Pope calls for end to conflicts in his christmas message
Unilever cuts ties with key palm oil supplier to India
Sri Lanka gained upper hand over LTTE in 2007
Sri Lanka denies ‘secret deals’ with India
US imposes curfew on troops in southern Japan
Over 300 international observers for South Africa polls
Acknowledgement of wife may not damage Modi: NYT
Helping kids cope better with impact of bullying
Russia to supply oil to China via Kazakhstan
NASA hails new era in space
UN nuclear test-ban body to meet after North Korea test
15 Tamil Tiger rebels killed in Sri Lanka
80 percent of Cuban AIDS patients since 1986 alive
Over 81,000 civilians flee Sri Lanka war-zone
Lanka envoy, Tamils cross swords over Toronto restaurant fire
Britain’s home minister fined for mobile use while driving
30 militants killed in airstrikes in Syria
Indians admit they fish in Sri Lanka’s troubled waters
Will John McCain trump a Democratic nominee?
Australian FM: Aust-U.S. alliance to continue
Cricket journalist Martin-Jenkins new MCC president
Civilians arriving at Colombo from north to be registered
Scientists probe nature’s most mysterious particle – neutrinos
Clegg was among last to know about Brown decision
President Bakiyev flies out of Kyrgyzstan
Moscow to present Sino-Russian space arms race control initiative
Moscow : Russia will submit to a UN disarmament conference a joint Sino-Russian proposal for an international treaty to ban the deployment of weapons in outer space.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will present the draft treaty to the UN-sponsored annual Geneva Disarmament Conference on February 12.
The United States has been critical of the Russian-Chinese initiative, especially following China's anti-satellite missile tests last year.
Malaysian PM on first official visit to Russia
Polling ends in Bhutan, Himalayan state becomes newest democracy
Stranded Thai Muslim pilgrims request extended Hajj
LTTE forced Canadian Tamils to sign pre-payment forms
White is not right for young British Asians
Support grows in UK to levy windfall tax on energy companies
Rice to visit Israel, Palestine next week
US used Diego Garcia for terrorism probe: Time
Six killed in Panama chopper crash
Pakistani foreign minister assures US on terrorism
Islamic economic forum urges reduction of trade barriers
Register before Dec 2, New Zealand tells immigration advisers
UN chief reiterates call for immediate Gaza ceasefire
Asean summit to be held in Thailand’s Hua Hin city
Security Council fails to reach agreement on Kosovo
Tamil Tigers open branches in 12 countries: daily
20 countries interested in floating nuclear plants
Moscow : A Russian nuclear official said Monday that over 20 countries are interested in the floating nuclear power plants (NPP) Russia is building.
UNHRC to hold special session on financial crisis
Four killed in Brazil plane crash
People rebuked at work buy expensive items with credit card
China Criticizes Western Media
Guatemalan Farmers release 29 abducted policemen
Protesters call G8 leaders for action on poverty
China’s GDP up 6.1 percent in first quarter
Canadian PM favours aggressive immigration policy
China, Iran sign oil deal
Wasted chances make 2009 Nepal’s annus horribilis
Sutil close to Force India contract renewal
A new Modi doctrine for Indian foreign policy?
Britain introduces new points-based visa system
Australia recognizes Kosovo
Fed expects contraction in US economy through mid-2009
Indian-American groups to campaign on immigration issues
Top Asian police officer files race charges against force
National emergency called in Paraguay over yellow fever
Over 8,100 antiquities turned over to Mexican government
Somali gunmen kidnap two foreigners
Russia offers Brazil new uranium production technologies
Alcohol ‘more harmful than heroin’, British study finds
Australia takes tough line on female circumcision
Olmert appoints Barak as defence minister
Jerusalem : Newly elected Labor Party leader and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak was appointed the new defence minister by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Friday.
US-India pact to help improve monsoon forecasts
Winter storm leaves at least 5 dead
1,400-year-old stone Buddha heads found in China
US House approves lawsuit against Obama
‘Pilot error caused Brazil plane crash’
By IANS
Sao Paulo : Investigators have found that the plane crash this month in Sao Paulo that killed some 200 people was the result of human error, Brazil's weekly news magazine said.
According to Veja, the investigation revealed that one of the levers that control the TAM airlines jet's turbines was in the wrong position, which meant that while one of the turbines was helping the plane slow to a halt, the other one was making it to continue accelerating, the Spanish news agency EFE said.

