Wellington: New Zealand on Monday joined international calls for Egypt President Hosni Mubarak to respect his people's demands for a change in the country's regime.

"There is obviously a strong wish

Dublin: The Irish Senate has passed a finance legislation that enacts six billion euros ($8.2 bn) in tax hikes and budget cutbacks, agreed as part of December's EU-IMF bailout for Ireland. This enable

Kabul: A deputy governor of one of Afghanistan's southern provinces was killed on Saturday in a roadside attack, officials said.

"Kandahar Deputy Governor Abdul Latif Ashna was martyred when he was o

Tokyo: Japan's Toyota Motor Corp plans to recall 1.7 million vehicles worldwide, including 1.28 million in Japan, to repair faulty parts, including defective fuel pipes, the world's largest automaker

Bangkok: A newly launched Thai airline has adopted a policy of recruiting transsexuals as flight attendants in an effort to offer equal opportunities to the 'third sex', company sources said on Tuesda

Washington: The only US company that supplies an essential serum for lethal injections given to death-row prisoners has said that it would permanently cease production, in part because of problems wit

Melbourne: Roger Federer beat longtime Belgian opponent Xavier Malisse 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in a battle for old time's sake and broke the all-time record for men's match victories at the Australian Open in t

Nairobi/Geneva: The number of women raped in an apparent revenge attack for the death of a Congolese soldier has risen to 50, according to the United Nations.

The United Nations Office for the Coordi

San Francisco: Apple posted record revenue and profits on Tuesday, a day after the company announced that its iconic founder and chief executive Steve Jobs was taking a medical leave of absence for un

Tokyo: The Japanese car maker Suzuki is offering with immediate effect on the European markets an all-wheel drive version of its top-of-the-range Kizashi model and the Suzuki Swift.

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