 | Emergency crew have found eight bodies after a ship sank off east China due to collision with another ship late Saturday night.
Twelve sailors have been rescued and the remaining nine of the total 29 crewmembers were still missing, sources with... More |
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 | Sri Lanka, bogged down by an undeclared war, feels Britain can play a larger role in the now derailed peace process by reaching out to the Tamil Tigers at "lower levels", a top official said Monday.
Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona,... More |
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 | An inscribed copy of the "exceptionally rare" first book by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling is expected to fetch up to 3,000 pounds when it is auctioned in London later this month.
"Schoolboy Lyrics" was published in 1881 in India... More |
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 | When India lost to minnows Bangladesh in the World Cup, the tremors of the shock defeat were felt in far away Nepal with 11 Indians and a Nepali associate arrested for operating a betting racket.
A betting syndicate that is likely to have a wide... More |
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 | A new book detailing the scandal involving India born surgeon Jayant Patel, who has been linked to 17 deaths, has hit book stores here.
Authoring the "Sick to Death" is Hedley Thomas, an investigative reporter who first broke the story about... More |
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 | Travel restrictions placed on deposed Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase are unlikely to be lifted anytime soon.
Qarase had last week sought a court order to allow him to return to the capital.
"I don't think our position on his exile... More |
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 | The United States says while some progress has been made towards Pakistan's democratic development under president Pervez Musharraf, there is absolutely more to do.
The United States is encouraging Pakistan's democratic development, state... More |
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 | South Korea Red Cross said Friday it will start shipping fertilizer to North Korea later this month as humanitarian aid.
"We will send fertilizer aid to the North from March 27. It will take about three months to complete the whole process,... More |
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 | At least four soldiers were killed and 12 sustained injuries in Sri Lanka's northern district of Vavuniya in a fight with Tamil Tiger rebels, defence officials said Friday.
Residents said there was a three-hour gunfire exchange between the... More |
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 | Fifteen journalists, returning after covering the SAARC car rally, were injured in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district in a road accident Friday, Bangladeshi news agency UNB reported.
One of the journalists said the accident took place as an old... More |
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