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January 5, 2010 12:39 PM
New Zealand and Australia are joining forces to carry out research on whales using non-lethal methods, in an attempt to challenge Japan's hunting programme. Eighteen scientists will set sail for Antarctica next month to study minke, humpback and blue whale populations. They will also be assessi...
January 5, 2010 12:39 PM
The United States has voiced doubts on whether Myanmar's upcoming elections will be credible and has urged the military regime to engage the opposition and ethnic minorities. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said the United States was taking a measured approach to the elections until it cou...
January 5, 2010 12:38 PM
The United States has said that door is still open for Iran to provide information about its nuclear programme, before the international community takes the necessary next steps. A White House spokesman said in Washington that President Barack Obama's national security team and other top adviso...
January 5, 2010 11:45 AM
United Nations has said that there is currently no indication of an early improvement in the security situation in Afghanistan, adding a better coordinated international effort is crucial to reversing overall negative trends. The latest United Nations report says that if the negative trends are not ...
January 5, 2010 11:27 AM
A US appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. The only person charged in the US over the attacks, Moussaoui had originally pleaded guilty to conspiracy. In 2006, he was sentenced to life in prison for his role in planning the attacks that killed ne...
January 5, 2010 11:27 AM
The chief suspect in the massacre of fifty-seven people in the southern Philippines, Andal Ampatuan Junior, has pleaded not guilty. Andal Ampatuan, a member from a powerful clan denies the multiple charges of murder of a rival political family and journalists. They were on their way to register a ri...
January 5, 2010 11:21 AM
The world's tallest man-made structure in the world, Burj Dubai officially opens in Dubai late this evening with pomp and splendour. It will be inaugurated by Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum at a ceremony. Elaborate security arrangeme...
January 5, 2010 11:13 AM
Media report says the partially-burnt body found on a roadside near Griffith in New South Wales province last week is believed to be of a 25-year old Indian national. An ABC report said the body is yet to be formally identified but police believe it is that of an Indian man. Australian officers are ...
January 5, 2010 11:13 AM
Australia on Tuesday said it will cooperate with the family of Nitin Garg, the Indian youth who was killed in Melbourne. Acting Foreign Minister Simon Crean said it will expedite the process of returning of Nitin's body back home. While Australian officials have insisted that no race angle was ...
January 5, 2010 10:29 AM
Reports from the United States say that the suicide bomber who killed eight people inside a CIA base in Afghanistan last month was an Al Qaeda triple agent. Reports say the bomber was a Jordanian doctor Human Khalil Abu Mulai al Balawi was originally recruited by the Jordanians to support efforts ag...
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