Call for Polish state honour for former Indian maharaja Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 1:50:02 AM CDT Polish academics and Indophiles have requested newly elected Polish President Bronislaw Kmorowski to posthumously honour the late Maharaja of Jamnagar who cared for more than one thousand Polish chil...Full Story IANS
Messi backs Batista as national coach Tuesday, Sep 7, 2010 12:30:01 PM CDT Striker Lionel Messi renewed his support for interim Argentina coach Sergio Batista, and said he hoped he would stay as coach until the 2014 World Cup....Full Story IANS
Angelina Jolie visits flood-hit Pakistan Tuesday, Sep 7, 2010 11:30:33 AM CDT Hollywood actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie Tuesday visited flood-hit areas of Pakistan and said she was shocked by the level of destruction in the country....Full Story IANS
Butt, Akmal asked to hand over their mobile records Tuesday, Sep 7, 2010 11:30:31 AM CDT The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal to hand over their mobile-phone-records during the Asia Cup as the two are suspected to be involved ...Full Story IANS
UAE launches free hospital for kids Tuesday, Sep 7, 2010 11:30:28 AM CDT Over one million children from across the world will now be able to receive free health care in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after the government established the first ever free hospital for childr...Full Story IANS
Five dead in Iraq attacks Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 9:00:38 AM CDT A spate of bomb attacks and shootings in Iraq on Wednesday killed five people, including a TV presenter, as Baghdad imposed a ban on motorbikes before the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.The violence, w...Full Story West Australian
War without end in Iraq Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 8:53:46 AM CDT The much heralded withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraq “as promised and on schedule”, as President Barack Obama said in August is a step in right direction towards disengagement of the...Full Story Spero News
Burning Quran is outrageous, grave move Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 8:53:21 AM CDT VATICAN CITY Â The Vatican on Wednesday denounced as "outrageous and grave" plans by a Christian minister in Florida to burn copies of the Quran to mark the Sept. 11 anniversary. The ...Full Story San Diego Union-Tribune
Swazi activists march, youth leader arrested Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 8:53:13 AM CDT MBABANE, Swaziland  A leading democracy activist in Swaziland has been arrested during a march in the capital of sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy. Police plucked the president ...Full Story San Diego Union-Tribune