World

  • 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
  • Chinese prez warns party of growing pains
    Communist party members applause as Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, walks to deliver a speech during at a celebration of the Communist Party’s 90th anniversary at the Great Hall of the People in Beijin
    World / 1st July 2011
  • Syria running out of time to reform: Clinton
    Protesters take part in a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo on Thursday, June 30. (Reuters Photo) VILNIUS, July 1 (Reuters): Syria is running out of time to reform and will f
    World / 1st July 2011
  • ‘Far more spent on pets than human rights’
    GENEVA, July 1 (Reuters): Europeans spend 250 times more on their pets than the world devotes to the international protection and promotion of human rights, U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay said on Thursday. In a
    World / 1st July 2011
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