Newly elected Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned Wednesday that his country could review its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, after the body expressed grave concern about Tehran's atomic program. Addressing Parliament just minutes after his election, the Larijani
The capital of Uzbekistan is being spruced up for an unscheduled celebration, its 2,200th jubilee. Central streets are being swept clean before new asphalt is poured and flower beds are being arranged along the streets. Those buildings that fail to
The bomb went off inside the open air theatre in central Kathmandu," said a police officer. "One woman was injured in the blast," the officer said. Meanwhile, two minor explosions took place near the venue of the meeting but no
Woeser, who wrote about news from Tibetan area of China during riots and protests in March, said her e-mail and online telephone accounts had also been hacked and her home phone and cell phone no longer worked. She said it
Organisers launched the Canadian edition of the Panties for Peace! campaign this week with a call for women to send underwear to the Myanmar embassy in Ottawa. According to the campaign, Myanmar's embassies in Europe, Australia and Brazil, among other
May 29, Colombo: A journalist working for a private radio and television station in the war-torn Jaffna peninsula was hacked to death along with one of his friends on Wednesday evening.
This means the cable companies engaged in last-mile distribution of TV channels will qualify for the existing 49 per cent FDI limit, while operators of DTH, HITS, IPTV and multi-system operators will be able to bring in up to 74
No airline is making money in India because they are selling below cost. The country is seeing a 25 per cent annual growth rate in air passenger traffic, but some slowdown is also expected. These are some of the pains
The Rs 9,500-crore Dharavi makeover may be postponed by a few months as the scheme will have to be amended to increase the size of the flats, to be given to slum-dwellers, from 225 sq ft to 269 sq ft,
The Indian Air Force is presently carrying out the largest ever across the border disaster relief mission to Myanmar and China having conveyed over 277 tonnes of relief material in the aftermath of cyclone and severe earthquake respectively. Another IL-76
Agence France-Presse reports on talks over a possible takeover by the Chinese oil company China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC):Chinese oil giant CNOOC is in talks with Canadian-based Talisman Energy over a possible takeover deal, a report in Hong Kong
From Reuters:China's nuclear power firms aim to join its auto and electronic companies as export powerhouses, analysts say, but massive domestic expansion plans may not leave them the capacity to make an overseas push for over a decade.A $1 billion
From Bloomberg:China plans to make it easier for foreign banks such as HSBC Holdings Plc to set up rural operations as the government seeks to boost funding for farmers, said two people with knowledge of the matter.Overseas banks will be
In the International Herald Tribune, Howard French writes about victims of the earthquake who are continue with their lives in the devastated region:By a long measure, Shenxi, which lies only 11 kilometers, or 7 miles, from the epicenter, is far
