Bus overturns on slippery road, 13 dead in Venezuela
9/11 memorial museum to handle 5 mn visitors
Tibetans urge Bush to boycott Olympic opening
Brazil tops deaths due to football violence
Chinese man sells 4-month-old son
US, Colombia sign pact on energy development
Washington, Philadelphia dig out from massive storm
Russia condemns pictorial exhibition insulting Islam in Holland
French taxis strike for second week, causing traffic snarls
CARE International provides finencial support to Lao bird flur control project
UN council debate on Kosovo draft postponed to Friday
By Xinhua
United Nations : The UN Security Council has rescheduled a Thursday consultation on a West-sponsored draft resolution on Kosovo's future status to Friday, the council's president announced Thursday.
"At the request of the cosponsors, the discussion on the (draft) Kosovo resolution was postponed" to Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. (1500 GMT), said China's UN ambassador Wang Guangya, the council's president for July.
Ukraine vetoes Crimea’s referendum, Russia to respect choice
US concerned about Sri Lanka democracy
EU to re-start talks on deal with Russia
New York restaurateurs sues city over calorie counts
By XinhuaÂ
New York : Some restaurant owners in New York are fighting the city government over a new rule that makes it mandatory to list calories on their menu boards, local media reported Saturday.
    The New York State Restaurant Association filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday trying to get a judge to abandon the regulation, the NY1 television station reported.
    Under the rule, due to come into force on July 1, calories counts must appear in the same type size as the food item and price.
Floods leave two dead in Greece
Japanese PM dismisses possibility of immediate dissolution of lower house
Media groups, activists protest massacre in the Philippines
Economic downturn hits family spending in Italy
George thankful for relaxed upbringing
Differences in powers of state not an pbstacle to Asean communities – MPs
Healing from space for victims of depression
Brazil to invest $122 bn on power projects
Kidnapped Mexican journalist found dead
Get paid 24,000 pounds just to eat
Russia’s decision to ban Ukraine politicians illogical – ministry
Developed countries declarations on climate change ‘make no sense’: India
Putin praises Russian-German relations
13 dissidents arrested in Cuba
British media say Hitler’s love child may be living in U.K.
Helicopter accident kills 11 soldiers in Mexico
Iran sanctions matter of days: Biden
IMF voting reform gets go-ahead of ministers
Chinese arms ship called back to China after protests
Russian bomber intrusion foiled before Obama visit: Canada
Man jailed after selling daughter, 14, for beer
Attacks on Africans: Britain’s African Asian Organisations demand action
Obama to host African leaders in August
Cage denies Turner’s claim he was jailed
Saudi police hold Indian ‘for insult to Kaaba’
Rice, Gates to fly to Russia for strategic talks
Chinese negotiator flies to Taiwan for talks
Georgian policeman shot dead near Russian checkpoint
Unemployment is 8 percent in Italy
Spain’s Savater launches new political party
Turkish plane crashes near Amsterdam airport
Voting begins in Serbia’s crucial poll
Five dead in China building fire
Obama wants Iran sanctions within ‘weeks’
Penelope’s noble cause for Haiti victims
Messi joins Argentina squad ahead of Copa America
Arizona legislative houses open with Hindu prayers
LTTE ‘actively prevent’ civilians from leaving war-zone: UN
Britain urges China restraint in Tibet
Climate change claims 300,000 lives a year: Report
Japanese premier Abe’s successor to be picked on Sep 23
Kenyan poll irregularities ‘unacceptable’: Britain
Over 100 die in Thailand weekend accidents
Fidel Castro turns 81 away from public life
Eurasia’s tallest building in Moscow on fire
Moscow : The tallest structure in Europe and Asia, Ostankino Tower, caught fire Friday afternoon in Moscow, Russian emergency officials said.
Thirty-three countries facing grave food crisis: Report
Sri Lanka, UAE discuss trade ties
Germany tightens security after Al Qaeda video threat
Medvedev sacks navy vice admiral
Obama or McCain – it does not matter: Chomsky
Security Council authorizes 3,500 more UN peacekeepers for Haiti
Mild quake jolts surrounding areas of Qom city
Japanese minister attempts suicide, dies at hospital
Tokyo : Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka died Monday at a hospital after he tried to commit suicide by hanging himself in his living room at a parliamentary housing building in central Tokyo.
First Japan Woman as PM Hopeful
Small plane crashes into New York building
World population to be 6.75 bn on New Year’s Day
Mob burns 11 ‘witches’ to death in Kenya
OPEC revenue could top $1 trillion by year’s end: US
Britons hit – on air, rail and road
Taiwanese government resigns after defeat in local elections
PM Modi gifts miniature painting of Bedil tomb to Tajik Prez
Sri Lankan Navy rescues fleeing civilians
China urges Pakistan to ensure security of Chinese people
Beijing : China has called on Pakistan to take more measures for the security of Chinese working in the country.
German Chancellor Merkel begins Israel visit
Bandits killed in eastern borders
Rajapaksa unveils budget, asks LTTE to lay down arms
Anti-government protesters in Thailand demand release of leaders
Thailand holds referendum on military-backed charter
China to bring 3rd generation n-reactors to service in 2013
Britain to launch nationwide spying project
Drought continues to wreak havoc in southwest China
Australian PM fears MH17 bodies will never return
Nepal Maoists say they recruited 23,000 rebels after truce
Senior UN official warns of fresh violence in Kenya
Global flu tally at 6,500: European health agency
UN special envoy to meet Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
‘Free Tibet’ protesters jolt Chinese team in Nepal
Myanmar Leader Pledges To Hold General Election In 2010
Gunman in U.S. mall shooting “depressed”, convicted for drug offense
Prince William’s naval team seizes £40m cocaine
Japan’s minister resigns over scandal
Tokyo : A Japanese minister resigned over political fund scandals Wednesday, days after the ruling party suffered a crushing defeat in a parliamentary election.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has accepted the resignation of Norihiko Akagi, who held the agriculture, forestry and fisheries portfolio, Kyodo News quoted a cabinet official as saying.
"Media reports concerning myself and other factors had an impact on the election," Akagi told reporters.