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

As the Lebanese continue to endure the bloodiest in country fighting since the end of the civil war, readers of Ya Libnan across the world expressed their outrage with the dire situation.

By Raed RafeiBeirut - Last week, I became a victim of the violence against the media that has been part and parcel of the recent fighting and unrest in Lebanon.

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.

There are no unresolved issues between Azerbaijan and Russia; the relations between the two countries are at the highest level, said Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasi-zade while meeting speaker of the Russian State Duma Boris Gryzlov.The Azeri prime minister underscored

The government formed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin consists of well-known in Russia professional and several people coming from St. Petersburg, on whom he can always rely on, deputy leader of the opposition People's Front Party (Azerbaijan) Gasan Kerimov

Russia is trying to preserve the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to establish a new empire, chair of the committee for foreign relations of the Georgian parliament Kote Gabashvili told reporters commenting on Moscow's intention to establish a special agency

Israeli police raided the Trade and Industry Ministry on Tuesday and seized documents related to the latest corruption probe against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. "As part of the ongoing investigation of the prime minister, police officers of the national fraud

The effects of the Lebanese political crisis rippled out across the Middle East on Tuesday, with Saudi Arabia warning Iran that it could face renewed ostracism if it had a hand in the violence that has shaken Beirut and other

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