INDIA - Chidamabaram replacing Patil should boost confidence in Finance Sector

New Delhi:  Finance Minister P. Chidamadarm was promptly given Home Ministery, when Patil resigned Sunday.  Some analysts think this should boost investors' confidence in the stock markets."Patil sent his...

Gunshots fired at Georgian, Polish presidents, officials say

Yet another attempt to assassinate? A very unsafe world for today's politicians."(CNN) -- Shots were fired Sunday at a motorcade carrying the presidents of Georgia and Poland, but the motorcade was not hit and there...

Astronaut defends himself

"KUALA LUMPUR: Angkasawan Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor met with Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry officials Monday to defend himself against allegations that he had earned RM1.2mil from lecture fees. It...

Iraq struggles to sweep Saddam's landmine legacy

"HALABJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Inside an Iraqi clinic close to where Saddam Hussein's henchmen killed thousands of Kurds with poison gas, Azima Qadar waits for a check up of her artificial limb. Her right leg was...

Who's policing local elections? No one, it seems

" Who's policing local elections? No one, it seems Daphne Bramham, Vancouver SunPublished: Saturday, November 15, 2008 Imagine if municipalities decided that police would no longer enforce speed limits and instead, it would be up to other drivers to finger the...

Warning: Arsenic in our forests

We have seen it before, one environmental solution leads to another problem. A chemical used in British Columbia to try and end the pine-beetles wrath has been discontinued and now testing for arsenic (a known cancer...

UK militants 'back jihad'

"LONDON: Thousands of Islamist militants in the UK are actively supporting jihadist activities at home and abroad, according to a leaked Government document.The secret report, obtained by the Sunday Telegraph, states that Britain will remain "a high-priority target" for...

Report calls for Rigorous Propane Checks after Toronto Explosion

Ontario must do a better job of monitoring the "hazard distance" between volatile fuel depots and residential areas, says a report released today, after a massive propane explosion in Toronto forced 12,000 people...

Lankan forces capture strategic area in LTTE stronghold

The Sri Lankan forces have intensified their campaign against rebel LTTE in last months. The government troops have made dramatic progress on the northern fronts, seizing a series of rebel bases and chunks of land,...

25 feared dead in Indonesian sand mine collapse

There is bad news coming from Indonesia. Twenty five workers working in a sand mine have been trapped and lost their life. The incident happened on Thursday afternoon after a sand mine collapsed in Indonesia. " Twenty five workers were feared dead after a sand...

Chinese Hostages Killed in Sudan

SUDAN'S foreign ministry have revealed that five of the Chinese oil workers held hostage in Sudan have been killed.  Two escaped, wounded, and the other two of the nine were still in kidnappers' hands.  The group were kidnapped from the Kardofan oilfield in central...

Yemen floods leave 58 dead, 20,000 without shelter

Strong rain left 58 dead and 20.000 without shelter in Yemen.   " Rain and flooding in Yemen has killed 58 people and left an estimated 20,000 without basic shelter, a local newspaper reported Saturday.   Men try to reach a vehicle carrying tourists...

Saudi man beheaded for beating wife to death

2 convicted murderers were beheaded by the sword on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia. One of the accused Omar Bin Abid Wakdani beated his wife to death following a family argument. 2nd execution was carried out in Qurait, in the northeast of the kingdom, where Fawzi bin Abd...

Sri Lankaan Army closing on rebel headquarter

Sri Lankan army has intensified their attacks on the rebel Tamil tigers first time seems to having an edge in war against tamil tigers. Tamil tigers have been fighting their 25-year campaign for a separate homeland for the island's ethnic minority Tamils, who have suffered...

Brazil helping Africa to fight against AIDS

Brazil has free AIDS treatment and strong educational programs against the spread of the diseases. Brazil was once forecasted with the possibility of having African indexes of AIDS contamination, instead the...

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