- 500,000 marooned in flood ravaged Bangladesh, six killed in landslides
- Iranian lawyer says to seek permission to meet detained UK embassy staffer
- S. M Krishna inaugurates new Indian chancery building in Tokyo
- Sarah Palin's daughter's ex to pen tell-all book
- Newcastle women 'sexiest' in Britain
- Brit woman lay dead in home for five years
- Elephants down more hot dogs than humans in Coney Island competition
- Russian spacecraft landed on moon hours before Americans
- Punter gets rare 20p worth 7K pounds in change for pint!
- UK binmen refuse to empty bins three inches out of exact position!
Call for intl. action to combat non-communicable diseases
Bobby Ramakant, Tue, 19 May 2009
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and World Heart Federation (WHF) issued a joint statement on May 19 that calls on the international community to address urgently the epidemic of
ASEM to hold interfaith dialogue in Sept
Rajan Zed, Tue, 19 May 2009
Singapore based Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) will hold interfaith dialogue in Seoul (South Korea) from September 23 to 25 next to be jointly hosted by governments of Finland and South Korea.
Lankan army claims 3 top LTTE leaders killed
NI Wire, Mon, 18 May 2009
The Sri Lankan army Monday has claimed to have killed three top Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leaders including Charles Anthony, the son of LTTE's Chief Velupillai Prabhakaran
Elite USA varsities demanded to be inclusive
Rajan Zed, Sat, 16 May 2009
Hindus have urged elite universities of USA to be more inclusive rather than exclusive.
Cigarette tax increase will decrease number of smokers
NI Wire, Fri, 15 May 2009
Prof. Prakit Vathesatogkit, Executive Secretary of Action on Smoking and Health Foundation welcome the government policy of increasing cigarette tax. He believes that the tax increase will greatly benefit smokers in Thailand.
