Rice has High-Level Talks on North Korea
China, US to cooperate on use of strategic oil reserves
Russian troops begin dismantling posts in Georgia
Russia seeks legal settlement of British Council dispute
44 wounded in Colombo explosion
Child torture rampant in Nepal even after democracy: report
China opposes US-Taiwan relations
Jamaica declares emergency after attacks on police
Humans first ate fish 40,000 years ago
Putin visions new development plans for Russia
British press slams Musharraf’s ‘coup within a coup’
US-based Indian researchers shocked, discomfited at UCLA shooting
Clinton’s big West Virginia win too little, too late
Blast damages Spanish premier’s party office in Basque
China congratulates Putin on election victory
Customs official killed during shooting of TV drama
British parents in court over selling daughter for sex
Largest gold coin sold at $4 mn in Austria
Obama surveys Gulf as BP’s top-kill effort continues
Science advocacy group calls for US candidate debate
Sobhraj freedom hope dashed again
The lessons from Haiti
Two climbers missing on Nepal’s Mt. Dhaulagiri
Bloody May Day riots hit Berlin and Hamburg
Bush welcomes G20 leaders for critical financial summit
10 rebels killed in Colombia
Criminal’s plea for caning denied by Singapore judge
Plane carrying 46 believed crashed in Venezuela
Ukrainian Communists Reject NATO Membership
Gas pipeline explodes in Moscow
Climate change threatens Arctic animals
OAPEC calls for considering interests of developing nations
Proximity confab kicks off in London
China’s new president to attend BRICS summit
Ang Lee was robbed on first LA trip
Three killed as New Zealand air force helicopter crashes
China, US 2008 Trade Ups 10.5 Percent
British coastguards on strike for first time
A year later, Obama falters on pledge to shut Guantanamo
Singapore prime minister rules out another dip for economy
25 killed in Nepal bus accident
Man killed in Russia for being gay
President Obama orders probe to prevent future drilling disasters
Hu urges global media to promote world peace
38 people die in Philippine evacuation centres
Obama considers levy on big banks
575 schools completely damaged in Nepal
Shootout in Ottawa: Indian-Canadian MP’s first person account
British village square turns into shrine for late Goan sailor
Terrorist gets 14-year jail in Canada
From leaders on down, millions mourn quake dead
Eight human heads dumped in Mexican city
Snow havoc in China causes $7.5 billion loss
Russian foreign minister begins visit to Cyprus
Kremlin aide says surprise successor to Putin possible
Washington : A senior Kremlin official said Friday that a successor to President Vladimir Putin, whose tenure expires next year, could be someone not widely considered as a potential candidate.
Britain supports November poll in Nepal
Rath Yatra held in Bulgaria
Warsaw : A Ratha Yatra (chariot festival) organised by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) along a main boulevard in the Bulgarian capital Sofia drew huge crowds.
US accountable for tensions in Pakistan, says Clinton
Indefinite curfew in Terai as Nepal riot toll rises
Sri Lanka fighting kills 72 in north
Doval, Jaishankar meet Myanmar president, discuss security ties
Only way to stop Gaza rockets is to kill Haniyeh — Israeli minister
U.S.: DPRK misses nuclear declaration deadline
Ukraine celebrating 17th anniversary of independence
Tibetans to make tallest Buddha statue in Russia
Airbus delivers first China-assembled A320 jet
UN says tougher targets needed to avert climate disaster
Russia to launch its first weather satellite
Myanmar ratifies ASEAN charter
Global warming killing 150,000 more people in poor countries: WHO
Blasts, gunfire rock renegade Comoro island: Radio
Rice to Visit South Korea for Presidential Inauguration
Obama’s remark on solving Kashmir dispute welcome: separatist body
US condemns attack on reporter, British embassy official
Bush transfers Presidential power to Cheney before colonoscopy
By NNN-PTI
Washington : US President George W Bush Saturday transferred the powers of the presidency to Vice President Dick Cheney prior to be sedated for a routine medical procedure to detect colon cancer.
Bush signed a letter as per the requirements of the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution to the leaders of the House and Senate. Cheney is not in Washington DC but at his home in St Michaels, Maryland, about 30 miles from here.
Pakistan takes ‘serious exception’ to Pentagon report, conveys protest
No Russian withdrawal yet from Georgian positions
UN chief Ban Ki-moon makes first visit to Russia
Mandela making ‘steady progress’ in hospital
Twitter ends 140-character limit for sending direct messages
US Sikh body campaigns for prisoners to keep hair
Grenade explosion injures 19 people at wedding in Chechnya
Drought hits 672,000 people in Chinese metropolis
Modi logs in to Silicon Valley, tech leaders endorse ‘Digital India’
Australian PM concerned about nationals in Mumbai
Germany urges Israel, Palestinians to ease tensions
Police searching for actress Jennifer Hudson’s nephew in murder case
No takers for a fast track to green cards
By Arun Kumar
IANSWashington : As President George Bush embarks on a mission to sell his plan to legalise as many as 12 million illegal immigrants, an Indian American official's blueprint to slash waiting times for green cards has found no takers.