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Paralympic Games makes Beijing more accessible
BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Paralympic Games has accelerated the construction of disabled-access facilities in Beijing, an official said here on Thursday. "Beijing has done a lot of breakthro...
Tibetan exiles in Nepal protest Chinese rule
About 2,000 Tibetan exiles, including children, monks and nuns, joined a protest rally in Katmandu on Sunday, hours before the closing ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing. Maroon-robed monks and nuns...
Oxygen bottle blamed for Qantas plane explosion
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian air safety investigators on Friday blamed an oxygen bottle for a mid-air explosion which blew a minivan-size hole in the side of Qantas 747, but said they don't know wh...
Jordan to buy French nuclear reactor
Jordan plans to buy a nuclear reactor from a French company soon, reported Jordan Times, citing comments by Prime Minister Nader Dahabi during a meeting with Olivier Jarde, the head of Jordanian-Frenc...
Jews visit demolished West Bank settlements for first time s..
Jews visited the destroyed West Bank settlements of Ganim and Kadim this week for the first time since the disengagement removed them from the map three years ago.The visit began when the Glick family...
‘Hundreds still missing after Nepal war’
Agencies KATMANDU: Nepal’s new government must investigate the fate of hundreds of people still missing in Nepal despite the end of a civil war with Maoist rebels, the International Committee of...
Death toll in India flood rises to 87
has killed at least 55 people in India since the Kosi River burst through an embankment more than a week ago, swallowing villages and destroying about 225,000 homes, officials and the Press Trust of I...
Pakistani women members open up to House truths
Dubai: The majority of women parliamentarians in the National Assembly complain they are not taken seriously by their male colleagues and have even had to stand up to harassment. "Our views are n...
At the Olympic closing ceremony, Chinese regimentation sat u..
closing ceremony slipped into uneasy chaos, with statist aesthetics and individualism clashing.The statist tone was present all around during the opening ceremony, revealing itself in every area and e...
Paul McCartney gig revives Israeli Beatles tale
An upcoming concert by Paul McCartney has revived memories of the 1960s, when an Israeli official supposedly called off a Beatles concert for fear it would corrupt the nation's youth.The episode is of...
Interior Ministry holds anti-human trafficking seminar
> Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) The Interior Ministry opened a two-day international anti-human trafficking seminar Wednesday with the goal of consolidating a campaign against human trafficking by establishin...
Media staff salary discussed with Info Minister
Glimpses of the discussion that a media delegation held with Information and Communications minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara on the salaries of media personnel and the changes needed - formulation of...
Queen Noor celebrates birthday
AMMAN (JT) - Her Majesty Queen Noor celebrated her birthday on August 23. For the past 30 years, since her marriage to King Hussein, Queen Noor has actively worked to contribute to the advancement of...
For Survivors of Sichuan Quake, the Hard Lessons of Startin..
BEIJING -- As she read the words scrawled in black spray paint on her restaurant's metal security gate, Cheng Xingfeng vowed she would not yield.
Aid worker killed in Afghanistan
A Japanese aid worker abducted in Afghanistan earlier this week is found dead, Afghan officials say.
AUB summer camp sees young engineers volunteering in South
BEIRUT: Several departments at the American University of Beirut (AUB) joined forces to conduct a summer camp for students so they could gain hands-on civil engineering experience while doing communit...
Typhoon Nuri barrels into Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Hong Kong issued its strongest storm warning in five years on Friday as Typhoon Nuri brought gale-force winds and heavy rains, halting trade on the financial markets and shutting down most...
BAU student plans to file a lawsuit against university
By Thameen Kheetan AMMAN - A Balqa Applied University (BAU) student, who was suspended for two semesters for "violating BAU laws", said he plans to file a lawsuit against the university at the Higher...
Miriam seeks DOJ help in aunt
MANILA, Philippines - Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Thursday asked the assistance of Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez in solving the fatal stabbing of her 73-year-old aunt in Iloilo City. In a...
Property market set to remain stale as banks remain vigilant
Banks will be asking potential buyers of new and newly renovated properties what incentives they were offered by the housebuilders, in an attempt to understand more and more about their mortgage custo...
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