Russia ratifies maritime border treaty with Norway
Body parts found at US plane crash site in Kyrgyzstan
Two killed in New York explosion
Ousted Nepal king eyes comeback chance?
Port-of-Spain readies to welcome Commonwealth leaders
Germany warms up to Sarkozy’s Mediterranean Union plans
Discussion on merits of Islamic banking to be organised at Oxford on Feb 18
IAEA chief sets out nuke-free vision, cites Obama
Blast threat halts search for missing miners in Siberia
China’s manufacturing sector performs poorly, raises slowdown alarm
`BRICS bank expected to improve cooperation’
UN food aid agency staffer killed in Somalia
Click people, not places, for memorable photos
Nepal government gets king’s crown, palace but not throne
Body of Argentine actors’ missing son found at morgue
Vatican security doubled over possible terror attack
Nigerian government inks deal with Boko Haram for girls’ release
EU stresses significance of int’l coordination on Kosovo
Election panel debars Kasyanov from Russian presidential poll
UNHCR launches global drive to end statelessness
12 inmates escape as attackers bust Mexican prison
Gamblers seek help only when it comes to the crunch
1.1 million HIV infections in children prevented: UNICEF
WHO chief sees food safety as a ‘big challenge’
By Xinhua
Geneva : Food safety is a big challenge for the whole world, which must be tackled through better regulation, Director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan has said.
"I have to say that food safety is a big problem for both developed and developing countries," Chan told a news briefing in Geneva Tuesday.
She said with a world population of 6.4 billion, a huge amount of food is consumed daily, so ensuring food safety is a big challenge.
Putin tests every meal before eating: Former chef
Haiti’s underbelly seethes after earthquake
Pyongyang warns it could build nuclear plant
Germans view Bush as greater danger to global peace
US rejects Venezuela’s accusations of military assault
Russia to conduct surveillance flight over US
South Africa: Resumed Zimbabwe talks going well
Michael Jackson, Arab sheikh reach settlement
What warming? Climate change slips down global priorities
Spain’s new cabinet sworn in
China, France resolve to maintain strategic ties
One injured in shooting outside US court
Hitler’s ‘gift’ kicks up row in Nepal
Philippine Rebels Kill 3 Soldiers
Obama seeks passage of finance reform bill
Japan, US to hold first joint missile drill
Tokyo : Japan and the US are planning to conduct their first joint exercises on countering a potential missile attack in January 2008, a Japanese newspaper said Thursday.
Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves at least 15 dead in Taiwan
Microsoft, Yahoo meet for merger talks
India’s envoy to Belgium holds get-to-know reception
At least 87,000 feared dead in China’s May 12 quake
‘No stimulus package can stop recession in US, Canada’
Both Bush to miss Obama inauguration
300,000 people evacuated due to floods in China
Hong Kong to cut tax amid record high revenue surplus
Nearly 200,000 people evacuated to safe ground as planned in SW China
North Korea Exposes Japanese War Plans
Michael Jackson: Condemned in life, revered in death
Inauguration would have been incomplete without India’s presence: Zuma
Russia hands over control of Georgian buffer zones to EU
UK supermarkets cut food prices, but Indian groceries remain dearer
Tornadoes injure hundreds in US
China publicises human rights action plan
Canadians view Hinduism positively, not Islam and Sikhism
‘Tamil Tigers incapable of counter attacks’
Now probe into competence of Indian doctors in Britain
UN stresses need to invest in disaster mitigation measures
World lost 70 mn hectares of forest in 15 years: UN
Anti-nuclear demonstrators rally outside German air base
US House allows transfer of Guantanamo prisoners
Wall Street falls on weak economic data
Rajapaksa to discuss political situation with parties
Peruvian police rescue 10 kids from guerrillas
Higher social skills uniquely human: study
Indian Muslims are not terrorists: Farah Pandith

Boy who crossed LoC handed back
New EU customs rule requires travellers to declare their cash
Brussels : Starting June 15 all travellers entering or leaving the European Union (EU) carrying 10,000 euro or more in cash, must declare themselves to customs authorities at the port of entry or departure.
