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China hardens line on next Dalai Lama

SHANGHAI: The Chinese government has said that it, rather than the Dalai Lama, will have the final say on who succeeds him as Tibet's spiritual
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Aftershocks rock freezing survivors

OKCULAR, Turkey: Hundreds of earthquake survivors were huddled in aid tents and around bonfires in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a ...
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Agent Rose, French resistance heroine, dies

LONDON: A French resistance heroine who saved scores of Allied lives and survived a Nazi firing squad has died at 105 in a British care ...
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South Africa stockpiles condoms for World Cup

BRITAIN will give South Africa 42 million condoms in response to a request for an extra billion as part of an HIV prevention drive before ...
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Four sons the price of conflict

BAGHDAD: When a massive car bomb destroyed the city's celebrated Shabander cafe three years ago, Haj Mohammed al-Khashali lost his four sons and one grandson. ...
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Bali bomb-maker died in shoot-out, media say

JAKARTA: Indonesian police yesterday shot dead a ''big name'' suspected terrorist and are seeking confirmation whether he is Dulmatin, a key figure in the Bali ...
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Bulger killer row prompts parole inquiry

LONDON: The British government has been forced to open an inquiry into the probation and parole system after it was revealed that Jon Venables, ...
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City shifted three metres

CHICAGO: The earthquake which struck Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion more than three metres to the west, say Chilean and US ...
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Don't expect foreign interference to end any time soon

AS IRAQIS voted on Sunday, a message emanating from the White House was that the election and its aftermath were now "in the hands of ...
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Uighur refugee jailed for spying

STOCKHOLM: A 62-year-old Uighur who has lived in Sweden as a political refugee for the past 13 years has been jailed for spying on Uighur ...
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