India tops world hunger chart

Despite consistent economic growth over last many years, India is failing to provide proper food to its malnourished population. India's 230 million rural people are undernourished. This is the highest for any...

Plane crashes on landing at Schiphol in Holland

Dutch media report that a Turkish plane crashed on landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and broke into three pieces. There were no deaths in the crash, according to Turkey's Transport Minister Binali Yildirim and...

Delhi shame: Girl in search of job sold, raped

A teenage girl from from northern Indian state of Haryana, seeking job in Delhi, was lured by a woman and allegedly sold  to two persons who along with three others repeatedly raped her. Two persons had been arrested on charges of purchasing and repeatedly raping the...

Afghanistan’s Tribal choice for President, Prince Abdul Ali Seraj

      Approximately four hundred people representing various tribal groups of Afghanistan came in full force to give their support to the presidential candidacy of charismatic Prince Abdul...

Bomb rips through Pakistan funeral procession, kills 25

At least 25 killed and 13 injured in an explosion after bomb ripped through a funeral procession Friday in a northwestern Pakistan town. According to reports, the blast occurred during funeral prayer of a person Sher Zaman, shot dead in a target killing incident on Thursday....

Ferry sinks in south Bangladesh, Dozens missing

Around 30 passengers of a ferry are feared to be dead after it capsized in Southern Bangladesh. More details are expected. "At least a woman drowned and 50 other people went missing as a launch capsized in the river Kirtonkhola in Beltola area today (Thursday), reports our...

Online networking 'harms health' ?

Has the rise in the use of social networking had a negative or positive effect on our lives? " Dr Aric Sigman says websites such as Facebook set out to enrich social lives, but end up keeping people apart. Dr...

An Australian Dr. talks about the genocide of Tamils in Sri-Lanka

An Australian Doctor talks about the genocide of Tamils in Sri-Lanka by State Terrorists Posted on February 17th, 2009 | Featured, Sri Lanka News, State Terrorists, Video News An Australian Doctor who worked in...

Ten killed as train crashes into truck in Bangladesh

At least 13 people were killed and 45 others were injured as a train with several passengers travelling on its engine collided with a truck at an unmanned railway crossing in north-western Bangladesh on Tuesday."At least 13 people, including three women and two children, were...

O Brother Where Art Thou? Part 3

The 69 million peso question Money, the root of all evil Let me tell you a tale of greed and corruption. This is a story of a televangelist who managed to take control of church properties worth 69 million pesos...

Three people arrested at Con Flight 3407 Buffalo crash site

Three people have been arrested at the scene of the Continental Express Flight 3407 plane crash in Buffalo. "Three people arrested at scene of Buffalo plane crash; one was found hiding inside the restricted area...

Dozens injured as major quake hits Indonesia

A powerful earthquake off eastern Indonesia damaged dozens of buildings and sent panicked residents fleeing to higher ground on Thursday, some climbing trees to escape a feared tsunami, officials and witnesses...

2009 Stimulus For People Under 18

In 2008 I did not qualify for the stimulus package due to my age, and I was wondering if I was going to qualify for the upcoming one. Im 17, 18 in August, and made $12,200 in 2008, do you think I will qualify for it or am I SOL

Vietnam: Phu Quoc tops tourism poll in 2009

Phu Quoc Island has beaten Ha Long Bay, the most popular destination in 2007, to top the 2008 – 2009 tourism list, according to an SGGP survey of 1,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City." A view on Phu Quoc Island's beach. (Photo: SGGP) Phu Quoc heads the Top Ten and...

China's War Against Weather

"In Shandong Province, cannon troops of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had fired more  than 300 rockets and 2,000 artillery shells in cloud-seeding operations by 5 p.m. Sunday. The operations brought an...

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