By JOSé DE CóRDOBA, DAVID LUHNOW AND JOHN LYONS
International aid groups scrambled to deliver food, medicine and other supplies to Haiti, where the strongest earthquake in more than two centuries has toppled buildings and raised fears that thousands are dead.
Haitian President Rene Preval described the devastation as “unimaginable,” in an interview with the Miami Herald. …

Hilegu, Myanmar, May 10, 2008 (AP): Voters in Myanmar trickled into polling booths on Saturday for a referendum that was expected to solidify the ruling junta’s hold on power, even though the military rulers appeared overwhelmed by a devastating cyclone that killed tens of thousands.
But in a country where the last election was held 18 …

Los Angeles, Jan 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The pop singer Michael Jackson died in the summer last year from drug overdose that was administered by his personal physician. After the autopsy a complete investigation was done and now the police are saying that there is a chance that the doctor might get charged with negligence in …

Melbourne, Jan 9 (IANS) An Indian man was allegedly attacked and set on fire by four men while he was parking his car in the northwestern part of the city in the early hours of Saturday. The attack comes a week after an Indian youth was fatally stabbed in this city.
The 29-year-old was taken to …

YANGON, Jan 4: Myanmar’s ruling junta chief confirmed Monday that the country’s first general elections in two decades will be held this year but gave no date for the balloting, which is expected to exclude pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
In a message marking the anniversary of Myanmar’s 1948 independence from Britain, Senior Gen. Than …

Tue, Jan 5, 2010 (Reuters): A third uninvited guest made it into a White House state dinner in honor of the Indian prime minister, but there is no evidence the person had contact with the president or first lady, the Secret Service said on Monday.
In a second security lapse at the Nov. 24 event, the person, …

Mon, Jan 4 (Reuters): Started at the height of the economic boom and built by some 12,000 labourers, the world’s tallest building will open on Monday in Dubai as the glitzy emirate seeks to rekindle optimism after its financial crisis.
Burj Dubai, whose opening has been delayed twice since construction began in 2004, will mark another …

MELBOURNE, January 3, 2009 (PTI): A 21-year-old Indian youth with permanent residency in Australia was on Sunday fatally stabbed in the abdomen by unidentified assailants here while on his way to work, the first death in a slew of vicious attacks on the community members.
Nitin Garg, who migrated from Punjab, was attacked in a park …

HONOLULU, January 2 (Reuters): U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday it appeared the man suspected of trying to bomb a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas was a member of al Qaeda and had been trained and equipped by the Islamic militant network. Defending his administration’s counterterrorism efforts amid scathing Republican criticism, Obama said he received …

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court ruled on Thursday that a Catholic newspaper can use Allah to describe God in a surprise judgment that could allay worries about the erosion of minority rights in the majority Muslim country.
The High Court said it was the constitutional right for the Catholic newspaper, the Herald, to use the word …

Thu, Dec 31 (Agencies): Al-Qaeda militants are planning terror attacks from Yemen, prompting the country’s Foreign Minister to appeal for global support to shore up its counter-terrorist forces.
The plea by Abu Bakr al-Qirbi came after an al-Qaeda group based in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attempted suicide bombing of American transatlantic jetliner on Christmas Day.
The …

Caracas, Dec 29 (IANS/EFE): The US is preparing to attack Venezuela using Colombian soldiers under the pretext of attacking guerrilla camps supposedly located on Venezuelan soil, President Hugo Chavez has said. Chavez Monday said during a military ceremony that “the verbal war” began several days ago when spokespersons of the Colombian government again accused Venezuela …