|
|
Belgian PM Van Rompuy named EU prez
|
European Union (EU) leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc’s first president on Thursday to lead efforts to make it more influential on the world stage.
|
|
|
Heavy rain floods England
|
Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety, and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods on Friday swamped northern England’s picturesque Lake District.
|
|
|
US cleric’s terror links
|
|
Anwar al-Awlaki, a firebrand American Muslim cleric and son of a former minister in Yemen, has been linked to several suspects in dozens of terrorism cases that have emerged in the US, Canada and Britain, according to a media report.
|
|
|
Pilot hailed hero for landing in shark waters
|
An Australian pin-up pilot forced to bring an emergency medical flight down in shark-infested waters was on Friday hailed a hero for the daring landing from which all aboard escaped unharmed.
|
|
|
Oprah to break free from living rooms world over
|
After more than 20 years in which Oprah Winfrey shook up the medium of the daytime talkshow, rising to become a ratings and cultural powerhouse, she is to announce that she is bringing her show to an end.
|
|
|
Transsexual in Italian political scandal murdered
|
|
A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal which prompted the resignation of a senior Italian politician — the centre-left governor of Lazio region, which includes Rome — was found burnt to death in his home on Friday.
|
|
|
|
US reopens probe into Watergate scandal
|
The US is said to have reopened the investigation into the Watergate saga, more than 35 years after the biggest political scandal in the country's history forced the then President Richard Nixon to step down.
|
|
|
8 militants killed in US drone attack in Pak tribal belt
|
|
At least eight Taliban militants were killed on Friday in a US drone attack in Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan tribal region, the second such strike in the area within three days.
|
|
|
Major powers meet for Iran's nuke snub
|
|
Major world powers met here today to discuss Iran's rejection of an international nuclear fuel deal, after US President Barack Obama warned Tehran must face the consequences.
|
|
|
Bombers kill 18 in Afghanistan
|
|
Bombers on Friday killed 18 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term in office that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war.
|
|
|
PM's state visit to showcase strong Indo-US relationship
|
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington as Barack Obama's first state guest is expected to showcase the significance the US President attaches to Indo-US relationship, with global issues including climate and Afghanistan to feature...
|
|
|
PM, Clinton to discuss strategic dialogue, South Asia
|
|
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will discuss diplomatic issues, including the strategic dialogue process with India and developments in South Asia with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a lunch meet on Tuesday, a top official said.
|
|
|