Fiji says Australia, New Zealand interference prompted talks pullout
Three sentenced to death in China
US hostage crisis ends as gunman shot dead
White House gate crashers keep mum on the Hill
Second unit of KNPP to be commissioned this year
Stop global warming, take off your tie
By IANS
London : The Italian Health Ministry has said that freeing the neck of a tight fitting tie immediately cools the body and helps stop global warming.
Global warming is the gradual warming of the Earth's atmosphere reportedly caused by the burning of fossil fuels and industrial pollutants.
In an unconventional campaign to combat climate change, the Italian Health Ministry said that freeing the neck of a tight-fitting tie immediately cools the body temperature by 2°C to 3°C.
NASA joins hunt for missing Malaysian jet
Serial killer of old women condemned to 759 years in jail in Mexico
Strong quake jolts eastern Venezuela
US Congress approves spy plane deal with India
Media influences support for anti-Muslim action
Tamil newspaper office attacked in Sri Lanka
Strong Earthquake In Tibet Leaves Big Crack On Earth’s Crust
20 LTTE rebels killed in northern Sri Lanka
Weather conditions baffle search efforts after bridge collapse
By XinhuaÂ
Guangzhou : Unfavorable weather and river conditions have impeded efforts to search for people who fell into a river in Guangdong Province after a bridge collapsed, a maritime official said on Saturday.
    The southern China province is in the flooding season and water level has risen greatly, said Mo Qi, deputy director with the Guangdong Maritime Bureau.
Three killed in US chopper crash
Indian summer of art at British Museum
Actors treat me differently: Affleck
British honour crime inquiry follows Asian girl’s murder ruling
Indonesia and China expand defense ties
Russia’s State Duma to elect Putin PM May 8
Why does the world weep for Michael Jackson?
China to sign new economic agreement with Nepal
China has over 3,500 museums
Colombia extradites 17 drug traffickers to US, Europe
Gordon Brown seeks ‘global New Deal’ with India
Mideast peace deal still possible this year: US
Top Thai Security Body Agrees To Lift Martial Law
North Korea wishes Castro good health
Strong quake shakes western Greece
Al Jazeera purchases US-based Current TV
Modi arrives in China
Creditor banks agree to JAL bankruptcy proceedings
12 die in Taiwan hospital fire
Sri Lanka warns rice hoarders
3 killed, 6 injured in police firing in far-western Nepal
London faces series of Tube strikes
Microsoft sales drop for first time in 23 years
Company dorm fire leaves 11 dead, 10 injured in east China city
Dalai Lama’s envoys to hold parleys with China again
North Korea could hand over nuclear list – agency
Russian president orders to take anti-corruption steps
Strong quake jolts Mexico
Many European settlers came from Asia, not Africa
Obama leaves for France after busy Germany visit
Sri Lankan president meets opposition leader
Half-widowed at 23, Rafiqa Mushtaq fights government, in-laws to ensure property rights for her...
50 households evacuated as wildfire spreads in Japan’s Ehime Prefecture
China mine safety official gets life for bribe
OPEC oil price drops to $42.56
Bush threatens veto as Congress takes up housing bill
Italians occupy mine 400 metres underground
World looks to US to conclude trade talks: WTO chief
Manipur reshuffle row: Ministers claim majority support
Humour makes for high levels of job satisfaction
Crew of hijacked Chinese cargo ship rescued
37 Guatemalan prison officials sacked
Georgia’s breakaway republics aim for recognition
28,000 died in Russian road accidents in 2011
Google to offer search of old magazines
US stocks rise as Fed halts interest rate cuts
Designate India a “country of particular concern”: Global human rights activists
Spanish Personages Support Presidential Reelection
Annan says agreement reached on Kenyan crisis
Two dead, 192 injured after quake hits Greece
Chinese president meets Sri Lankan counterpart
Germany received 450,000 refugees so far this year
24 terrorists sentenced to death in Algeria
Return our money, European Commission tells Austria
Switzerland to pardon Europe’s last ‘witch’
Sandra wanted to go home from Oscar ceremony
Britons drinking more despite rise in cancer
Toll in Kyrgyz violence rises to 80
Tibet government head rules out talks with `exile government’
82-year-old Russian woman jailed for slaughter
Canadian Sikh’s killers still at large, search widened
Day after resignation, Japanese PM hospitalised
Pirates release 10 hostages in Cameroon
What warming? Climate change slips down global priorities
Molecule sized data storage for computers in offing
Opposition wins landslide election victory in Japan – exit polls
Myanmar to appear in Southeast Asia youth track and field tournament
UK denies ‘buying off’ Taliban
NATO to hold next summit in Romania on April 2-4
Nepal’s opposition parties announce new protest plans
Russia for updating European arms pact
Vienna : Russia has said the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty should incorporate changes to be relevant to the realities of present day European situation.
Man carrying $250,000 arrested at Costa Rican airport
Serb FM lashes out at US foreign policy vis-@-vis Kosovo
Over 100,000 evacuated after heavy rains in China
Conflict between conditions and authority
Chinese man fined for importing coral into New Zealand
German Social Democrats reshuffle leadership for 2009 election
Clinton aide resigns over racial remarks
Suicide bomber kills seven at funeral
Clijsters wins battle of Belgium in Brisbane final
Maoists give up claim to Nepal president’s post
377 killed, 368,000 homes destroyed in China floods
New gurdwara faces opposition in US
British government takes stock of drugs to fight swine flu
Aid agencies rethinking Somali position as attacks increase
Nepal alarmed by India’s border highway plan
Social media can be used to monitor HIV risk, drug use
Venezuela expels critical HRW officials
US Army appoints first female four-star general
Loss of job can make you ill
Amid Tamil Nadu drama, Sri Lanka ends ‘combat operations’
Ousted Thai premier arrives in Cambodia
Fiji declares martial law, threatens ousted leader
US plans to use Colombia for attack on Venezuela: Chavez
Britain not to retaliate against Russia
Facebook users dial 911 over outage, cops frown
Thai coalition gov’t to carry on in face of protests
Somali pirates demand $5 mn for Ukraine ship
US in dialogue with Sikhs over ‘pat-down’ of turbans
Zimbabwe’s opposition to brief UN Security Council
Obama celebrates 50th birthday with friends, family
NASA turns on humanoid robot in space station
ASEAN Mediates in Cambodia-Thailand Dispute
Climate summit remains in stasis
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.
Bush Urges House of Representatives to Pass Wiretap Law
Relief efforts in Haiti face several challenges: UN
Seven guerrillas killed in Sri Lanka
Ben Affleck gets best director Golden Globe
Asian scientists call for equitable solutions for energy, environmental issues
By Xinhua
Ginowan : Sustainable development and solution of energy and environmental issues should be achieved through an equitable manner, Asian scientists agreed in a statement at the conclusion of a regional science conference here on Saturday.
U.S. says it regrets Russia decision to suspend CFE treaty
Super model Naomi Campbell arrested, under investigation
Voting in disputed Honduran election ends
South Korea to open gold trading market
Over four mn unemployed in Spain
Peace dividend in Northern Ireland as army pulls back
By DPA
Belfast : An era comes to an end in Northern Ireland Tuesday when the British Army officially ends its operational support for the police service, bringing to a close an often troubled relationship with the Irish Nationalist population in the British-administered province.
The British Army's official role under Operation Banner, which began in 1969, was to support the police in defeating terrorism and maintaining public order and to "assist Her Majesty's government's objective of returning Northern Ireland to normality".
