World News
- Obama to appear with running mate
Mumbai News.Net
Campaign officials for Barack Obama say his new running mate will join the Democratic hopeful onstage this coming weekend in Springfield, Illinois.
- Russia and NATO face off
The Australian
The 26 NATO foreign ministers, meeting in an emergency session in Brussels, accused Russia of carrying out the "deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure" in the former Soviet...
- Prisoner exchange takes place in Georgia
Mumbai News.Net
Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners Tuesday as Russian troops slowly began pulling out of the conflict region in Georgia.
- Still no agreement on Musharraf successor
Mumbai News.Net
The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition have failed to agree on a consensus candidate to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president, to provide him indemnity and to work out the modalities of restoring the judges who were sacked after an emergency was declared last year.
- Rumours that Musharraf might live in US
Mumbai News.Net
The United States says it will study any application for asylum by ex-Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf but has pointed out that no such bid had been made so far.
- Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa dies
Channel News Asia
LUSAKA : President Levy Mwanawasa, a trenchant critic of Robert Mugabe who won praise for his handling of Zambia's inflation-prone economy, died on Tuesday in hospital in France aged 59. Mwanawasa...
- Australian police might have framed Indian doctor
Mumbai News.Net
Lawyers for Indian doctor,Mohamed Haneef, who was arrested in Australia on terrorism charges, which were later dropped, say he has been vindicated in a new enquiry which has criticised the methods of the Australian Federal Police.
- NATO joins EU in condemning Algerian attack
Mumbai News.Net
NATO and the European Union have strongly condemned Tuesday's suicide bomb attack against a police academy in Algeria that left at least 43 people dead.
- Another stolen Picasso found
Mumbai News.Net
A stolen 1933 painting by the legendary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso has been found abandoned in Sao Paulo by the Brazilian police.
- Congress leaders charged over illegal construction
Mumbai News.Net
Two senior Congress leaders in India and three others have been charged by the Punjab vigilance department for the illegal construction of a building on government land in Amritsar city.
- Hunt for children
The Australian
POLICE are scouring the NSW Hunter Valley town of Maitland for three children believed to have been living on and off in an industrial rubbish skip for the past two weeks.
- Russia moves toward pullback but shows strength
New York Post
Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles and seized...
- Being Bond was sometimes scary
New York Post
It's not easy being Bond. Roger Moore, who starred in seven Bond films in the 1970s and 1980s, recounts his days as the dashing super-spy in his upcoming memoir, "My Word Is My...
- Respite for those who take care of someone with Alzheimer
International Herald Tribune
MILWAUKEE : Mildred and John Fischer thought their retirement years would be a time for traveling and visiting their grandchildren. Then last September, just as John Fischer was retiring from the...
- Gary Glitter refuses to board plane
The Australian
FORMER glam rocker and convicted pedophile Gary Glitter has refused to board a plane during a stopover in Bangkok following his deportation from Vietnam, the BBC reports.
- On the track, a cruel loss and surprising victories
International Herald Tribune
BEIJING : After all the difficult twists Lolo Jones's life had already taken, the last two hurdles in the Olympic final Tuesday night seemed like flimsy barriers to overcome. Jones, whose...
- Afghan War escalates with Taliban raid
International Herald Tribune
KABUL, Afghanistan : Taliban insurgents mounted their most serious attacks in six years of fighting in Afghanistan over the last two days, including a coordinated assault by at least 10 suicide...
- Former Celtic director Dominic Keane is accused of ripping off his own brother in a multi-million-pound fraud, it emerged yesterday.
The Herald
Former Celtic director Dominic Keane is accused of ripping off his own brother in a multi-million-pound fraud, it emerged yesterday. The Court of Session in Edinburgh heard that the former football...
- Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold
New York Post
Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this...
- Vet in hospital for Hendra needlestick
The Australian
The Department of Primary Industries vet was admitted to Brisbane's Princess Alexandra hospital last Friday. She is being monitored for any Hendra-related symptoms at the hospital while doctors wait...
- Liz Taylor back home from hospital
The Australian
OSCAR-winning film star Elizabeth Taylor is back home and doing well following a recent stay of several weeks in a Los Angeles-area hospital for unspecified reasons, her spokesman said today.
- Firefighters battled to protect homes last night as parts of Scotland were hit by flash floods.
The Herald
Firefighters battled to protect homes last night as parts of Scotland were hit by flash floods. Torrential rains and thunderstorms with up to an inch of rain descended over parts of Lanarkshire...
- Coca-Cola in 22pc profit rise
The Australian
The beverage maker (ASX: CCL) said it was on-track for high single-digit growth in second-half earnings, targeting an increase of about 7 per cent. Goldman Sachs JBWere had tipped a net profit of...
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