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World Bank warns over food prices
Rich nations urged to commit $500 million to World Food Programme

Prison term for ex-Shanghai Communist party chief
Beijing: The former Communist Party chief of China’s commercial capital, Shanghai, Chen Liangyu, was sentenced to an 18-year prison term on Friday for his involvement in a multi-million dollar pension fund scandal. Chen, 62, who was also ...

10 LTTE cadre killed, says Colombo
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s military claimed on Friday that at least 10 LTTE cadre were killed and 19 others injured in fighting in the north. On Thursday, the air force claimed have raided “a Sea Tiger base” of the LTTE on ...

Move in U.S. for sanctions on India
For not taking back illegal migrants

Hu for closer ties with Pakistan
SANYA (Hainan): Chinese President Hu Jintao made a five-point proposal on Friday for further promoting the China-Pakistan strategic partnership. The proposals wer made during talks with visiting Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Sanya, ...

Jail for Indian-born doctor in botched terror attack
LONDON: An explosive-laden jeep was halted only yards from airline passengers at Glasgow airport last year when two men attempted a suicide attack as part of a plot to bomb London and Scotland, a prosecutor told a court on Friday. Two ...

Clashes over women’s rights
Dhaka: More than 100 persons were injured as thousands of Islamist activists clashed with police on the second consecutive day on Friday while trying to stage a protest here against a government policy to ensure equal rights for women, said ...

Bush harps on threat from Iran
WASHINGTON: U.S. President George W. Bush issued a warning to Iran to stop interfering in Iraq on Thursday and characterised Iran and Al-Qaeda as “two of the greatest threats to America.” In a speech at the White House, Mr. ...

Don’t politicise Olympics: Lee
SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong cautioned the West on Friday against politicising the 2008 Beijing Olympics. “Journey of harmony” Addressing a knowledge forum ...

India & World
Gandhi statue: councillors to take decision soon
London: The campaign to install a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the east Midlands town of Leicester has reached its final stage, with the local councillors scheduled to take a last decision next week. After considerable public support, ...

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