- Brit couple wins 45 million pounds in lottery
- World's biggest movie screen installed in Sydney
- Brit couple wins £45 million in lottery
- Ex-Japan PM's crisis adviser says nuke danger at Fukushima still exists
- Potential therapeutic target for tobacco-related lung cancers identified
- Sex scandals rocks Islamabad's International Islamic University
- '4,832 Pakistanis deported in two years'
- Taliban says Prince Harry should help rather than kill people in Afghanistan
- Sex scandals rocks Islamabad's International Islamic University
- 77% Pakistanis marry within extended family: Poll
Hijacked Stolt Valor crew members return home
NI Wire, Mon, 24 Nov 2008
After spending a two-month horrifying time swinging between life and death, five of the 18 Indian captive crew members of the Japanese-owned chemical tanker MV Stolt Valor reached Mumbai on Monday.
Election in Bangladesh: Things are going to get better
Kazi Mohoshin Al Abbas, Mon, 24 Nov 2008
The Election Commission (EC) in Bangladesh, in a fresh announcement on Sunday (November 23) has rescheduled the dateline for the upcoming parliamentary and upzila elections.
Countries unite against tobacco industry interference
NI Wire, Sat, 22 Nov 2008
Today on November 22, 2008, 160 countries agreed on strong new guidelines to block tobacco industry interference in global health policies and the implementation of the global tobacco treaty.
India, Turkey to start negotiation on FTA
NI Wire, Sat, 22 Nov 2008
India and Turkey have mutually agreed to set up a Joint Study Group to explore the possibility of beginning a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). For this, both the nations would direct their delegates to kick off negotiations on FTA;
Effective tobacco control policies in Nepal shaping up
Bobby Ramakant, Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Government delegation from Nepal is among those 160 countries' delegations currently meeting in Durban, South Africa, to negotiate guidelines for provisions of the global tobacco treaty (17-22 November 2008).
