International

November 20, 2009 10:10 AM

Belgian PM to become first EU president

EU leaders have chosen the Belgian Prime Minister, Herman van Rompuy, to be the first permanent European Council President. The other top job created by the Lisbon Treaty - foreign affairs supremo - has gone to the EU Trade Commissioner, Baroness Catherine Ashton from Britain. Both are seen as conse...

November 20, 2009 10:10 AM

US to send envoy to N-Korea before year end

It has been confirmed that the United States will send an envoy to North Korea before the end of the year. On the final day of a largely-symbolic Asian trip, United States President Barack Obama announced a major diplomatic move. On December 8, he will send envoy Stephen Bosworth to North Korea. His...

November 20, 2009 10:09 AM

Karzai takes over as Afghan prez for second term

Hamid Karzai has taken over as President of Afghanistan for the second term with a vow to rid the country of terrorism. He was administered the oath of office by the head of Supreme Court Abdul Salam Azmi at a grand ceremony at the Presidential Palace in the presence of 800 guests, including Externa...

November 20, 2009 10:08 AM

Four held in Peru for selling fat and tissue

Four people have been arrested in Peru on suspicion of killing dozens of people in order to sell their fat and tissue for cosmetic uses in Europe. The gang allegedly targeted people on remote roads, luring them with fake job offers before extracting their fat to sell it for 4,000 dollars a litre. Ot...

November 20, 2009 10:07 AM

Breast cancer study 'identifies tumour-causing enzyme'

According to a study published in the journal Cell, scientists have identified an enzyme that is crucial for turning breast tissue into tumours. The Institute of Cancer Research says, blocking the enzyme lysyl oxidase (LOX) reduced the size and frequency of tumours in mice. They say LOX stiffens col...

November 20, 2009 10:02 AM

Oprah to quit hugely successful talk show in 2011

Oprah Winfrey will be calling it quits on her hugely successful talk show in 2011 after 25 seasons on air. Harpo Productions Inc says the talk show queen will explain the reasons behind her decision live on The Oprah Winfrey Show today. Winfrey started her broadcasting career in Nashville, Tennessee...

November 20, 2009 9:52 AM

Karzai takes over as Afghan prez for second term

Hamid Karzai has taken over as President of Afghanistan for the second term with a vow to rid the country of terrorism. He was administered the oath of office by the head of Supreme Court Abdul Salam Azmi at a grand ceremony at the Presidential Palace in the presence of 800 guests, including Externa...

November 20, 2009 9:05 AM

Hasina chosen for Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development this year for her outstanding contribution to the promotion of democracy and pluralism. This was decided by an international jury chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan ...

November 20, 2009 9:01 AM

Serving, retired military officers in Pak is linked to Headly

In Pakistan, some serving and ex-military officers are among five people arrested in connection with the LeT plot to carry out a major terror attack in India using American national David Headley. The New York Times reported, Pakistani authorities have arrested as many as five people in this connect...

November 19, 2009 8:59 PM

Mujib killers to go to gallows: confirms B'desh SC

Thirty-four years after Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in a military coup, the country's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence on five of his killers.Pronouncing the verdict after a trial that dragged on for 13 years, Justice M Tafazzal Islam, who...

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