Assange back in UK jail as Sweden fights bail
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a target of US ire for releasing secret cables, returned to a London jail on Tuesday pending an appeal over a decision to free him on 200,000 pound ($317,400)
Dozens dead in refugee boat tragedy
Canberra: Dozens of asylum seekers are feared dead after heavy waves smashed their timber boat onto rocks on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday, sinking the boat and throwing 70 to 80 p
Diesel to follow after petrol price hike
New Delhi: India's state-run oil retailers will raise petrol prices starting on Wednesday by the most in six months and New Delhi also plans to lift diesel prices, possibly stoking inflation and addin
12,000 pre-orders for Etios in India
Tokyo: Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it has received 12,000 orders for its Etios sedan in India since it began taking orders on December 1, putting it well on track to meet the car's annual sale
Despite mistrust, China-India meet to focuss on trade
New Delhi: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao begins a three-day visit to India on Wednesday, trying to boost trade and soothe tensions between the two fastest-growing major economies in the world.
Wen's vis
Top issues in India, China ties
Reuters: India has seen China as a military threat since its defeat in a 1962 war, but with both emerging as uneven economic powers, New Delhi now fears Beijing will use its massive clout to block its
India and China are partners, not competitors: Wen Jiabao
New Delhi: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday there was enough space in the world for both China and India to grow and that the world's fastest-growing major economies were not competitors,
Rio Tinto to develop iron ore in India
Dec. 13: Rio Tinto India is in talks with an Indian company to develop iron ore mines, a senior company official said, underscoring continued foreign interest in Indian mining despite social oppositio
Adriano handed Golden Bin again
Milan, Dec. 13: AS Roma striker Adriano won Italy’s infamous Golden Bin award for a third time on Monday after again being voted Serie A’s worst player by fans.
The burly Brazilian, given the Rai Ra
All about the skillfull Mr Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke, the veteran U.S. diplomat who negotiated the 1995 accord that ended the Balkans war and was U.S. President Barack Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died on Monday a