Clinton hits out at WikiLeaks
Washington, Oct. 23: US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday condemned WikiLeaks apparent plans to release hundreds of thousands of classified documents related to the war in Iraq.
Ms
135 people dead from cholera outbreak in Haiti
A suspected cholera outbreak north of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, has killed up to 135 people, health officials and news reports said on Thursday.
Legend Pele looks for peace as he turns 70
Oct. 21: Pele, the larger-than-life King of Football celebrates his 70th birthday Saturday, and can proudly look back on a remarkable career that took him from the shanty towns of provincial Brazil to
All 33 miners rescued in Chile
The ordeal of 33 miners trapped for two months underground in Chile ended on late Wednesday as the last miner, Luis Urzua, 54 — the man who guided his men through the ordeal — emerged to safety and ea
Pakistan foils plot to assassinate prime minister
The police on Thursday claimed to have foiled a plot to kill Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and to have arrested seven suspects.
UN chief condemns Prez’s 9/11 remarks
New York, Sept. 25: The UN Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-Moon, on Friday condemned Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, alleging US staged September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
“I strongly condemn the comments mad
Ahmadinejad's 9/11 comments hateful, offensive: Obama
US President Barack Obama described as "hateful" and "offensive" the comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that some people believed the US government was behind the Sep 11, 2001 terrorist
9 killed in bombing at military parade in Iran
A bomb exploded on Wednesday during a military parade in north-western Iran, killing at least nine people, state media reported.
Fake voter cards seized during Afghan parliamentary polls
Fake voter registration cards were seized and allegations of fraud were reported across Afghanistan on Saturday after parliamentary elections began, witnesses and officials said.
A man was seized by
Student kills teacher over hairstyle tiff in Philippines
A high school student in the Philippines on Friday stabbed his teacher to death after being berated for having long hair in school, a police report said.
Teacher Teodoro Sona, 34, was on the way to s