World
Obama: Hugs, tears and hope to massacre victims, survivors
President Barack Obama put politics aside for another day, traveling to Colorado to offer hugs, tears and the nation’s sympathy to survivors of the Colorado shooting rampage and to families whose loved ones were shot dead
Chavez says he won’t stop taking over airwaves
President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he will not stop seizing control of Venezuela’s airwaves.
Simplicity on Iftar menu for crisis-hit Sudan
Simplicity is on the menu for Sudanese Muslims breaking the daytime fast during the holy month of Ramadan this year.
One killed as Hindus and Muslims clash in Indian town
A communal clash between Muslims observing the holy month of Ramadan and Hindus offering alms to one of their gods left one man dead in the north Indian town of Bareilly.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
British police are investigating new tabloids in the country’s growing phone hacking scandal, including the Trinity Mirror PLC newspaper group as well as the UK’s Express Newspapers, a senior Scotland Yard official said Monday.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
About 25,000 villagers have fled their homes in northeast India during clashes between Bodo tribal groups and Muslim settlers in which 15 people have been killed, police said Monday.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
US and South Korean troops will stage an annual joint exercise next month to improve their combat-readiness, military authorities said Monday amid high cross-border tensions.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
The “Osmotheque” scent library is a repository of fragrances past and present.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Hundreds of firefighters, backed by water-bombing planes, battled a wind-fuelled wildfire in northeast Spain Monday that left four French nationals dead and trapped thousands of people indoors.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya, a winner of the Sakharov human rights prize who challenged the island’s communist regime for decades, has died in a car accident, the government and a priest said.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
A Ukrainian court Monday put off until July 31 the hearings in a tax evasion case against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko because she was unable to attend the trial for health reasons.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Authorities say 15 people were killed when a passenger van drove off a remote road and plunged into a river in western Nepal. It was at least the third road disaster in the country in a week.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
India is now no stranger to pet salons, upscale vet clinics, pet couture, pet nannies, dog walkers, reiki therapists, grooming specialists, dog-friendly hotels and air-conditioned kennels mushrooming across big cities.
