China and India Join Climate Accord The New York Times | WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. | The two countries, among the largest and fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, submitted...
Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks The New York Times | PARIS — The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered species conference that begins this week. | “We’ve decided to go ahead with a shark fis...
Chargers book special place Deccan Chronicle Chargers book special place | United Spirits Limited, the associate partner of Deccan Chargers who tore the form book apart during IPL-2, have come out with volume chronicling the top team’s success story. Put up for auction, the pictorial book wit...
Editor Is Fired After Criticizing Chinese Registration System The New York Times | BEIJING — A top editor of a weekly newspaper who recently called for the reform of China’s onerous household registration system, which restricts where people can live, has been forced out of his job in a fresh warning that journalists ...
China and India Join Climate Accord The New York Times | WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. | The two countries, among the largest and fastest-growing sources o...
Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks The New York Times | PARIS — The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered species conference that begins this week. | &ldqu...
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Indonesian Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects The New York Times | JAKARTA — Indonesian counterterrorism forces stormed an Internet cafe and a nearby house on the outskirts of Jakarta on Tuesday, killing three suspected terrorists and arre...
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US-Born Panda Freed From Quarantine in China The New York Times | Filed at 7:47 a.m. ET | CHENGDU, China (AP) -- After a month in quarantine, American-born panda Tai Shan paced around his new home in southwest China as he was put on public disp...
Govt ready to revisit new tourist, conference visa guidelines The Times Of India NEW DELHI: The government today said it was ready to revisit the new guidelines issued for granting tourist and conference visas if there were genuine grievances. | Home Secretary ...
Behemoth Frontman Charged With Insulting Catholics After Ripping Up Bible Chart Magazine | In 2007, Behemoth frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski reportedly called the Catholic Church "the most murderous cult on the planet" during a show in Gdynia, Poland, and ripped a Bible up on stage. | Although he was sued by the All-Pol...
‘Get tough with drunk driving’ Deccan Herald By D V Guruprasad | The killing of two persons, including an off duty policeman, in two separate incidents on March 2 by drivers who had consumed alcohol has once again brought to the fore the problem of making our roads safe from drunken drivers. | ...
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar Asia Times | By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. As recorded in the book, Mao: The Unknown Story, Chou talked about the region "as if its fate were to be entirely decided by Peking". | He explained th...
In Paris: Practical clothes vs. crazy ones The Boston Globe | PARIS-Sober workaday chic and theatrical extravagance battled for the hearts and minds of the fashion glitteratti on Sunday, day five of Paris' marathon fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear displays. | Celine designer Phoebe Philo -- a critical darling whose return to fashion after a yearslong hiatus was the event of last season -- delivered a colle...
