No weapon supply from Poland to Ukraine: Minister
Colombian presidential candidate’s convoy attacked
Fireman dies after New Zealand factory explosion
17 Amur tigers died in Russia in 2012
Russian customs officers seize 21 kg of cocaine on Ecuador ship
Telcos to share infrastructure in Africa, Middle East
Another 14 bodies found under collapsed Egyptian building
EU approves tough austerity program for Greece
EC expects Russia, European Union to launch cooperation talks
Moscow : The European Commission (EC) expects Russia and the European Union (EU) to launch negotiations on a new strategic cooperation agreement during Portugal's presidency of the EU, a senior official of the commission said Tuesday.
Sri Lanka says ban on LTTE not on the cards
Thieves came in helicopter to rob Swedish cash depot
Cameron readies Britain for savage spending cuts
Israel offers agriculture technology to Goa
Somali pirates seize Ukrainian ship carrying tanks
Veteran journalists hail innovations in world media awards
Ban calls for diverting weapons budgets to economic development
Foreigners banned from Tibet, mass arrests reported in Lhasa
More ex-royals fly the Nepal coop
US judge apologises over racist Obama email
110,000 pounds for British school sans pupil
Cuba has lowest infant mortality rate in Latin America
Bhutanese refugees brace for Indian crackdown
Kathmandu : Bhutanese refugees, who are planning to start a march to the kingdom from Nepal on the day Thimphu holds a mock election, say they fear Indian authorities may stop them while they enter that country on their way to the Druk kingdom.
We don’t know Osama dead or alive, says US official
Bomb hits bus in central Sri Lanka
Philippines to create transport safety agency after sea mishap
Sri Lanka to inform Norway of move to scrap truce
Zimbabwe’s central bank to lay off 85 percent of staff
Bernanke signals further rate cut to boost US economy
Asia should rebound next year: ADB president
Confucius institute opens in Chile
Venezuelans protest plans to overhaul constitution
Sri Lankan troops capture rebel base in north
Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan to meet typhoon survivors
UK Labour candidate slams Israeli policies
LTTE suicide bomber kills 23 in Sri Lanka
British nuclear-powered submarine runs aground
Thailand, Cambodia committed to peaceful resolution of border dispute
Young Cubans not interested in getting jobs
Spain faces recession, growing unemployment in 2012
AirAsia crash: Bad weather hits search
Safina stranded again as Kuznetsova wins French Open
DPRK rebukes U.S. attempt to increase nuclear forces
French Unions Call to Strike
East African Community seeks end to Kenyan violence
China for joint efforts with Russia on global challenges
UK anti-war campaigners plan anti-Bush protests
Computer programmed to read human faces
Poland, U.S. agree in principle on missile defense base – FM
Bomb blast in front of Nepal parliament
14 soldiers killed in Algeria terrorist attack: Report
Spain leads the world, followed by Germany and the Netherlands
15,000-year old hunters’ site found in Russian Far East
Take steps to protect people against tobacco: WHO
Gunmen seize buildings in Ukraine’s eastern towns
Most people very concerned about climate change
Swedish court upholds arrest warrant for Assange
Russians spend the longest in queues every day
Disaster relief funds open floodgates of corruption in US
Jackson penned ‘Billie Jean’ in three minutes
China Links Dalai Lama to Tibet Row
Philippines military sets up anti-coup force
Nuclear fusion power could solve world’s energy crisis
LTTE chief Prabhakaran is dead
Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell area evacuated
Peruvian Supreme Court rules 6-year prison for Fujimori
ROK president determined to reduce private education expense
Haiti cholera toll rises to 2,591
100 UN staff among ‘hundreds’ killed in Haiti quake
Ban strongly condemns attack on the President of Timor Leste
Former Argentine army general sentenced for killing civilians
Panama Canal remembers “liberation” amidst great challenges
F-16s intercept plane after airspace violation
Don’t lose sight of poor nations: IMF
Russian wildfires reach nuclear disaster zone
US House approves military funding
Washington : The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that will provide funding for US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan in two stages.
Obama urges banks to ease credit
Nepal Maoists taken off US terror list
Nine killed in blasts at Jakarta luxury hotels
Over three million Somalis need emergency food aid: report
NATO Expansion Sparks Russian Response
Salma Hayek proud of Mexican roots
Roeder quits as Newcastle boss
London : Glenn Roeder resigned as manager of Newcastle United after being called to an emergency board meeting, fuelling speculation that the former Bolton manager Sam Allardyce could be installed as his successor.
‘US secret unit training Pakistan Army to fight Al Qaeda, Taliban’
Over 10,000 evacuated in China after tankers’ collision
Chinese PM calls for fair multilateral trade
Prachanda claims ethnic support in PM poll
Northrop pulls out of refuelling tanker deal with EADS
Microsoft-Yahoo deal faces tough scrutiny
Ire, turmoil and hope at climate summit
1 dead, 40 injured in Manhattan explosion
By Parveen Chopra, IANS
New York : One person died of cardiac arrest and 40 people were injured, a few of them suffering serious burn injuries, in an underground steam pipe explosion that propelled a giant jet of brownish steam and debris toward the sky in mid-Manhattan during rush hour Wednesday evening.
Nikkei tumbles five percent due to stronger yen, economic worries
Chavez hopes for ‘true change’ from next US government
South Korea to supply fuel oil to North Korea next week
Tokyo : South Korea will begin delivering fuel oil to North Korea next week after Pyongyang pledged to shut down its nuclear reactor, the Unification Ministry said Wednesday.
News reports: two NATO supply trucks destroyed in NW Pakistan
US bases symbolic of UK subservience
One Russian officer wounded in attack in Kyrgyzstan
Soaring food prices seen as opportunity for African farmers
Nepal gets $253-million World Bank aid
US court fines $22,500 per song for illegal music download
US files trade dispute over EU poultry import laws
Floods kill seven in Vietnam
Jackson’s castration comment draws race divide for Obama
Schools shut in Kathmandu due to Modi visit
An Indian-style Buddhist temple gifted to ‘sister civilisation’ China
We got America back by electing Obama, says Rushdie
Israel in leadership crisis , US unlikely to pressure Olmert to step down
Sarkozy, Brown humbled at EU summit
New Zealand gov’t plans to boost police search powers
New Russian cabinet could use tycoon Prokhorov: Putin
60 journalists killed in 2008, says press watchdog
Sri Lanka war report presented to parliament
Crane accident triggers German atomic reactor shutdown
G8 says high oil prices threaten economic growth
Obama’s choice of inaugural pastor angers gay activists
Girija Prasad Koirala: A man with simple convictions
Death threats to journalists in China ahead of Olympics
Former Fiji premier faces corruption trial
A.Q. Khan network must be dismantled, stresses India
Music industry slams new German law on file-sharing
US to seek death for six accused in 9/11 attacks
Over 3,000 pay tribute to Moscow terror victims
One dead in attack on UN relief truck in southern Philippines
ASEAN Mediates in Cambodia-Thailand Dispute
Himalayan glaciers are receding at alarming rates: UN
Kartarpur corridor talks begin at Attari
Brazil prison revolt frees 19 inmates
President greets Saudi Arabia on its National Day
Hurricane Noel kills 115 in Caribbean states
Pesticides risk factor for Type 2 diabetes
Russia proposes global missile defence cooperation with US
Microsoft, Intel To Launch CMPC In Nepal
Nepal heading for local body elections
Fresh attack in Thai South injures soldier after cease-fire claimed
Congress panel cuts funds for missile defence in Europe
Washington : A US congressional committee voted to reduce funding for the Pentagon's plan to install missile defence in Europe, but left open the possibility of restoring the money once Poland and the Czech Republic agree to host the bases.