World

  • Japan to ‘stress test’ all nuclear reactors
    TOKYO, July 6 (AFP): Japan said Wednesday it will run "stress tests" on all its nuclear reactors in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi atomic accident sparked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami dis
    World / 6th July 2011
  • The man who hunted Osama bin Laden
    WASHINGTON, July 5 (AP): After Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden, the White House released a photo of President Barack Obama and his Cabinet inside the Situation Room, watching the daring raid unfold. Hidden fr
    World / 5th July 2011
  • Who wants to live forever? Scientist sees aging cured
    LONDON, July 5 (Reuters): If Aubrey de Grey's predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less
    World / 5th July 2011
  • Hugo Chavez gets hero’s welcome after cancer surgery
    CARACAS, July 5 (AP): President Hugo Chavez received a hero's welcome as he rallied thousands of supporters upon his return to Venezuela, vowing to beat cancer after undergoing surgery in Cuba. Wearing the comb
    World / 5th July 2011
  • Suu Kyi takes first trip out of Yangon
    BAGAN, July 4 (AFP): Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi visited an ancient temple city in central Myanmar with her son Monday, in a tentative first test of her ability to travel following her release by the junta.
    World / 4th July 2011
  • ‘Gaddafi can stay in Libya if he quits’
    Libyan women show V for victory signs whilst demonstating as Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, unseen, visits Tahrir Square in the rebel-held Libyan city of Benghazi, Libya on Sunday, July 3. (AP Photo)
    World / 4th July 2011
  • Castro predicts Chavez will beat cancer
    HAVANA, July 4 (Reuters): Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro predicted on Sunday that his leftist ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez would win his battle against cancer, for which he is being treated in a Cuba
    World / 4th July 2011
  • Who should get screened for lung cancer?
    NEW YORK, July 4 (Reuters Health): Using chest scans to screen for lung cancer in people who've never smoked and have no symptoms might help catch cancers early and decrease the disease's death toll, suggests a
    World / 4th July 2011
  • Thailand election brings hope of stability
    BANGKOK, July 4 (Reuters): Thailand's powerful military accepted on Monday a stunning election victory by the party of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, adding to a new sense of stability in a
    World / 4th July 2011
  • Libya rebels poised for push towards Tripoli
    Libyan walk in front of graffiti depicting Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in the rebel-held Benghazi, Libya on Saturday, July 2. (AP Photo) BENGHAZI, July 3 (AFP): Buoyed by French arms drops and intensif
    World / 3rd July 2011
  • ‘Maid plotted to exploit ex-IMF chief’
    NEW YORK, July 3 (PTI): In a secretly recorded phone conversation, the New York hotel maid who had accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault, can be heard telling her boyfriend in Arizona about her plan
    World / 3rd July 2011
  • Chavez’s illness poses potential pitfalls for foes
    CARACAS, Venezuela, July 3 (AP): Opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez face a new political playing field filled with potential pitfalls now that their nemesis has announced he is being treated for canc
    World / 3rd July 2011
  • Thaksin party wins Thai election by a landslide: polls
    BANGKOK, July 3 (Reuters): Thailand's opposition appeared headed for a landslide election victory on Sunday, led by the sister of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in a triumph for rural and urban
    World / 3rd July 2011
  • Lanka Army claims to have found real video of Channel 4 documentary
    Colombo, July 3 (Agencies): The Sri Lankan military has claimed that the original version of a British channel's "doctored' documentary depicting rights violations by the Army has been found and it shows &
    World / 3rd July 2011
  • Al-Qaida facing financial crunch and manpower shortage: Report
    WASHINGTON, July 2 (PTI): Details of communication between al-Qaida leaders derived from Osama bin Laden's computers indicate that the terror network is facing massive financial crunch and difficulties in repla
    World / 2nd July 2011
  • Hugo Chavez’s cancer revelation rattles Venezuela
    Caracas, July 2 (PTI): President Hugo Chavez’s revelation that he is battling cancer raises questions about the future of his drive to bring socialism to Venezuela and create a Latin America free of Washi
    World / 2nd July 2011
  • Muammar Gadhafi vows to attack Europe
    TRIPOLI/MADRID, July 2 (Reuters): Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi vowed to attack "homes, offices and families" in Europe in revenge for NATO airstrikes but U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said h
    World / 2nd July 2011
  • Syrian forces kill 24, protesters tell Assad to go
    In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and provided by Shaam News Network, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters, hold up banners during a demonstration against the Syrian regime, in Kf
    World / 2nd July 2011
  • 40 miners trapped, 3 dead in China’s disasters
    BEIJING, July 2 (AP): A coal mine flood in southwestern China trapped 21 miners underground, while a cave-in at another mine on Saturday killed at least three workers and left 19 others sealed off, officials sa
    World / 2nd July 2011
  • All charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn dropped
    Paris, July 2 (Agencies): Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest in New York yesterday as the sexual assault case against him teetered on the verge of collapse.A dramatic court hearing in Manhatt
    World / 2nd July 2011
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