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South Island rattled by powerful earthquakeSouth Island rattled by powerful earthquake
A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand's South Island in the early hours of the morning causing some panic but no immediate reports of...


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Plane goes down in UAEPlane goes down in UAE
A plane has crashed in the United Arab Emirates in the city of Dubai, it is unknown how many...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates in AfghanistanUS Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Afghanistan
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on...
Suspicious package at US airport leads to arrestSuspicious package at US airport leads to arrest
Miami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked...
Soldiers and criminals die in Mexican shootoutSoldiers and criminals die in Mexican shootout
25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of...
Cordial relations shown at Mideast peace talksCordial relations shown at Mideast peace talks
Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time to finalize a deal on the Middle East peace...
Coverage of Palestinian topics left wantingCoverage of Palestinian topics left wanting
Behind the Wall: Life, Love and Struggle in Palestine is a book by Rich...
UN chief condemns Pakistan attacks
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday 'strongly condemned' the bomb attacks in which scores of people were killed this week in Pakistan's cities of Quetta and...
No cash coming in for Afghan TalibanNo cash coming in for Afghan Taliban
A US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US...
Muslims asked for 2.5 per cent of wages for Pakistan floodsMuslims asked for 2.5 per cent of wages for Pakistan floods
The relief effort in the area hit by floods in Pakistan may be helped by a new request for Muslims to tithe for the aid...
Hawking says God did not create universeHawking says God did not create universe
A new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of...
Canadian Arctic waters trap fuel tankerCanadian Arctic waters trap fuel tanker
A fuel tanker is aground on a sandbar in Canada’s far...
Pune plays host to two-day Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum
To disseminate entrepreneurial spirit in all fields of society, a two-day Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum is being held in Pune on September 3 and 4 that will seek the participation of an entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, politicians and academics from India and...
ICC insists Pakistani cricketers have a case to answer
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday said that Pakistani players Salman Butt, Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Aamer have a case to answer and defended its decision to suspend the trio for alleged spot-fixing, insisting that there is no conspiracy against Pakistani...
Two more stars pullout from CWG citing fatigue
Two-time European champion long distance runner Mo Farah of England and 800 metres world record holder David Rudisha of Kenya Friday joined the growing list of star athletes skipping the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth...
China marks 65th anniversary of victory against Japanese invasion
China Friday marked the 65th anniversary of Japan's surrender and paid homage to soldiers who died fighting during the Second World War, Xinhua...
Spot fixing: Pak envoy slams ICC for suspending players facing police probe
Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain has attacked the International Cricket Council (ICC) for suspending three Pakistan cricket team players, who are at the center of spot-fixing...
Blair does not rule out return to UK politics
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has indicated that he is willing to take up another post, saying that he is a public service...
Platini says England could lose WC 2018 bid to less wealthy nations
UEFA president and former French football star Michel Platini has warned England that its bid for hosting the 2018 World Cup could go up in smoke, given FIFA's habit of choosing less wealthy nations as...
Take appropriate action against players guilty of fixing: Tendulkar
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who joined the Indian Air Force as a Group Captain, said on Friday that the International Cricket Council should thoroughly investigate the match fixing scandal involving three Pakistani players and take action against the...
US-Muslim soldier wants to quit over mismatch between his God and war in Afghanistan
A Muslim soldier, Naser Abdo, from Texas who joined the U.S. Army last year, has said that he wants to leave the military, claiming he is a conscientious objector because Islam is a peaceful religion and his God does "not give legitimacy to the war" in Afghanistan, Iraq or...
Brown promises aggressive dose of Jamaican flair against Murray in US Open clash
Jamaican tennis star Dustin Brown has said that he is excited about facing World No. 4 Andy Murray in their second-round US Open clash...
Pak's "powerful and rich" diverted flood waters to protect their lands
Pakistan's "powerful and the rich" diverted floodwaters to unprotected areas in a bid to save their land, a representative of the country to the UN has...
Pak envoy to UK launches diatribe against ICC suspension of 'tainted' players
Pakistan's Ambassador to UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, has slammed the International Cricket Council for suspending the three players accused of 'spot-fixing' in the Lord's Test against...
Pak rookie Shahzaib Hasan looking to establish himself in international cricket
Pakistan batsman Shahzaib Hasan, who scored a century in the tour match against Somerset, has expressed hope that he would be given an opportunity to establish himself as a regular opener in the national...
Pakistan envoy attacks ICC for suspending trio
Pakistan's High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan Friday attacked International Cricket Council (ICC) for suspending three Pakistani players even while the police investigation was going on in the spot-fixing...
Californian angler becomes world's 1st to catch 1,000 different species of fish!
A Californian angler has become the first person in the world to catch 1,000 different species of...
Becks celebrates son's b'day at laser shooting gallery
Footie superstar David Beckham celebrated his son Romeo's eighth birthday at the futuristic world of lasers and mazes in Los...
Fabio Capello flummoxed by 'God and monster' conundrum following WC debacle
England manager Fabio Capello has admitted that before the World Cup in South Africa, he was seen as a God, but following his team's disastrous performance in the tournament, he is now being regarded a...
Double hand transplant patient shows he can move fingers
In a first appearance after the operation, the recipient of a rare double hand transplant has shown the world that he can curl his fingers and make half a...
15-year-old is youngest Cambridge student in over 200 years
A 15-year-old Briton has become the youngest student to gain a place at Cambridge University for over two centuries. He has enrolled for a course that is considered one of the toughest in the world and former scholars include Isaac...
ICC charges three Pakistan players under Anti-Corruption Code
The International Cricket Council has charged three Pakistan players with various offences under Article 2 of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code for Players and Player Support Personnel relating to alleged irregular behavior during, and in relation to, the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at Lord's last...
ICRC claims Pak flood victims' resentment hurting aid effort
The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that flood victims in Pakistan are "resentful about not getting enough aid" and this may hamper the aid...
UN claims aid for flood-hit Pak has come to standstill
The United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has claimed that worldwide response to the flood disaster in Pakistan has almost come to a...
Canadian, Indian experts join hands to tackle Haemophilia
The Bleeding Disorders Program in Winnipeg, Canada and the Haemophilia Society (Delhi) are jointly organising an International Symposium on haemophilia on September 4 and 5 at the LPS Auditorium, PHD House, August Kranti Marg, Hauz Khas, New...
Canadian senators to visit India
Nine members of Canada's Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade will be visiting Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad from September 4 to...
Tony Blair opens up about 'passionate' French love affair
Former British PM Tony Blair has revealed how he had a passionate affair with a woman in France when he was...
Fragile but happy beginning for Mideast peace talks
The US brokered Middle East peace talks here have not only led to promises of a second round of negotiations Sep 14-15, but also opened the possibility of a third round later this month, according to media...
No oil spill yet in new Gulf explosionNo oil spill yet in new Gulf explosion
Another Gulf coast rig has caught fire, causing the United States Coast Guard to scramble into...
Stones injure family-car-passenger in West BankStones injure family-car-passenger in West Bank
A twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the...
Papal Message for World Youth Day [2010-09-03]
"Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith" (cf. Col 2:7)Dear Friends,I often think back on the World Youth Day held in Sydney in 2008. There we had an experience of a great...
Blair defends decision on Iraq
The former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair has defended the Iraq war, saying Saddam Hussein could have put his nuclear programme back in action at any time. However, he acknowledged there were no...
Army Transformed By Iraq War
September 3, 2010 The war in Iraq has entered a new phase, as U.S. forces move toward an advisory role. Among the legacies of the conflict is the effect it had on the U.S. military and the Army in...
'Last chance' for Middle East peace
Hillary Clinton welcomes, from left, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and special envoy for Middle East Peace George...
Anti-immigrant German Central Bank director sacked
Paris: Thilo Sarrazin, a director on the board of Germany's Central Bank, who caused a monumental stir by accusing immigrants and Muslims of diluting his country's intellectual and economic strength,...
Miraculous escape for devotees
LONDON: A group of devotees had a miraculous escape when an explosion ripped through a Hare Krishna temple in Leicestershire on Friday. The explosion, which destroyed most of the building, was...
Cargo plane crashes in Dubai
DUBAI: A cargo plane crashed landed in an uninhabited area in Dubai on Friday, the official news agency WAM reported. Eye-witnesses say that a Boeing plane belonging to the cargo firm UPS crashed...
U.S. talks polarising West Asia
DUBAI: Direct talks in Washington between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are beginning to polarise West Asia, with Egypt on Friday declaring that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki,...
China to work with India on curbing tiger poaching
BEIJING: India and China this week agreed to cooperate in sharing intelligence on illegal trade in tiger parts between the countries, which conservationists say is seriously endangering India's tiger...
‘Beijing should respect our sensitivities'
Mumbai: External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Friday expressed concern over the Chinese Foreign Ministry's recent description of the region of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Mr. Krishna was...