Burmese junta rebuffs UN's Ban Ki-Moon The Australian | UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has headed home empty-handed from a trip to Burma after the ruling junta brazenly snubbed his attempts to visit jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. | Mr Ban left Burma yesterday with a rebuke for military ruler Than Shwe, saying the general had missed an ...
Anglo-French summit on immigration The Guardian | Plans for a crackdown on illegal cross-Channel immigration will be discussed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at an Anglo-French summit. | The UK hopes the meeting, in the French town of Evian-les-Bains, will secure a deal for the UK to help with detection techno...
Cape Verdean festival brings throngs to India Point Park The Providence Journal | PROVIDENCE - For folks of Cape Verdean descent, July 5 is July 4. | Sunday was the 34th anniversary of Cape Verde's achieving independence from Portugal, and droves celebrated with a noisy, bustling festival in India Point Park. | With a well-atten...
Conflicting signals from Pak on terror, says Krishna The Times Of India | Text: NEW DELHI: AS Pakistan sends conflicting signals to India on action against the Mumbai terror attack suspects, external affairs minister S M Krishna said that India is evaluating the signa...
'India must speed up reforms for fast growth' The Times Of India | Text: His paper written along with Professor Jagadish Bhagwati on trade liberalisation, formed the basis of India's external sector reforms by Manmohan Singh's team in 1991. T...
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Indian scientists use astrology to cure heart patients The Star | NEW DELHI: Indian astro scientists have become starry-eyed. They are looking to the stars to heal heart patients. | While it may sound out of this world (pardon the pun), scienti...
An alternate 'Af-Pak' strategy The News International Monday, July 06, 2009 | Shahzad Chaudhry | The stated Af-Pak strategy of the USA has the following four goals: neutralise Al Qaeda, bring stability to Afghanistan, ensure nation- and state-building in Afghanistan through various support and instituti...
Recession means hope in a place where wages don't get lower Irish Times US missile shield main obstacle to arms dealFiscal and military cost of Iraq fiasco yet to be fully grasped | BANGLADESH LETTER: Women in Bangladesh, one of Asia's best performing economies, have been empowered by a garments boom - but power shortage...
India chases space revenue Irish Times Editor's briefMolecules may hold the key to preventing sepsisPlay that hand: Euro10,000 and plum post in poker-night potTwo years of Euro1m a week in EU fundingBlisters, wrinkles useful at lastChavez vows to shake up patents | INDIA'S SPACE agency pl...
New Pulsar: Fastest production bike in India The Times Of India | Text: NEW DELHI: Herbert James 'Burt' Munro, the 'world's fastest Indian', was an insomniac. A New Zealand motorcycle racer, he worked as a motorcycle salesman during the day and at night he would spend hours working on his 1920 Indian Scout, which then had a top speed of 110 kph. | After almo...
Akram slams BCCI for not playing with Pakistan The Times Of India | 5 Jul 2009, 2214 hrs IST, IANS | Text: NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has criticised the Indian cricket board for showing reluctance to schedule a bilateral series. | The Future Tours Programme draft does not include a single bilateral series between the archri...
