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Asean cyclone relief talks likely to be held in Singapore - Dt( 2008-05-12 00:00:00 )
It is understood that Myanmar has agreed to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's offer to host the meeting, the report said, and the country's foreign minister is expected to attend. Lee's offer was co  more ...

Chavez ties Merkel to Hitler ahead of EU-Latin America summit - Dt( 2008-05-12 00:00:00 )
Merkel belongs to the political right, "the same right that supported Hitler, fascism," Chavez said on his television programme "Alo Presidente" Sunday. Chavez's remarks came after Merkel said t  more ...

Media pronounces race over; Hillary still running - Dt( 2008-05-12 00:00:00 )
Washington, May 12 (IANS) Even as the media pronounced the Democratic presidential nomination race over with Barack Obama overtaking Hillary Clinton in the support of super delegates, his gritty rival  more ...

Diageo to revamp historic Guinness site in Dublin - Dt( 2008-05-12 00:00:00 )
Dublin, May 12 (DPA) For two-and-a-half centuries St. James's Gate has been the home of Guinness. Diageo, the famed Irish stout's British-based parent company and the world's largest producer of alcoh  more ...

Soaring food prices seen as opportunity for African farmers - Dt( 2008-05-12 00:00:00 )
Nairobi, May 12 (DPA) Nigeria's Akin Adesina, vice president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), sees the global food crisis as an opportunity as well as a challenge. "Over the  more ...

EU welcomes pro-European forces winning Serbia polls - Dt( 2008-05-12 00:00:00 )
In a statement issued late Sunday on behalf of all 27 member states, the Slovenian presidency of the EU said it "warmly welcomes the clear victory of pro-European forces at the Serbian general electio  more ...

Pro-EU camps set to win elections in Serbia - Dt( 2008-05-12 00:00:00 )
A pro-European coalition led by President Boris Tadic won the most votes, claiming 39 percent of the ballots cast, overtaking the ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party as the largest group in parlia  more ...

Sudan breaks diplomatic ties with Chad - Dt( 2008-05-12 00:00:00 )
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir accused Chad of being behind the attack on the Khartuom suburb of Omdurman. "These forces are all basically Chadian forces supported and prepared by Chad and they m  more ...

Violence in Zimbabwe continues amid arrests - Dt( 2008-05-12 00:00:00 )
Police in Mashonaland Central province confirmed the arrests of 56 members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) for rioting and destroying property at a farm in Shamva - about 100 km northeast  more ...

Indo-British woman wins gastro-pub award - Dt( 2008-05-05 00:00:00 )
London, May 5 (IANS) An award-winning London pub owned by ethnic Indian restaurateur Geetie Singh has been named Britain's best organic restaurant. The Duke of Cambridge, located in the smart north  more ...

Baltic cruise ship runs aground off Latvia - Dt( 2008-05-05 00:00:00 )
Passengers - most of them Germans - were not in immediate danger and remained on board the 173-metre (567-foot) Mona Lisa, coast guard spokeswoman Liene Ulbina told DPA. The Bahamas-registered ves  more ...

Super dad Beckham causing stress for British fathers - Dt( 2008-05-03 00:00:00 )
Thesun.co.uk reports that 85 percent of fathers who partcipated in a survey felt pressured to try and match up to Beckham who keeps fit, spends time with his wife and kids, and maintains a professiona  more ...

Belarusian opposition leader sentenced for carrying EU flag - Dt( 2008-05-03 00:00:00 )
Mikola Statkevich, leader of Belarus Social Democrat party and an opponent of Belrus' authoritarian President Aleksander Lukashenko, had been on trial for displaying the flag during an unsanctioned Ma  more ...

NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan - Dt( 2008-05-03 00:00:00 )
A statement from the military alliance said a group of soldiers were hit Friday by the explosion. Two soldiers were wounded and a military vehicle was damaged in the blast. Helmand province, a hot  more ...

Millionaire Hong Kong businessman escapes jail - Dt( 2008-05-03 00:00:00 )
Stephen Gan Fock-wai, known as the Prince of White Flower Oil because of his company's health products, was ordered in a courthearing Friday to perform 180 hours of community service. He was convic  more ...

'Pakistan's new judiciary will not be independent' - Dt( 2008-05-03 00:00:00 )
"This will shatter the dream of millions of struggling Pakistanis, who have been hoping against hopes that a fiercely independent judiciary will come back with the reinstatement of the sacked judges,"  more ...

Dalai Lama again under attack as envoys are due in China - Dt( 2008-05-03 00:00:00 )
The Dalai Lama was once more branded a "criminal" by Xizang Ribao newspaper, which accused the "Dalai clique" of urging Tibetans to take part in the violent March 14 protests in Tibet and other Tibeta  more ...

Zimbabwe's opposition to decide on weekend about run-off - Dt( 2008-05-03 00:00:00 )
Tendai Biti, Secretary General of the Movement for Democratic Change, was speaking late Friday in neighbouring South Africa, where many MDC supporters have fled seeking refuge from violent attacks by  more ...

I will urge Musharraf to pardon Sarabjit: Burney - Dt( 2008-04-28 00:00:00 )
Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) Ansar Burney, a former caretaker human rights minister who has taken up the cause of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national sentenced to death for staging terrorist acts in Paki  more ...

New technique allows 3-D peek at neurons - Dt( 2008-04-28 00:00:00 )
Washington, April 28 (IANS) A new technique combining a fast-moving laser beam with a special microscope to look at tissues in different optical planes will enable scientists to get a 3-D view of neur  more ...