Quakes rock Indonesia and parts of Israel A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the southwestern coast of Indonesia's Java island on Sunday but there was no threat of a tsunami and no immediate word of damage, meteorologists said.
Sharif, Bhutto to meet over poll boycott In a fresh bid to forge opposition unity, Pakistan's two most popular leaders Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto were expected to meet on Monday to decide whether to boycott the January 8 polls.
Oppn cries foul at Russian polls Although Russians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that is likely to deliver President Vladimir Putin a big majority, opposition parties said large-scale cheating had cast a pall over the vote.
Chavez seeks sweeping Constitutional changes In view of sweeping constitutional change being considered by Venezuelans on Sunday in a contentious vote, President Hugo Chavez will take on expanded powers and no longer face term limits.
US claims kidnap 'right' over British citizens The United States has told Britain that it has the right to "kidnap" British citizens if they are suspected of crimes in America and this can be done without using formal extradition procedures.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila walk to a polling station in Moscow on Sunday. Russians voted in a parliamentary election where the only question is whether Putin's
party will win merely a strong majority of seats or a crushing share. AP
Was the West Bengal government right in nudging controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen into leaving Kolkata? Should the Centre extend political asylum or Indian citizenship to her as she says she can’t go back to Dhaka?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their opinions. Most readers opine that persuading Taslima Nasreen to leave the state was an extreme move and that granting asylum is humane although extending citizenship to her is debatable. A few others insist that she must now return home to Dhaka as her views have hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
