UN demands halt to civilian casualties in Sri Lanka
Missile-defence test comes at pivotal time
Washington : The Pentagon plans to conduct a test of its missile-defence system in the next few days that could be crucial for US President George W. Bush's effort to get Congressional support for deploying the shield to Eastern Europe.
Federer wins French Open to complete Grand Slam
11 dead, 25 hurt in Russia blast
Oil rises above US$101 a barrel as weakening dollar draws investors to commodities
Amnesty begins protest torch run in Germany
Taiwan issues sea, land warnings for Typhoon Hagupit
Hungarian transport minister, railway chief resign
Bodies of 21 babies recovered from Chinese river
Radical cleric Abu Hamza awarded life imprisonment in US
Cypriot businessman killed in Mumbai attacks
Tainted Maoists lose Nepal PM’s poll
Protests by Indian Americans in four US cities over rising ‘Hindu nationalist fanaticism in...
Former CEO among nine get jail sentences in Austrian bank trial
Three killed in small plane crash in California
Israel offers scholarship to Indian students, professionals
Fiat defies downturn to post sales increase
Territorial integrity wins in Kosovo independence case
From Sunday, Nepal government becomes null and void
Five displaced civilians killed in Sri Lanka shelling: LTTE
China reports record trade surplus
Two killed, 31 wounded in Colombo bomb blast
Bhagat Singh’s sister passes away in Canada
Norwegian cabinet approves joining no-fly zone operation
Hindu festival in the middle of Nevada desert
Toll in Italy gas explosion rises to 20
S. Korea, Russia agree on feasibility study for gas pipeline
Air Canada axes 2,000 jobs, flights to cut costs
NATO Membership Behind Russia-Georgia Crisis
Calling JNU students anti-Indian a slur: Pakistani daily
Computer spies breach $300 bn US fighter jet project: WSJ
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.
Russia urges power transfer for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Taiwan seeks to join UN agencies, not full membership
17 killed as lift crashes in China
Bird flu claims second life in Vietnam since start of year
Do you love or hate your BlackBerry?
US drone, Pakistani troops kill 20 militants
Barred from airport, Hare Krishnas to spread message elsewhere
Release all political prisoners, end curbs on freedom of expression in Kashmir: Amnesty India
Sarkozy’s parliamentary majority smaller than expected
Paris : Official results Monday gave French President Nicolas Sarkozy a majority in the parliamentary election run-off but it was not as large as he had hoped for or the polls had predicted.
Britain to sack nearly 100 air force trainee pilots
Gaddafi defends Somalia pirates: report
Death toll of China earthquake to exceed 80,000
Italians continue voting for second day for parliamentary elections
The Republicans: Flag bearers of American conservatism
Bird flu kills four endangered civets in Vietnam
Australia may ban plastic shopping bag
American astronomer chasing his 50th solar eclipse
First female four-star U.S. Army general nominated
‘War is ending’ in Iraq: Obama
China concerned over Kosovo declaration of independence
20 killed in Lanka, 8 rebel bodies found
Aguilera steps forward for Hatit relief effort
Helicopter blades kill two
Air Canada to axe 345 flight attendants
Suspicious envelope ignites in US post office
Association of Cuban Residents in Russia Created
Indian Social Forum to hold Independence Day celebrations in Kuwait
China celebrates traditional Lantern Festival with lamps, flowers
Dalai Lama expresses concern over plight of Tibet’s people
Boycotting Olympics would only invite humiliation: China
No midterm climate goals to come from G8 summit: Japan
News of the World publisher pays phone-hacking victims
Unemployment rate hit record high in Greece
Malaysian plane’s search may expand to Indian Ocean: US
Israel opens one crossing in Gaza
Australia eases visa laws for Indian, Chinese students
Britain to probe identity leak of Indian visa seekers
By Prasun Sonwalkar
IANS
London : A Channel 4 report that personal data of Indian citizens applying for British visa in India may have been compromised due to flaws in the online application system there has prompted an investigation here.
Bush taps ex-trade negotiator Zoellick for World Bank
Washington : President George W Bush on Wednesday nominated former US trade negotiator Robert Zoellick to head the World Bank, tapping a seasoned diplomat to lead the anti-poverty agency out of bitter divisions over Paul Wolfowitz's leadership.
China’s small units seek government help
Peru Congress Objects US Military Base
Chinese journalists provide free lunch
Proposed changes to UK immigration rules not lawful: MPs
NYK explosion: mid-life crisis of ageing US infrastructure?
By Parveen Chopra, IANS
New York : It was not a terrorist act but the explosion of an ageing steam pipe in mid-Manhattan generated fears of asbestos contamination and public ire about the "mid-life crisis" of infrastructure in much of the US.
One 57-year-old woman died of cardiac arrest as she was fleeing the area of the explosion Wednesday evening and 40 others, including three fire fighters and one police officer, were injured.
Russia test-fires new ICBM
Indian-origin man in Canada gets life term for killing wife
Eight miners rescued from gold mine in Colombia
Suspected terrorist cell busted in Australia
Obama arrives in Gulf as top-kill effort continues
Scribe’s murder forces Nepal PM to cancel junket
Parrot fossil found in Scandinavia
Cambodia, Thailand vow peaceful solution to border dispute
India rejects blame as Nepal floods affect 50,000
Spain detains 32 Chinese for music piracy
Myanmar designates three days of mourning for cyclone victims
Bombardier to open unit in Morocco
At least two dead in B-52 bomber crash near Guam
22 convicted in Honduras prison massacre
Colombian rebels release former provincial governor
Indian origin man tipped to be South Africa’s finance minister
Urumqi crawls towards normalcy as China stresses stability
Press freedom watchdog calls on Cuba to free reporters
Microsoft calls on Seinfeld to boost Windows
Social media can be used to monitor HIV risk, drug use
Ban to visit quake-hit Haiti Sunday
India won’t tolerate intolerance, says Modi
Philippines offers reward for coup bid suspects’ arrests
IAEA team to visit Iran’s nuclear reactor next week
By Xinhua
Vienna : A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will inspect the site of a heavy-water nuclear reactor in Arak, Iran early next week, the UN nuclear watchdog has said.
The announcement was made after Olli Heinonen, deputy director general of the IAEA, held talks with Iran's deputy national security chief Javad Vaeidi here Tuesday.
The talks aimed at working out a plan "on clarifying the open issues associated with the scope and content of Iran's (uranium) enrichment programme".


