International
Rights, liberties threatened in Sri Lanka, says rights body
By IANS,
Colombo : Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Tamil Tigers, Human Rights Watch said Monday.
British economy in modest recovery: central bank governor
By IANS,
London : Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said in a television interview that Britain's economy had achieved "only a modest recovery".
For the elderly in US, poetry blunts the pain of isolation
By Ashok Easwaran, IANS,
Have good manners: Chinese official to tourists
By IANS,
Beijing : If you are a tourist in China, you better have "healthy and civilised" manners.
EU urges Russia against introducing gay law
By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Brussels: The European Union (EU) has appealed to Russia not to introduce a law banning so-called "gay propaganda" .
Conference on Syria very soon: UN chief
By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Thousands of Taiwanese protest n-power project
By IANS,
Taipei: About 10,000 Taiwanese took to the streets here Sunday to protest against further development of nuclear power on the island.
50 injured as car rams into public in US
By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Moscow: As many as 50 people were injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people participating in a parade in the US state of Virginia.
There was no fatality.
Alleged unmasked CIA agent leaves Russia
By IANS/RIA Novosti,
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