'Yangon, Suu Kyi ready to work for democracy'
Myanmar Prime Minister Khin Nyunt is committed to taking his country to democracy and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to work with him on it, UN special envoy Razali Ismail said yesterday.
Britain 'satisfied' with Pak nuclear probe: Straw
Britain is satisfied with Pakistan's cooperation in investigating nuclear proliferation by its chief nuclear scientist, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said yesterday.
Mass burials for Pak Shias
Grieving Shia Muslims gathered in Pakistan's violence-hit southwest city Quetta yesterday for mass burials of the nearly 50 people killed in one of the country's bloodiest-ever sectarian attacks.
Haiti under state of emergency
Haiti's Prime Minister Yvon Neptune declared a state of emergency, as rebels agreed to disarm and US and French troops staged a show of force in Port-au-Prince following deadly gun battles.
Iraq beefs up security across border
Several al-Qaeda men caught as Zarqawi emerges prime suspect
Iraq's border security was being beefed up yesterday after a series of bloody attacks on Shia shrines that killed around 170 people, as political leaders prepared to sign a new temporary constitution.
Israel on red alert after raid
Israeli police and security services were placed on a maximum state of alert yesterday for fear of reprisals after three top militants of Palestinian radical group Hamas were killed in a helicopter strike
Corruption in NDA govt to be an election plank, says Sonia
Alleging that there was rampant corruption in the NDA government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said yesterday her party would make this one of its main poll planks in the Lok Sabha elections.
Pakistan denies offering Nigeria nuclear power
Pakistan yesterday rejected Nigerian claims that its armed forces chief offered this week to help the African state acquire nuclear power.
"We are denying it. This is baseless.
UK now relies more on foreign medics
Britain's growing dependence on foreign workers to keep its ailing National Health Service (NHS) afloat is illustrated by new figures showing that a record 44,443 health workers were signed on last year
Britain's top judge Wednesday launched a strong attack on key reforms by Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, warning that plans to limit asylum seekers' rights of appeal were against
Lankan candidates pull out of election amid death threats
Tamil Tiger death threats forced ruling party candidates in eastern Sri Lanka to withdraw, police said Wednesday amid calls for foreign monitoring of the campaign for next month's parliamentary polls.
