Armed men seized in Ukraine’s Crimea govt building
AP, Ukraine :Dozens of heavily armed pro-Russia gunmen seized control of local government buildings in Ukraine’s Crimea region early Thursday, escalating tensions in a peninsula...
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Yingluck faces charges over rice scheme
BBC Online :Thailand’s embattled prime minister has sent her lawyers to an anti-corruption panel to hear charges of negligence over a government rice subsidy scheme.PM...
Soldier kills self after shooting 5 comrades dead
PTI, Srinagar :An Army soldier on Thursday shot five colleagues dead at point blank range when they were sleeping before committing suicide in Jammu &...
SC stays Rajiv Gandhi plotters release
TNN, New Delhi :The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the release of four convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, ordering status quo on a...
Egypt names new premier
AP, Cairo :Egypt’s interim president chose the outgoing housing minister, a construction magnate from the era of ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak, as his new prime...
Ukraine not East-West war: John Kerry
BBC Online :US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Ukraine is not caught in a battle between East and West.Kerry said it was not...
Nigerian school attack toll now 59
Reuters, Nigeria :Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram shot or burned to death 59 pupils in a boarding school in northeast Nigeria overnight, a hospital...
Syria crisis threat to all: Turkey
Reuters, Ankara :Turkey’s foreign minister said Syria’s worsening war now posed a danger to all countries because President Bashar al-Assad’s government had been allowed to...
Non-bailable warrant against Sahara boss
PTI, New Delhi :The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a non bailable arrest warrant against Sahara chief Subrata Roy for his failure to appear before...
Muslim Rohingya discriminated
BBC Online :A rights group says it has evidence of Myanmar’s government discriminating against Muslim Rohingya, restricting their movements and family size.Fortify Rights said that...
Pollution hides Beijing skies
AP, Beijing :The smog is so bad even the statues wear masks. Or at least they do in pictures of a campus stunt that circulated...