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Five dead, 84 injured in Taiwan train accident
april 27, 2011by latadmin
TAIPEI (AFP) – At least five people were killed and 84 injured Wednesday when a falling tree struck a train carrying Chinese tourists on a popular but dangerous...
Vatican envoy in ‘historic’ visit: Vietnamese church
april 27, 2011by latadmin
HANOI (AFP) – The Vatican's first representative to Vietnam since 1975 has made a "historic" visit to the communist country, according to a local...
Badrinath shines in easy Chennai win
april 27, 2011by latadmin
MUMBAI (AFP) – Subramaniam Badrinath hit an unbeaten 63 as Chennai Super Kings outclassed Pune Warriors by eight wickets Wednesday for their second win over the...
Indonesian terrorist gets 10 years
april 27, 2011by latadmin
JAKARTA (AFP) – An Islamic extremist was jailed for 10 years by an Indonesian court on Wednesday for being part of an "evil conspiracy" involving...
Piracy could force sailor boycott: Indian unions
april 27, 2011by latadmin
MUMBAI (AFP) – Indian maritime unions and shipping organisations warned Wednesday that piracy could prompt a withdrawal of labour from countries providing crews if...
Nepal court lets ex-prince off with warning
april 27, 2011by latadmin
KATHMANDU (AFP) – A court in Nepal on Wednesday found former crown prince Paras Shah guilty of disturbing the peace after he allegedly fired his gun during a...
Signs of inside job in Afghan jailbreak: Kabul (AFP)
april 26, 2011by latadmin
AFP – There are signs that a huge Afghan prison break in which hundreds of Taliban inmates escaped through a kilometre-long tunnel was an inside job, the office of...
Radicalism Is Now Thriving?
april 26, 2011by latadmin
Fears of growing religious radicalism are once again coming up to the surface in recent days following a suicide-bomb explosion in Cirebon and several parcel bomb cases...
Commonwealth Games probe triggers Indian anger (AP)
april 26, 2011by latadmin
AP – One man threw a shoe at the organizer of India’s Commonwealth Games and activists ransacked his office after his arrest on a corruption charge unleashed...
Lost Japan sales hurt U.S. company profits (Reuters)
april 26, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – The Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis are cutting into the sales and profits of U.S. companies that serve Japanese consumers, from Coca Cola...
