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SYDNEY : Tropical Cyclone Ingrid flattened an Australian tourist resort early Wednesday and then lost intensity after battering the country's northern coastline for almost a ...

CAIRO: Hamas yesterday ruled out a long-term ceasefire with Israel, as an unprecedented array of Palestinian faction leaders gathered in Cairo, Egypt for crucial truce talks.

By Peter Harmsen China has presented its anti-secession law as an instrument for peace, although overseas scholars saw little in it that diminished the risk of hostilities ...

Dhaka has changed its position on the tri-nation gas pipeline project involving Bangladesh, Myanmar and India, according to sources.

AKURE - "THE ruling People - -s Democratic Party said yesterday that last week - -s expulsion of Governor Chris Ngige of Anambra State was a painful decision but done to ...

This is a country where everyone knows who is sleeping with whom but no one could say who is responsible for crime.

The Northern Property Real Estate Investment Trust and two native partners have struck deals to buy nine commercial buildings in the Northwest Territories for $10.8 million.

Back in 1976, an athletic young Canadian man was told by doctors that he had osteogenic sarcoma -- a form of bone cancer -- in his right leg, which would require amputation ...

Chinese chef Henry Cheung's signature dish Lily on the Pond, bite-size steamed layers of eggplant, prawns, water chestnut, and black mushroom doused with spicy curry and ...

The World Health Organisation fears bird flu could be the world's next great pandemic and could kill 100 million people.

Guatemalan President Oscar Berger ratified here on Tuesday the Free Trade Agreement with the United States despite mass protests.

North Korea yesterday denounced joint military drills planned this week by the US and South Korea as preparations for an invasion of the North, and said it would beef up its ...

Audrey McKillop with son Callum said she was - shaking - - after the crash. Her other son, Craig, was waiting to be airlifted by the air ambulance Picture: Andrew ...

Travellers willing to do a little legwork, be flexible with their plans and maybe take a leisurely drive across the U.S. border will still find reasonable deals on flights, ...

The high value of New Zealand's dollar is not out of bounds and reflects high export commodity prices, the central bank head said Wednesday, keeping tight-lipped about ...

An architect of the Good Friday Agreement says the Prime Minister's pandering to extremists has wiped out the middle ground.

"Balikatan" is joint RP-US military exercise. But, as explained by US Ambassador to the Philippines Francis Ricciardone, it is different from the joint military exercises in ...

By Imran Ayub KARACHI: Pakistan is likely to get $32 million soon as compensation from an international fund for sea pollution along the Arabian coast, caused by Greek oil ...

DHAKA: In a bid to popularise Thai products in Bangladesh, Thailand is going to organise a three-day Thai exhibition at Sonargaon Hotel beginning on March 20.

INDIA'S squeaky-clean film factory was left reeling from a sex scandal yesterday after a TV investigation showed one of Bollywood's superstar villains allegedly asking a ...

Croatia's long-cherished dream of joining the European Union looks certain to be shattered today as Brussels freezes its EU application for failing to hand over one of ...

A wave of tit-for-tat political violence in south-western Nepal has been creating terror and driven hundreds from their homes.

The Kuala Lumpur-based companies, in partnership with Riyadh-based ACWA Power Projects Ltd, were the only bidders for the 20-year contract to develop the plant after ...

Day zero sees record offer of Rs 50 lakh; IIM-B placements over in 2 days. Corporates in a rush for campus recruitment is old hat.

Howard rattles Blair in new abortion battle The Tory leader has won the Catholic Church's unsolicited backing.

The Australian share market has opened higher, after shrugging off a softer lead from Wall Street overnight.

Aluminium smelter and major export earner Comalco says the government's Kyoto protocol carbon tax will drive up electricity prices which may force it out of New Zealand.

KUALA LUMPUR: Human resilience is one of the strongest forces of nature, and it was one Datuk Michelle Yeoh got to experience first-hand in her trip to Banda Aceh yesterday.

A highly exceptional scientific and halakhic experiment was conducted at Hebrew University in 1992.

Princess delivers inspiration PHUKET: Two psychotherapists, Dr Victor Adam from Singapore and David Foster, a Phuket-based Englishman, are available to offer advice free to ...

A FLYING visit to Warrnambool yesterday gave four army aviators a chance to dust off their winter gear and admire the spectacular south-west coastline from above.

Systematic human rights violations by Zimbabwe's government have made free participation in this month's parliamentary election impossible, Amnesty International says.

A $100 million cement manufacturing plant is being investigated for Weston, just inland from Oamaru, by Holcim Ltd, a subsidiary of the Swiss cement giant..

The convening of parliament was held up because the factions emerging from the election were unable to form a coalition government swiftly.

DOHA: A comprehensive assessment conducted by the Evaluation Institute of the Supreme Education Council among students of the public and private Arabic schools in Qatar has ...

The Liard First Nation has announced layoffs and cutbacks in what's being described as a significant cash-flow problem.

Malaysian police inspect the Japanese tugboat Idaten after it reached Penang. Japan Indonesia Singapore Malaysia or Create your own TOKYO, Japan -- Japan has called on ...

INDONESIAN troops in West Papua are using money set aside for aid to the province to attack rebels, head of the province's Baptist church said today.