As the standoff between prodemocracy protesters and embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak continued, US President Barack Obama said that he believed that Egypt had changed forever.

Even though India has brought down tariffs, there still exist trade barriers that need to be done away with, visiting US commerce secretary Gary Locke said on Monday. He also urged improvements in the laws on intellectual property rights. "Though India has made tremendous strides to open up its economy, there is much more work that is left to be done," Locke told reporters at a summit organised by an industry body here. "While many tariffs have come down, others remain.

A benchmark index for Indian equities markets on Monday was subdued in early trade although broader markets saw some buying.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE),

Dakar, Feb. 7: Days after the global elite’s jamboree at the Swiss resort of Davos, a week-long carnival of the oppressed and the marginalised, and those speaking for them, has begun in the capital of

London: A man threw a shoe at former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf when he was addressing a gathering here on Sunday. The shoe didn't hit the former military dictator, it was reported here.

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Kathmandu, Feb. 7: Instead of stabilising Nepal’s turbulent political situation after a seven-month-long vacuum, the election of a new Prime Minister has stirred up further turmoil amid reports about

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked Cambodia and Thailand to make 'an effective arrangement' to end hostilities and 'exercise maximum restraint'.

"The secretary-general is deep

London: The new stealth plane X-47B is something straight out of a sci-fi flick. This superbreed is capable of flying undetected to pound targets thousands of miles away.

It marks a radical departure

Cairo, Feb. 5: Egyptian activists protesting against the government of the President, Mr Hosni Mubarak, have launched their own newspaper to disseminate information about their ongoing revolt.

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New Delhi, Feb. 5: Sachin Tendulkar says he, too, has sledged, but only once and as part of team strategy. The batting maestro needled Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath by telling he would go after