Pakistan’s military on Wednesday said its troops seized control of the main town in the northwest Buner region after fierce fighting with the Taliban that killed more than 50 militants.
The fighting came after the military on Tuesday launched a ground and air offensive in Buner, near the troubled Swat valley, to flush out militants from [...]
Germany’s Lufthansa announced contingency plans to cut flights and drop routes amid a crisis worsened by swine flu, but global airlines warned governments against over-reacting to the outbreak.
Lufthansa, which has tended to lag behind capacity cuts spreading across the industry in the wake of the economic downturn, said it could cut capacity on long-haul flights [...]
Latvian broadcaster LTV had hesitated long with their decision to participate in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Only after finding sponsors for the country’s participation, LTV finally gave green light for Moscow.
Latvia will be sending a song to the Eurovision Song Contest about traffic jams. But ‘not in the head but in the heart’ as [...]
On the first Saturday of May thousands of people go out into the streets to play music. The Street Musician Day is the event uniting everybody who speaks the world’s most universal language – the language of music. In response to the invitation of the musician and actor Andrius Mamontovas, professional and amateur musicians flood [...]
Concerned at the recent religion poll, Hindus have called Canada to organize a nationwide interfaith dialogue as a high-priority.
In view of Maclean’s magazine’s recent poll "What Canadians think of Sikhs, Jews, Christians, Muslims . . .", which Maclean’s itself calls "disturbing", acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed today urged Canada government to form a nationwide council [...]
Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom and Doom report, was interviewed By Bloomberg’s Deirdre Bolton and Betty Liu about GM Corp.’s offer to exchange $27 billion of bondholder claims to equity in an effort to help the biggest U.S. automaker avert bankruptcy.
Marc Faber also said that The Federal Reserve will continue printing money , [...]
Lithuania has made their final decision and will send Sasha Son to the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow after a series of heats and semi-finals!
A total of 36 entries were chosen for the selection, of which twenty made it to the semi-finals. The lucky ten which made it to the final night were:
Saulės Kliošas [...]
The Lithuanian economy shrank by 12.6% in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the same period last year, the country’s statistics office has said.
Falling industrial output, lower demand for exported goods and a lack of credit were blamed for the decline.
It is the country’s largest contraction in gross domestic product (GDP) since it started [...]
Sony Corporation has agreed to look into the issue of objections of Hindus against their newly released controversial “Hanuman: Boy Warrior” video game for PlayStation2.
Replying to the communiqué of Bhavna Shinde of Forum for Hindu Awakening, Keita Sanekata of Sony Electronics Inc wrote, “We will review this issue, and get back to you as soon [...]
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean scientists say they have engineered four beagles that glow red using cloning techniques that could help develop cures for human diseases. The four dogs, all named “Ruppy” _ a combination of the words “ruby” and “puppy” _ look like typical beagles by daylight.
But they glow red under ultraviolet light, [...]
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