Climate change could cripple world’s transport systems
Reduction of refugees leads to decreased assistance
South Africa to Raise Electricity Charges
Togolese women begin sex-strike for regime change
US plane makes emergency landing in Canada
Denzel Washington to play Barack Obama in new movie
Britain’ debt reaches one trillion pounds
South Korean serial killer admits to murder of seven women
Colombo, LTTE flayed over Sri Lanka war
Where clocks have frozen in remembrance of Ataturk
US Army shooter shouted Allah-u-Akbar; 13 people killed
Will shifting geomagnetic field be Earth’s nemesis?
19 die in China lift crash
China starts driverless metro service for Asian Games
Kabir to inspire hearts in Nepal
Riot erupts in Tibetan capital
Nine killed in accident in China
Cyclone death toll rises to 34,273 in Myanmar
Charles woos Indian billionaires for charity
‘Corrupt politicians have hijacked democracy in Nigeria’
Representatives from 40 world states in central Iran
Not much compromise on healthcare reform legislation: Obama
Berlin “concerned” over North Korean missile test
Nepal as Hindu nation proposal rejected
Robots tread on thin ice when scientists fear
Japanese unemployment fell to 5.1 percent in December
Venezuela civil servants to work 5-hour days
UN asked to deploy more police, troops to Haiti
Flood may cost Thai economy nearly $2 bn
Obama repeats offer of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme
French PM congratulates Putin
One US hostage killed in Algeria
Two cruisers collide near Dubrovnik, no injuries
Cuban parliament to elect Castro”s successor
Thousands protest against Arizona immigration law
China’s president calls for further cooperation with US
Five Afghan militants killed in US drone attack
Differences over North Korea’s nuclear disablement
Mexican airline to return to the skies under new owners
‘Babyface’ catalyzes ascension of African-American CEOs
Arms cache found in Chechnya
Obama wins White House; night to remember for US
US should explore Cuba’s prisoner swap offer: Lula
Resentment brews among ticket seekers in Bhutan
Thimphu : A large number of civil servants who resigned from their jobs in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to contest the historic parliamentary elections next year are now in a quandary after being sidelined by political parties.
No ‘amnesty’ for Bush
Washington : The president wasn't amused. For once George W. Bush looked much less like the "What, me worry?" kid on the cover of Mad magazine to borrow a phrase from a Princeton scholar.
Australia cancels buying 11 US Seasprite helicopters, cites safety concerns
U.S. Life Expectancy Rises Above 78 Years
Russia to unveil documents on WW II massacre of Poles
US stocks drop on FedEx loss, financial warnings
Nepal cracks down on Dalai Lama’s birthday celebrations
20 killed in horrific Sri Lanka bus blast
Cuba to buy aircraft from Russia
Taiwan shaken by 12 earthquakes, no casualties
Jackson retains judge’s seat on ‘American Idol’
ASEAN members ‘tiny blips’ compared to India, China: Singapore PM
Restaurant fire kills 11 in China
US neo-con thinker points to likely war with China
Abu Dhabi among world’s 100 busiest meeting destinations
China coalmine blast death toll rises to 14
Cyprus starts peace talk preparations April 18- UN
Russia to sell 52 choppers to China
Russia ready to lift EU vegetable import ban
Charles blames consumerism and Galileo for environment problems
ISS partners, including Russia, agree to use orbiter until 2020
Russia may destabilise other countries too: Kouchner
Commander was bathing as British n-submarine hit sandbank
Indian diplomat’s car attacked as strike cripples Kathmandu
Obama will not reject European missile shield plans – expert
Australian aircraft detects possible signal in MH370 hunt
British lawyers’ body in race row, brings it in conflict with police
Former US envoy calls Serb leader Karadzic an ‘evil’
China to conduct manned space mission in 2012
Moscow seeks US probe in adopted Russian girl’s rape case
US varsity sets up chair in Sikh musicology
Maximum internet child porns made in US, Russia: Official
UK policies lack strategic thinking, MPs warn
Former Illinois governor guilty of lying
China-Tibet talks to resume in October
Keith Vaz becomes longest serving British MP of Asian origin
UAE, Britain discuss cooperation
Economic rebound to come from US housing market: IMF head
Attack in Ingushetia leaves 1 dead, 3 wounded
Mass grave found in Mexican city
Blast outside imperilled Nepal parliament as crisis looms
China to use drones for marine surveillance
Missile shield set to counter Iran, not Russia: Obama
HIV infection dropped 20 percent from 2001 to 2009: UN
Rajapaksa renews call for rebels to surrender
Five dismembered bodies found in Mexico
UN chief concerned over tensions on Korean Peninsula
Iran, US negotiators hold fresh n-talks in Austria
Banking lobby calls for more measures to avert recession
North Korea warns UN council, tests new missile
U.S. Defense Chief Heads for Asia for Annual Security Talks
UN slams attack on African Union base in Somalia
UN Report : In Asia, a huge drop in poverty comes with rising inequality
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Bangkok : Buoyed by rapid economic growth, Asia has made dramatic
progress in the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, halving the proportion of people living on the equivalent of a dollar a day, according to a United Nations report released here Monday.
The UN report comes at the midpoint of a 15-year effort to implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of eight key development objectives that world leaders have pledged to achieve by 2015.
Storm kills 4, injures 5 in western Ukraine
Two Iranian suspects in Bangkok blast released
88 Afghan militants killed in a day
Church sorry to Darwin, 126 years after belittling evolution theory
Mongolian PM to discuss bilateral ties in Moscow
Fast food making Latin American teenagers fatter
Indian origin man admits indecent assault on teenagers
US stocks rise on oil-price fall
EU policing could fuel tensions in Kosovo: Russia
Nepal expresses gratitude for China’s quake relief work
Beijing to spend $1.6 bn on subsidising public transport
Australia to raise aid to Myanmar to $23.5 mln
Hong Kong Peeping Tom survives 10 storey fall after spying
Despite gain of 162,000 jobs, US unemployment rate steady
Zimbabwe’s opposition to withdraw from election
Australia’s Aborigines become first-time homeowners
Sydney : Residents of the Northern Territory town of Nguiu will become the first Aborigines to own their own homes under a ground-breaking agreement reached between the Australian government and traditional landowners.