Indian PM 'out of intensive care'

The condition of  76-year-old Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, after undergoing heart bypass surgery at the weekend , has been recovering very good and he has been moved out of intensive care at a Delhi hospital. During the 11-hour operation, surgeons performed five...

Sri Lanka army moves to take last coastal strip from rebels

Sri Lanka's Army Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka has claimed after the capture of the LTTE's garrison town of Mullaitivu that 95 percent of the war against the Tigers was over. In the meantime brushing aside the government claim about Prabhakarn, Rebels have said that the...

Google's Android Gains More Powerful Followers

"Today is a dark day for Nokia and Microsoft: Telco Vodafone, equipment maker Ericsson and handset maker Sony Ericsson have joined Google’s camp in making rival cell-phone software. Today,...

Senecas lay off 210 at 3 casinos

"Senecas lay off 210 at 3 casinos ...

Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too

"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...

Fire breaks out at Berlin airport

" A fire has broken out at Berlin's Tegel airport, forcing the authorities to divert flights elsewhere. The blaze started close to the military section of the German capital's airport, officials say. A large...

Democrats making political power push

"There's no denying the overwhelming force of the Democratic Party's Election Day victory at the national level. But will the blue wave that crashed down on Republicans at the presidential and U.S. House levels...

“Banks: We are making loans after bailout” CYA (cover you’re a… ) ?

“Banks: We are making loans after bailout” Senate panel concerned money is going toward compensation, acquisitions Story posted by msnbc.msn.com   I’m sure quite a few companies are trying to do a lot...

Avoiding DUI Checkpoint Causes Woman To Collide With Paramedics

A moron trys to evade the police by absconding from a DUI checkpoint, causes an accident and gets arrested for DUI.  People need to grow a brain cell and simply NOT drink and drive.  It is absurd!"November 9, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by criminal...

Karachi Nazim, Mustafa Kamal placed among top-three world mayors

"KARACHI: Reputed journal, Foreign Policy in its report has declared Karachi Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal the second best mayor of the year 2008 world.Foreign Policy report titled ‘The Mayor of the moment’ said that Germany’s Berlin City Mayor, Klaus Wowereit, 55 topped...

Great comfort foods for the health conscious

"So I promised some fabulous comfort food recipes to help you get through the tough times, but still making sure your diet is healthy and delicious."

Stevens says, 'I am innocent' after corruption conviction

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens vowed to fight his Monday conviction on federal corruption charges, a verdict he attributed to "repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct." ...

Storm lashes Bangladesh, thousands of houses damaged

The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal  has created a cyclonic storm and roar into the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast by Monday afternoon. The tropical storm with winds of up to 80 kph (50 mph) lashed southern Bangladesh early on Monday, damaging thousands of...

Nine killed in US air strike on Pakistan school

A US airstrike in Pakistan has killed nine people at a religious school in the North-west of the country."A suspected US air strike killed nine people at a religious school in north-west Pakistan, intelligence officials said today.It was claimed the school, on the outskirts...

YouTubes play back tool keeps a check on inane commenters

"In a move to improve the quality of discussion on its pages, YouTube has launched a new feature, called "audio preview," to humiliate commenters by making them listen to their posts before they submit them."

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