Iranian President Starts 1st Visit to Lebanon

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport on Wednesday morning, starting his first visit to Lebanon since he assumed office. Ahmadinejad is expected to give a speech in Beirut’s southern suburb Dahiyeh, Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah’s stronghold, and visit the border areas with arch-foe Israel during his two-day visit. The […]

Prachanda appointed coordinator of new task force in Nepal

Amid a political deadlock in Nepal, Maoist chief Prachanda was onWednesday appointed as the coordinator of a panel entrusted with the task of sorting out contentious issues hindering the drafting of the country’s new Constitution. The decision to appoint Prachanda, who pulled out of the Prime Minister’s race recently after failing to get elected to […]

Hillary Clinton calls for Serbian talks with Kosovo

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Serbia and its former province of Kosovo to settle their differences, more than a decade after NATO launched airstrikes on Serbia to halt violence against Kosovo’s ethnic Albanians. Ms. Clinton made the call in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, the second stop on a three-nation tour of […]

Shot in the arm for Yeddyurappa as HC rules against Rebels: Idependant MLA join BJPcamp

India on path of robust economic growth: Pranab Mukherjee

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee says, India is on the path of robust economic growth. He said it is backed by increased investment, capital inflows and stronger industrial output.The Finance Minister said at the launch of India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd in New Delhi that long term resources to meet infrastructure investment requirement are a key […]

India and Vietnam set to expand defence cooperation

India and Vietnam are all set to expand their defence cooperation. Defence minister Mr. A.K. Antony who is visiting Hanoi, said, New Delhi will provide support to Vietnam to enhance and upgrade the capabilities of Services in general and Navy in particular. He said, India will help Vietnam in its capacity building for repair and […]

China calls for military talks with Taiwan

China Wednesday called for talks with Taiwan on military issues “in due course”, as the self-ruled island and former foe announced it was developing an unmanned surveillance aircraft. “We advocate that both sides get in touch and exchange views on military issues, including military deployment, in due course and in an appropriate manner,” said Yang […]

First Chile miner back on surface after 10-week ordeal

Wild celebrations erupted on Wednesday as the first of 33 men trapped underground for 10 weeks in a collapsed Chile mine triumphantly returned to the surface in a landmark rescue operation. A powerful light danced across the twilight sky when 31-year-old Florencio Avalos stepped out of a special steel rescue cage and breathed in the […]

British author Howard Jacobson wins Booker Prize

British author Howard Jacobson has won the prestigious Booker Prize for his comic novel ‘The Finkler Question’, beating five others including two-time winner Peter Carey and the bookies’ favourite Tom McCarthy. It is the first time in the awards 42-year history that a comic novel has been voted winner of the 50,000 pounds prize last […]

Heena Sidhu wins India a silver medal in singles 10m air pistol.