Perry defends Marines accused of urinating on corpses
Texas Governor Rick Perry, scrambling to keep his U.S. presidential bid alive, accused the Obama administration on Sunday of over-reacting to a videotape that shows four Marines appearing to urinate o
Away test failures puncture Dhoni's leadership aura
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's one-match ban means the India captain will have time for an introspective look as to where and when his Midas touch deserted him as his team mates battle to avoid a series white
Half-naked South Korean soldiers train for winter war
Cool under fire took on new meaning for more than 200 South Korean soldiers this week as they stripped off their shirts, flung snow on each other and walked through an ice-encrusted stream -- all part
Bomb material found in Thailand after terror warnings
Thai police discovered bomb-making material after the detention of a Lebanese man suspected of planning an attack, but the prime minister insisted on Monday that everything was under control.
Authori
Reliance Industries-ETV deal under regulatory scrutiny - report
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is examining a plan by energy major Reliance Industries to sell part of its stake in Eenadu Group's ETV channels to Network18 over potential disclosur
SBI gets approval for Rs 60-80 billion infusion: TV
State Bank of India, India's largest lender, has received Finance Ministry approval for a capital infusion of Rs 60-80 billion, CNBC-TV18 reported on Monday, citing the bank's chairman.
The capital i
Cannavaro and Pires set for IPL style soccer league
Italy's World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro, former Argentina skipper Juan Pablo Sorin and Frenchman Robert Pires are set to feature in an Indian soccer competition that hopes to replicate the s
UB Group to consolidate foreign liquor assets
UB Group will consolidate its foreign alcohol assets ahead of an overseas listing of the brands, the Economic Times reported on Monday, but UB said any listing would not be to assist the group's strug
Somali pirates release Indian ship with 21 crew
The all-Indian crew of a chemical oil tanker that was hijacked by Somali pirates in August last year has been released, alongwith the ship, Indian authorities said.
The vessel, MT Fairchem Bogey, is
S&P downgrades France, eight other euro zone nations
Standard & Poor's carried out a mass downgrade of euro zone countries on Friday, stripping France and Austria of their top-grade AAA ratings in a move that may complicate efforts to solve a two-year o