Strategic junction ahead of last LTTE stronghold captured: Sri Lanka
Vatican praises ‘The Simpsons’ for religion!
Tata Africa expands scholarships to third S African university
Pacific states urged to sign treaty to end cluster bombs
Sri Lanka condemns attack on its cricketers
Japan quake toll rises to six
Obama condemns ‘outrageous murders’ of Muslim students
Man fined $2,800 for feeding monkeys
Chinese bomber to be executed for deadly blast
UN gives $8 million for quake relief in China
Sri Lanka removes over 860,000 mines and booby traps
Maoists to continue anti-poll stir if talks fail
Obama against McCain Machinery in US Primaries
Obama signs defence bill
US, Japan urge G8 to censure North Korea
Heiligendamm : The US and Japan called on the Group of Eight (G8) leaders to send a "convincing message" to North Korea to shut down its nuclear weapons programme.
Probe clears Obama team in governor scandal
E-readers motivate less-enthusiastic kids
Sushma Swaraj arrives in Nepal for donors conference
Cruise ship with 280 aboard runs aground in Aegean
European Tunnel Closed after Fire
240,000 tourists stranded in Thailand: tourism minister
Chinese Communist Party to promote political restructuring
Writer donates 1675 edition of ‘Don Quixote’ to Argentine city
‘Rushdie sought money from police for protecting him’
Nepal seeks extension of UN peace mission
Government official urges Dalai Lama to respond with sincerity after recent contact
Thirteen killed in Nepal bus accident
Door edges open at Myanmar pledging conference
Plane crash kills one in the US
First Muslim elected to UK’s shadow cabinet
‘Harry Potter And The Deathly…’ highest global grosser
Bolivian president resumes talks with Bolivian opposition over autonomy
North Korea unlikely to stop nuclear reactor before late July
Tokyo : Following the visit of a senior International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) official to North Korea, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Friday the country's five nuclear facilities were unlikely to be shut down before late July.
Former prime minister returns to Thailand
Australia considering joining US missile shield
British car sales down, but Tata’s Jaguar up
Rice, Bush Urge Talks with Dalai Lama, Seek Consulate in Tibet
India hopes Annapolis summit will lead to independent Palestine
In the face of recall petition, Jindal vetoes legislative pay raise
Daily Mail sweeps British journalism awards
Does cosmic turbulence trigger birth of massive stars?
IS video shows beheading of 21 Egyptians in Libya
Bank chiefs become first casualties of financial crisis in UK
Eight die in Indonesia bridge collapse
Britain faces another election if no deal by May 25
Fidel Castro happy with Betancourt’s liberation, decries FARC action
Erdogan sworn in as Turkish president
Some 200 rescuers buried after Chinese landslides
Miliband steps up criticism of Israel
Georgia pays part of UN dues, regains voting rights
United Nations : Georgia has paid off a portion of its United Nations dues, allowing it to be removed from a "blacklist" of nations in arrears of their financial obligations to the organization, the UN press service said.
Bonus projections leave some long faces on Wall Street
Hillary Clinton visits Haiti
Jayant Patel released on bail, requests privacy
US House passes media shield bill by huge margin
Greenspan blasts spendthrift Bush in new book
Peace? Sri Lanka is still at war — within (Book Review)
Libyan security forces training scandal widens in Germany: press
Panties from Canadian women to frighten Myanmar junta
Japan PM cancels European tour, but will visit Russia Apr. 25
Aaghaz-e-Dosti Aman Chaupal between Indian peace activists and Pak students via video conference
Sudan’s president to visit Egypt despite arrest warrant
Russia ‘ready’ for better relations with Obama: Medvedev
China summons CNN bosses over ‘goons’ comment
Benigno Aquino III sworn in as Philippines’ president
Top Pakistani leaders knew about Osama’s presence: Ex-minister
Petrobras, Mitsui form bio-fuels venture
Tunisian army chief resigns after soldiers’ deaths
Turkey detains spy for helping British girls join IS
UN secretary general ‘most concerned’ by Sri Lanka fighting
Australia greets back-from-the-dead minister
Armenian state officials ‘planned post-election coup’
Russia warns Poland of US missile defence plans
Tributes pour in for APJ Kalam
Europe needs 18,000 teachers by 2015: expert
17 killed in China bus accident
Colombian troops free Betancourt, 14 others from leftist rebels
Alleged Detroit plotters were ex-Guantanamo inmates: Report
Su-27 Flanker fighter crashes in Russia’s Far East, 1 pilot dead
Govt predicts flight ban to Europe lifted in March
Thai military transfers 24 officials to inactive positions
NY governor caught with woman in his closet: Report
Bomb scare on China-bound plane
UN Security Council Concerned of Humanitarian Crisis in Somalia
Avalanche kills five in Kyrgyzstan
UN: Use of Force Govt, Not Private
Fact sheet for London’s ‘Little India’ by-poll
Credit crunch slowing down global peace efforts: Ahtisaari
Strike at US ports continues for sixth day
Hamas warns of war with Israel if reconstruction obstructed
Russia will not talk withdrawal at CFE: Lavrov
Moscow : Russia will not raise the issue of its withdrawal from the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty at a conference in Vienna in mid-June, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
Powerful earthquake kills three in Japan
Mixing drugs, herb remedies can damage health
Venezuela denies torture allegations
150,000 people protest closure of Mexican power firm
Photographer of drowned Syrian toddler was ‘petrified’
Myanmar junta appoints liaison minister for Suu Kyi talks
After Buddha, Nepal stung by terror claims about last king
No need for European Super League, says Chelsea boss
Putin calls for closer economic ties with China
Thai opposition Democrat Party seeks impeachment of PM, minister
Case for keeping residential areas free of liquor shops
UK House of Commons disallows Hindu prayer
‘Iron supplements can reduce infant mortality’
Four US soldiers killed in Iraq suicide bombing
Tadic wins Serbian presidential elections
China suspends wild bird sales over avian flu
Ukraine-Russia gas talks delayed until Wednesday
DR Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda arrested
No place for racism or racist violence: Australian envoy
Brown is Britain’s 52nd PM – moves next door
London : Gordon Brown Wednesday became the 52nd individual to take over as Britain's prime minister, entering 10, Downing Street, a residence that has been the setting for some of history's greatest politicians and epochal moments.
Ban Condemns Sri Lanka Attacks, Urges Talks
Russian government wants elderly to work beyond retirement
GM shares tumble as US government ponders aid to auto industry
EU warned biofuel targets damage environment
Thai elections not before 15 months, says coup leader
Australia to help Vietnam fight corruption
Britons spend ‘million pounds a minute’ in Christmas shopping
Daily life partly resumes in cyclone-hit Myanmar former capital
US plane crash kills seven
Stalin’s grandson dies
Canada’s ex-PM praises China, questions honouring Dalai Lama
Cuba, Ethiopia for Fostering Collaboration
Therapy improves recovery for depressed mothers
China set to raise defense budget as Taiwan prepares for polls
Sri Lanka: civilian death toll reaching “appalling levels”
Athens Anarchists Torch Police Station
US concerned over journalist’s jail sentence by Iran
Medvedev named United Russia’s presidential candidate
Three killed in China passenger train collision
China’s tea output reaches 1.75 mn tonnes
US aid worker, Syrian soldiers beheaded by IS
Obama loses popularity amid job losses, health care debate
Kenyan police, opposition brace for second day of demonstrations
Obama, Rice, accomplished models of African-American leaders: Study
Russian teenager chokes to death in sunflower seeds
Australia’s Barrier Reef loses half of coral
Gandhi statue near Boston faces removal
New York : A multi-faith retreat centre near Boston that houses a life-size bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi is facing closure due to lack of state funding.
