Sri Lanka denies UN charges on civilian killings
ITC seeks option to Nepal’s troubled Terai
Exiled 1989 democracy leaders still hope for reform in China
Moral victory for India in British parliament’s Kashmir debate
IAEA set to approve North Korea nuclear verification
Vienna : The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) board Monday began a meeting to formally approve sending personnel to North Korea to verify the shutdown of the country's nuclear weapons programme.
Plane with four aboard missing in Panama
Karunanidhi reiterates demand for ceasefire in Sri Lanka
Myanmar media calls on ‘Aunty Suu’ to make concessions
Georgia laughs off reports of upcoming military action in Abkhazia
Venezuela’s Coca-Cola bottler reaches truce with ex-employees
US stocks climb on bank forecasts, oil price rise
North Korea releases photograph of heir apparent
China to create 400,000 jobs for ethnic minorities
Russia to explore Cuban oil, lends $150 million
McCain vows to close Guantanamo Bay prison
Russia sends humanitarian aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar
Spiking Sri Lanka peace pact will have ‘consequences’: Norway
50 Syrian soldiers join rebels
US removes North Korea from terror list
Rate of crime in Russian army down considerably 2007
Georgian opposition to form alternative parliamentary committees
Taiwanese boats enter Japanese waters to protest ship collision
Russia UN envoy says no ‘clear support’ for Kosovo independence
US, Russia complete massive spy swap
Bush urges Congress to pass defence bill
By DPA
Washington : US President George W. Bush Friday urged Congress to put politics aside and move forward on a defence spending bill to ensure US troops in Iraq are funded.
Bush faulted the Democratic controlled Congress for engaging in political theatrics rather than addressing the needs of the troops.
"The Democratic leaders chose to have a political debate on a precipitous withdrawal of our troops from Iraq," Bush said at the White House.
Glasgow airport evacuated after suspicious package found
Pentagon to replace 30 percent of its soldiery with robots
North Korea to refuse contacts with Japan at nuclear talks
ASEAN slammed for its ‘abysmal human rights record’
38 people die in Philippine evacuation centres
Vietnam Denies Rice Shortage
British ship found after 157 years in Canada
Japanese Premier Fukuda vows to lead world in environmental issues
Britain to withdraw from Iraq in a year: report
London : The British military is planning to pull its troops out of Iraq in a year or so as to strengthen its combat capability in Afghanistan, the Sunday Telegraph reported citing a senior military official.
23 killed, 80 injured in Sri Lanka carnage
Muslims in the US – assimilated but apprehensive
Washington : Muslims living in the US are better integrated and have higher living standards than their counterparts in Europe, yet most have doubts about American intentions in the war on terrorism and have become more fearful since Sep 11, pollsters have found.
Vatican names inspectors for Irish church sex scandal
China, Britain in trade talks amid rights protests
Protests as China refuses Hong Kong democracy by 2012
Rebels claim killing 43 Sri Lankan soldiers
Amnesty International denounces abuses by Mexican army
Philippines approves German hostage rescue bid
Victims’ kins protest mosque plan at 9/11 site
North Korea rocket launch fails
18 civilians injured in a bus blast in Sri Lanka
Economy will suffer if spending cuts take effect: Obama
Zimbabwe’s ruling party, opposition call for end to violence
Heathrow airport may open to flights for a while Tuesday
20 dead in Mogadishu fighting
No threat from Russian submarines off US coast: Pentagon
Chavez seeks apology from Spanish king
President Hu visits Hainan to attend int’l economic forum
‘Life of Pi’ wins best original score Golden Globe
US issues fresh moratorium on offshore drilling
Radio: 9 killed, 42 injured in demonstrations in Myanmar’s biggest city
12 arrested for grenade attack in Colombo
Conservative party wins Morocco polls
Magnitude 7.4 quake hits Indonesia
Gorbachev slams NATO’s east European expansion
Austrian adventurer’s skydive bid called off
Nepal central bank governor axed for graft
Influx of more than 230 new faces in British parliament
At least 11 killed in police raid on Rio de Janeiro slum
Mexico initiates guns for goods
25 years later, Canada offers $25,000 to each Kanishka victim family
Spanish tourism loses $337 mn due to volcano
DPRK urges normalization of relations with Japan
EU to finalize plans for cooperation with US
Obama’s Nobel win positive, says Fidel Castro
New storms expected to spread across UK
US missile shield only if it improves Poland’s security
Bird flu cases rise to 31 in Shanghai
US politician caught plagiarising Obama speech
North Korea behind cyber attack: South Korea
Austria gives Bhutan $8 mn for electrification
Fiji’s neighbours disagree on how to deal with its military regime
Russia offers NATO strategic missile defence partnership
Brussels : Russia has offered to engage NATO in a strategic partnership to counter possible missile threats, a senior foreign ministry official said here Thursday.
"We are offering (NATO) strategic partnership - an international system to neutralize missile threats," said Anatoly Antonov, director of the foreign ministry security and disarmament department.
North Korea ‘not ready’ to submit full nuclear list: US
Over 70 tornadoes kill five in US, eight missing
French Sikhs bringing turban ban issue to Delhi
Obama, Hillary unite in White House bid
Record number of foreigners becoming Singapore citizens
Mahathir calls Samy Vellu ‘racist’ for supporting Hindraf
Indian woman jailed in Britain for carrying fake documents
Former Ukrainian PM addresses huge crowd in Kiev
‘Sovereign wealth funds to invest more in commercial real estate’
Nepal braces for prime ministerial duel
Respect is better motivator than pay in Asia: poll
Russia gives Poland documents on plane crash probe
G20 talks resume in Seoul
China’s first pollution census to focus on industrial sources
36,000 Chinese graduates to be hired as village officials
Magnitude 6.5 quake jolts central Indonesia
Britain rattled, but stands by decision to knight Rushdie
London : Britain is rattled by the level of anger in Iran and Pakistan at the decision to confer knighthood on noted Mumbai-born writer Salman Rushdie but has refused to reverse the decision or be apologetic about it.
