Rain turned the playground to mud as rescuers dragged the bodies of hundreds of schoolchildren out of the wreckage of the Juyuan Middle School, in earthquake-shattered Sichuan province, leaving the corpses to be identified by their grieving parents in a

A Sunni father buries his wife and son. A Druze mother buries her son as a Shi'ite woman buries hers. One thing united Lebanon on Tuesday: the sad reality of death.

During the hour-long meeting with CPN-Maoist Chairman Prachanda, Bhattarai said abolition of monarchy could plunge the country further into grave crisis. "The institution of monarchy can still play a role to unify nation's culture and geographical diversity of the nation,"

According to Nepalnews, the central committees of the second and third largest political parties in the newly constituted Constituent Assembly (CA) took the decision on Monday after days of deliberation. UML acting general secretary Amrit Kumar Bohara, answering questions raised

Terrorists struck for the first time in Jaipur triggering eight serial blasts in a span of 12 minutes on Tuesday night in crowded market areas an

Jaipur: Seven terror blasts rocked crowded tourist places in the walled city area of Jaipur on Tuesday evening which left 36 people dead and injuring

Jaipur: The death toll in the seven terror blasts that rocked crowded tourist places in the walled city area of Jaipur on Tuesday evening has reached

According to Intelligence Bureau officials the serial blasts in Jaipur shows that terrorist outfits are targeting new places with a view of catching s

The French adventure continues for Brad, Angelina and the Rainbow Brood. Here Pax and Maddox are treated to a boat ride. Maddox looks like he's about to hurl. And Angie's pregnant but she's not wearing a life-jacket! Weeooweeooweeooo! Unborn child

Brooke Hogan is spitting mad over the way her jailbird brother Nick has been represented since he murdered the mind of his friend John Graziano.Yesterday, Brooke vented her frustration by posting the following on MySpace:I know most of the public

Ministry of Urban Development has decided that employees of erstwhile AIR and Doordarshan, on deemed deputation to Prasar Bharati, will continue to be eligible for allotment of General Pool accommodation beyond November 2007 on the same basis as government servants

Reacting on extremely poor performance of industrial promotion sector in March 2008 which fell to a meager 3% from 14.8% in March 2007, the President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) Mr Venugopal N. Dhoot

Solar Energy Centre (SEC) has developed facilities for research, development and evaluation of solar thermal and solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies. PV modules generate electricity as long as the sun shines. It is, however, necessary to qualify these modules for their

The Government of India has conferred the Navratna status on the Rural Electrification Corporation, REC , a Central Public Sector Undertaking under the Administrative control of Ministry of Power. The recognition comes after REC put in sound and robust performance

Inmates at Kandahar jail in Afghanistan end a week-long hunger strike.

A US military helicopter makes an emergency landing in Afghanistan amid reports militants shot it down.

The explosion which downed an RAF Nimrod in Afghanistan was due to a "design fault" an inquest hears.

Angela Kane of Germany was appointed Tuesday as UN undersecretary general for management, a position which will require her to work closely with the team overseeing the renovation of the UN world headquarters scheduled for completion in 2013, dpa reported.

ArmInfo. Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Ken Hachikian strongly criticized President George W. Bush's most recent April 24th statement as the final step of his betrayal of his campaign promise to recognize the Armenian Genocide, and a symbol