S. not as 'free' as touted (By Betsy Pisik)
- World Scene
- Mugabe foes want vote audit before considering a runoff (By Angus Shaw)
- Israel urged to lift West Bank barriers (By Nicholas Kralev)
- U.S. fires missiles into Sadr City slum (By Bradley Brooks)
Saturday, May 3
- China steps up efforts to stop deadly virus (By Charles Hutzler)
- West offers Iran 'refreshed' deal (By Nicholas Kralev)
- Labor Party crushed in town hall voting (By Al Webb)
- Protests fail to block torch
- World food body defends fund plea (By Betsy Pisik)
- World Scene
- Presidential vote count shows need for runoff (By Angus Shaw)
- Russia chides West's role in statehood rights (By Nicholas Kralev)
- Olmert probed about finances
Friday, May 2
- World leaders hold Arab states to peace pledges (By Nicholas Kralev)
- Palestinians say Israelis holding up cell-phone enterprise (By Joshua Mitnick)
- Group tries to shake terrorism label (By Nicholas Birch)
- Rice hits lack of Arab aid for state (By Nicholas Kralev)
- Briefly
- Cuts at U.S. Embassy cause 'serious concerns' (UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL)
- U.S. 'watching' ally's tactics (By Betsy Pisik)
- Embassy Row (By James Morrison)
- World Scene
- Al Qaeda chief reported among dead in U.S. strike
Other Top Stories
Regular Features
Thursday, May 8
- N. Korea hands over nuclear documents (By Nicholas Kralev)
- Olmert suspected of receiving funds (By Steven Gutkin)
- Medvedev inaugurated as president (Associated Press)
- Clashes erupt for second day in Lebanon (Associated Press)
- Cyclone toll feared above 100,000 (By Betsy Pisik)
- Bomber in Iraq tied to Gitmo (By Bill Gertz)
- U.S., Russia trade diplomat expulsions (By Matthew Lee)
- World Scene
- U.S. probes school contracts over Iran proviso (UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL)
- Hezbollah-backed strike turns violent (By Sana Abdallah MIDDLE EAST TIMES)
- Embassy Row (By James Morrison)
- Briefly
- Dahal backs Clinton in race (By Chitra Tiwari)
- Treasure off Africa's coast (By Donna Bryson)
Wednesday, May 7
- Aftershock hits Japan after initial quake
- 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits Japan (Associated Press)
- Death toll in Burma could hit 100,000 (Associated Press)
- U.S. aims to unlink Islamic, terrorism (UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL)
- Iraq readies arms case against Iran (By Sara A. Carter)
- Ex-Guantanamo prisoner led attack (By Ben Fox)
- Delayed visas stall cyclone aid to Burma (By Richard Ehrlich and Betsy Pisik)
- Violence dims Zimbabwe election runoff
- UN: Burma a 'major, major disaster' (Associated Press)
- Leader of Nepal's Maoist party endorses Clinton (By Chitra Tiwari)
- Outsiders flood Dubai (By Hamza Hendawi)
- China president woos Japan with offer of pandas (By Eric Talmadge)
- Embassy Row (By James Morrison)
- Olmert tenure in doubt (By Joshua Mitnick)
- Briefs
- Rebuilding will take more time, envoy says (By David R. Sands)
- World Scene
Tuesday, May 6
- First international aid reaches Burma (Associated Press)
- Ahern tenders resignation as Irish PM (By Andrew Bushe)
- 3 injured in Palestinian, militant clashes (By Mohammed Ballas)
- Burma death toll soars above 22,000 (Associated Press)
- Experts say flu pandemic remains threat (By Eliane Engeler)
- Putin to turn over reins in grand fashion (By Steve Gutterman)
- Militant calls off talks as Pakistan troops stay (By Khudayar Khan)
- 3,500 U.S. troops to leave Iraq (By Bradley Brooks)
- Burma aid rushed after deadliest storm (By Richard Ehrlich)
- Embassy Row (By James Morrison)
- World Scene
- Rice: Israeli vow to ease travel curbs unfulfilled (By Nicholas Kralev and Joshua Mitnick)
- U.S. fugitive Vesco has reportedly died (By Andrea Rodriguez)
- Uribe deflects hits (By Frank Bajak)
- Briefly
- Maoists want off U.S. terrorist list (By Jason Motlagh)
Monday, May 5
- Burma foreign minister says
death toll could hit 10,000 (Associated Press) - Fugitive Vesco reportedly dies in Cuba (By Andrea Rodriguez)
- Cyclone kills more than 350
- Morales reaches out to autonomy leaders (By Dan Keane)
- Brazilian ferry boat death toll rises to 17 (By Alan Clendenning)
- Virus sickening Chinese children spreads
- Officials hold talks with Dalai Lama's envoys (By William Foreman)
- Rising food prices put a billion at risk (By Paul Alexander)
- At least two killed in Somali food riots (By Mohamed Olad Hassan)
- Province scorns Bolivia (By Martin Arostegui)
- WHO rejects cover-up for virus
- Wallenberg data may solve puzzle (By Arthur Max and Randy Herschaft)
- Abbas despairs on foils to peace (By Nicholas Kralev)
- Militants fight daily to forestall Iraqi wall (By Richard Tomkins)
- Women's rights, often wronged (By Alisa Tang)
- World Scene
- Briefly
- Embassy Row (By James Morrison)
Search www.washingtontimes.com
Most Viewed Stories
1. Clinton: Michigan, Florida wins should stand
2. Conservative attack group riling Democrats
3. Once-secret memos question Clinton's honesty
4. Broken eggheads make no omelets
5. Bush ready for role as father of the bride
1. Clinton: Michigan, Florida wins should stand
2. Conservative attack group riling Democrats
3. Once-secret memos question Clinton's honesty
4. Broken eggheads make no omelets
5. Bush ready for role as father of the bride
AP
- Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement
- Aid on the way to devastated Myanmar but so is heavy rain
- Military adds armor to Iraq vehicles as roadside bombs surge
- Blackwater unlikely to face charges in Iraq shooting
- Mo. woman pleads, will be sentenced in stolen baby attack
- Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident
- Judge sends wrestler's son to jail for 8 months for crash
- Man crashes at driveway, sees home catch fire, gets ticket
- MLB suspends Mariners slugger Sexson for 6 games
Privacy Policy |
About TWT |
Community Relations |
Site Map |
Contact Us
Advertise |
Subscription Services |
Arbor Ballroom |
All site contents copyright © 2008 The Washington Times, LLC.