'Hired guns went astray' Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in a shooting last week that left 11 people dead, a senior Iraqi official said on Saturday.
Japan's Fukuda set to become PM The veteran moderate Yasuo Fukuda easily won election as Japan's ruling party president on Sunday, pledging to keep a pro-US foreign policy and improve ties with Asia after he almost certainly becomes prime minister later this week.
Lanka offers olive branch to Tigers Amidst mounting international pressure, Sri Lanka on Sunday offered to shelve its ongoing military campaign against the Tamil Tiger rebels and resume talks with them if the rebels were prepared to come for talks, media reports said.
UK Curry Queen held One of Britain's richest business women of Pakistani origin has been arrested for allegedly smuggling illegal immigrants into the country to work for her chain of restaurants.
Heed... Buddhists monks taking part in a march against Myanmar’s military government in Yangon, on Sunday. Some 20,000 people marched in the rain-sodden streets of Yangon from the golden Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar's most important landmark, calling for democratic reforms.AFP
The State government has proposed a ban on the use of cellphones by schoolchildren saying that it would affect their mental and physical growth. Is the government justified? Deccan Herald had invited readers to send their responses.
Most readers opine that the ban is a wise move since the use of cell phones has affected the health and academic performances of students. Others argue that these gadgets are quintessential to this globalised world.
