Over 60 percent of Germans say Koehler is not good president: poll
UN secretary general hails landmark Arms Trade Treaty
Toronto Marathon runners support Boston bombing victims
Sri Lankan parliament impeaches chief justice
New conspiracy theory after 10 years of Nepal palace massacre
30 militants killed in airstrikes in Syria
France to inject $14 bn into six major banks
US stocks up on Boeing, Philip Morris earnings
McCain, Obama neck and neck in polls
California boy is Spelling Bee after Indian fails to be
By Arun Kumar
IANSWashington : Evan M. O'Dorney, 13, a California schoolboy won the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest after early elimination of this year's favourite, Samir Patel, an Indian American contesting for the fifth time in a row.
First South Asian bank opens in Long Island
David Cameron moves into new home – 10 Downing Street
Countries pledge billions to fight global hunger
Islamic school teacher shot dead in Russia
Two Dalit girls’ rape and murder in Badaun draws international flak
Obama arrives in Gulf as top-kill effort continues
At least 30 dead as school building collapses in Haiti
Over 5,000 chemical barrels recovered from China river
French woman says having six children by her father: Report
100 Britons jailed in France for smuggling migrants
South Korea warns nuclear talks close to breaking down
Sri Lanka formally proposes Jul-Aug for SAARC summit
9,523 dead in Japan quake, 16,067 missing
Disaster relief funds open floodgates of corruption in US
Argentina criticises Britain over Falklands oil drilling
Bangladesh shuts factories, 20,000 workers affected
Sri Lankan ruling party takes early lead in provincial poll
Georgian climbers erect 9/11 memorial plaque on Mt. Kazbek
Russia launches manned mission to ISS
Russian freighter disappears in Caspian Sea
Modi meets Bangladesh commerce-industry chambers chiefs
Obama Tells 175,000 Supporters: Change Is Coming
EU pushes Asian nations on climate change goals
Hamburg : Amid discord on climate change policy, ministers from Asia - including India's - met European Union members in the German port of Hamburg for talks on world crises.
26 Posco supporters held for clashes, murder
Rejecting pact with Iran will lead to war: Obama
Kenya launches fund to help victims of violence
NATO Parliament Assembly chief urges members to live up to commitments
Accidents kill 2,000 children worldwide every day
Key political victims of terror attacks in Sri Lanka
Mercury is latest and deadlier threat to environment
Diarrhea kills 5 in mid-western Nepal
To save themselves, New Zealand police can now bite attackers
UK no longer Bush’s closest ally, says UK daily
Plagued by Terai trouble, Nepal sends SOS to India
By IANS
Kathmandu : Failing to control escalating violence in the Terai plains along the Indian border ahead of a critical election, Nepal government Wednesday sent an SOS to India that had in the past mediated between various parties and the Maoists with success.
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala held consultations with the Indian ambassador to Nepal, Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, about the continuing unrest in the Terai, security measures and the constituency election on Nov 22.
Earthquake shakes Britain, no report of injury
‘Britain under attack from 20 foreign spy agencies’
US hostages freed from FARC in good health
Bush proposes sweeping overhaul of financial regulation
160,000 Britons lost jobs to migrants in five years
China seizes 1.97 bn fake cigarettes in 2011
Mumbai attacks may sharpen Obama’s Kashmir focus
Deadly cyclone devastates Mayanmar biggest city
Merkel, Sarkozy and Medvedev to meet in France next month
Ukraine stops all gas supplies to Europe: Gazprom
Czechs continue hunger strike against U.S. missile shield
A program on Indian Muslims in the Massachusetts State House
Obama may address parliament Nov 9
Russia urges for aid delivery to eastern Ukraine
UK museums urged to cancel so-called Israel Days of Science
Clashes break out during protest against APEC forum
Voting begins in Indonesia’s presidential election
Putin wants to buy GPS location device for his dog
Rajapaksa challenges Prabhakaran to direct clash
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.