From CNN:One of the most destructive moments in Chinese history is bringing together -- at least temporarily -- this vast nation of more than a billion people, made up of disparate ethnic groups stretching across five time zones.When millions of
In the New York Times, Howard French writes about the rescue of 129 students and ten teachers in an isolated village in Wenchuan county eight days after the earthquake struck. He then goes on to question the reliability of the
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Lebanon needs a new law banning sectarian prejudice and incitement, to help heal rifts that widened after last week's fighting between opposition and pro-government forces, the Beirut-based Khiam Rehabilitation Center said. The Khiam Center's call for such a law was
The Lebanese Union for the Disabled and other NGOs held a peaceful protest Friday on the highway leading to Rafik Hariri International Airport to urge politicians gathered for talks in Doha to reach an agreement to end the 18-month-old political
Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon said there was an Interpol Red Corner notice for Ibrahim's arrest and there were UN Security Council resolutions on his status. He said the matter was now "past" the stage of providing evidence.
The two countries could even "agree to disagree" as they carried forward the dialogue on the Kashmir issue, Zardari told reporters after meeting visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. "My contention is let's work together and we can use
Abductions and arson attacks on the hundreds of cargo trucks plying the switchback road through the Khyber Pass have become commonplace this year. Many of the trucks carry fuel and other material for foreign troops based in Afghanistan. U.S. and
India proposed a number of cross-LoC initiatives, like doubling the frequency of bus services, launching the truck service and liberalising the permit system, to make the confidence building measures "more effective". The issue of prisoners like Sarabjit Singh, condemned to
The ship was hijacked off the coast of Somalia last Saturday, the director general of shipping confirmed. The vessel was carrying 4200 metric tonnes of sugar, part of humanitarian aid to Somalia under the World Food Programme. Ten Indians are
A good number of candidates savouring the success now stand a high risk of being thrown out of the list when it is revised in the light of the stay ordered by a vacation bench comprising Justices C K Thakker
Das, belonging to the strike force 709 battalion of the banned outfit's lower Assam unit, was arrested following a tip off. A grenade and large quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered from him.
Mukherjee, who met Sharif soon after arriving here on a two-day visit, told him that India is looking forward to working with new Pakistan government, according to PML-N chairman Raja Zafarul Haq who was present in the meeting. Haq quoted
Police raided a place during a meeting of ultras and took over 150 persons into custody, IG (Operation) A K Bhardwaj told. Several hardcore activists of the ultra left outfits and its sympathisers were believed to be participating in the
A six-member team from the Kashipur Solidarity Group, which visited the Mahoba and Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh and Chhattarpur in Madhya Pradesh, claimed that agriculture has collapsed in the region leading people to migrate to other places. Deforestation and indiscriminate
With a breakthrough still eluding the police even eight days after the blasts that left 65 dead, investigators confirmed that RDX was not used and that the site of the nine explosions mainly contained Neogel-90, an explosive comprising ammonium nitrate.
Purandare was honoured by famous author Ratnakar Matakari at a function here. Matakari inaugurated a week-long 'Pulostav' in the name of late P L Deshpande, noted artiste, at the city's Saykhedkar Natya Grih where Purandare was honoured with 'Pulostav Jeevan
Speaking during a road show organised to drum up support for the Congress in the Karimnagar Lok Sabha seat, represented by TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao till recently, Reddy alleged that both TRS and TDP did nothing for the development
