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Nepal begins probe into plane crash

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:11:10 -0400

Kathmandu: Nepal has launched an investigation of a plane crash at a small airport near Mount Everest that killed 18 people, including 16 tourists from

2 missing US journos detained in Syria

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:09:54 -0400

BY ZEINA KARAM BEIRUT Oct. 9: Two Americans journalists who have been missing in Lebanon for eight days have turned up in neighbouring Syria, where the foreign

Benedict defends WWII Pope over Holocaust

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:09:00 -0400

BY FRANCES D'EMILIO VATICAN CITY Oct. 9: Pope Benedict XVI gave World War II pontiff Pius XII a push toward possible sainthood and defended his memory from

China hostage taker shot after 3-hour standoff

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:09:28 -0400

Beijing, Oct. 9: The police on Thursday shot dead a knife-wielding man who was holding six saleswomen hostage in a grocery store in north west

US debt clock runs out of digits

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:09:39 -0400

New York, Oct. 9: Such is the surge in America’s debt that even technology is finding it difficult to measure its level as a clock

2nd debate: Obama seen ahead

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:54:04 -0400

By : Kenneth J. Cooper Boston, Oct. 8: Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged direct, polite criticisms in their second debate, but agreed about the US

Malaysia mulls ban on Hindraf

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:49:20 -0400

Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 8: Malaysian authorities have indicated they are considering to impose a ban on the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), which hit headlines

‘North Korea developing N-warhead’

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:49:30 -0400

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Seoul Oct. 8: A top South Korean military officer said on Wednesday that he believes North Korea is trying to develop a nuclear warhead

Nepal plane crash kills 18

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:50:00 -0400

Kathmandu, Oct. 8: A small aeroplane crashed and caught fire on Wednesday as it tried to land in foggy weather at a tiny mountain airport

Pakistan’s Cabinet expansion deferred

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:50:42 -0400

Islamabad, Oct. 8: Pakistan’s ruling PPP has put off for a few days an expansion of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s Cabinet that was scheduled