World News
12 Oct 09 | KABUL: An Afghan member of a UN-backed panel set up to investigate allegations of fraud in the presidential election has resigned, blaming ''the interference of foreigners''.
12 Oct 09 | THE Defence Force has conceded it made an error when it said two Afghan policemen shot by Australian soldiers at a checkpoint were not wearing uniforms.
12 Oct 09 | YAMAL PENINSULA: About 9700 years after woolly mammoths became extinct, mysteriously dying out at the end of the last ice age, more mammoth remains are emerging from Russia's thawing permafrost.
12 Oct 09 | PARIS: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the French first lady, has emerged as a key defender of the minister embroiled in a scandal over his self-confessed exploits with ''boys'' as a ''sex tourist'' in Thailand.
12 Oct 09 | LONDON: British MPs have began to challenge openly the authority of the independent auditor charged with investigating expenses abuses at Westminster amid claims that the public servant's inquiry had strayed beyond its remit.
12 Oct 09 | SEDONA, Arizona: The deaths of two people in a sweat lodge and the hospitalisation of a further 19 last week has cast a pall over Sedona, a town renowned as a New Age metaphysical centre.
12 Oct 09 | WASHINGTON: TENS of thousands of activists marched in Washington to show President Barack Obama and Congress that they are impatient with what they consider piecemeal progress on gay rights. They are ready to fight at the federal level for across-the-board equality, including for the right to marry and serve in the military.
12 Oct 09 | TEHRAN: Is Iran threatening, playing nice or bargaining?
12 Oct 09 | CAIRO: The former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has posted a strong declaration on his website that the protest movement in Iran will not die despite violent crackdowns by the military and police.
12 Oct 09 | NEW DELHI: A gunman wounded during a brazen terrorist attack on Pakistan's military headquarters was also a ringleader in the assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team in March and may have been involved in an assassination attempt on the former president Pervez Musharraf, police say.
12 Oct 09 | WASHINGTON: Most leaders would feel pretty good after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and being cheered by 3000 of their staunchest supporters, all within 48 hours.
09 Oct 09 | JERUSALEM: The Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has said there is no chance of reaching a final accord with the Palestinians for many years.
09 Oct 09 | YES, surprisingly, he could. Barack Obama, is the shock choice for the Nobel Peace Prize, less than a year after his election as US President.
09 Oct 09 | JAKARTA: Indonesian police believe they have killed the two most wanted terrorists in the country after a raid on a boarding house where militants linked to the July hotel bombings in Jakarta were hiding.
09 Oct 09 | A SPACECRAFT slammed into the moon's south pole at 9000 km/h last night, kicking up a 10-kilometre-high shower of debris that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hoped would confirm the presence of enough water to supply future visits by astronauts.
09 Oct 09 | WASHINGTON: Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has said he accepts a decision by the President, Barack Obama, to avoid him on a visit to the US, saying he does not want to cause problems by upsetting China.
09 Oct 09 | ISLAMABAD: Like the US, Australia is about to ramp up its aid to Pakistan, but questions are being raised about how it will ensure the money is well spent.
09 Oct 09 | BEIJING: The Chinese President, Hu Jintao, has told the world's media moguls to promote ''true, correct, comprehensive and objective'' news coverage at a summit hosted by the Communist Party's primary news and propaganda outlet, Xinhua.
09 Oct 09 | AT DUSK on one day each year, on the occasion of Karva Chauth, the Panchsheel Park neighbourhood of New Delhi comes alive with hungry wives dressed in fine saris, all waiting to see the moon.
09 Oct 09 | LONDON: Parents who allow school-age children to drink occasionally may be protecting them from alcohol damage, violence and sexual danger, a British health study suggests.