Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using "unmonitored andpotentially unsafe" water supplied by the military and a contractoronce owned by Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, the Pentagon's internal watchdog says.Areport obtained by the Associated Press
Israel announced plans to build hundreds of homes in the West Bank anddisputed east Jerusalem, drawing Palestinian condemnation just daysbefore a visit by a U.S. general to monitor the troubled peace process.HousingMinister Zeev Boim said the new housing would include
A vast array of pharmaceuticals - including antibiotics,anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones - have been foundin the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, anAssociated Press investigation shows.Tobe sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measuredin
The leaders of the two major political parties, in an unexpectedlystrong show of unity against President Pervez Musharraf, agreed Sundaythat they would reinstate judges fired by the president and would seekto strip him of crucial powers. The power sharing deal,
Almost twenty days after death of a 15-year-old British girl at a beach here, Goa police detained three of the seven youths on Sunday who were seen with the victim little before her death.
Over one lakh Gujjars are likely to stage a mass sit-in here tomorrow to demand Scheduled Tribe status for the community in Rajasthan as city police made some preventive arrests ahead of the agitation.
A blame game has begun within the Congress, even as legislators of the newly formed Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) decided to stake their claims to form the government in Meghalaya. The Congress, which emerged as the single largest party, has
Former state minister and senior leader of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) Ghulam Hassan Mir was Sunday expelled from the basic membership of the party for his alleged anti-party activities. Mir had been defying the party high command ever
As he completed one year in office on Saturday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Major Gen (Redt) B C Khanduri has earned laurels as an able administrator. He is seen as a chief minister who has brought down the corruption level and
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has said the attack by the Bharatiya Janata Party workers and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on the party headquarters in New Delhi will be raised in Parliament on Monday.
Frontrunner Barack Obama on Sunday won the state of Wyoming to end Hillary's Clinton's brief winning spell that helped her bounce back into the bitterly contested Democratic Presidential race, while playing down suggestions of running as her deputy.
The elusive LTTE chief made a rare public appearance. It was not mentioned when the photograph was taken. The picture -- published by a website-- also scotched rumours that the LTTE leader was seriously hurt in a recent attack by
On the third day of his Orissa tour on Sunday, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited a NALCO plant in Angul in Orissa and spent time with workers and their families, listening to their demands.
The Democratic Alliance of Nagaland with 34 members, including four Independents, met Nagaland Governor K Sankaranarayanan on Sunday and formally staked claim to form the next government in the state.
Riding high on the "historic" farm loan waiver, the Congress on Sunday virtually launched its election campaign with party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attacking the BJP for neglecting the farm sector and for its handling of
