Third World

With the government failing to give allotment letters of petrol pump dealerships to families of all police and NSG martyrs of the 26/11 terror attack, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan to “amend the rules” if they were “creating ... Read More

Vietnam's decision to devalue its currency raises tensions across Asia as the region's export-driven economies jostle for an edge amid a slow recovery in orders from the U.S. and Europe. Read More

Last week, 37-year-old Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer for Hermitage Capital, died in a Moscow pretrial detention center. Read More

THE 2009 World Chess Cup, an integral part of the World Championship Cycle 2009-2011, is being held in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia until Dec. 15. Read More

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YEARS of tireless campaigning have paid off as Abergele prepares to finally see the back of its crumbling Kinmel Road surgery. Read More

New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) Pakistan is most likely to make increasing use of third world countries for terrorist attacks on Indian targets because of the developing political situation within its own territory. Read More

Scientists have not yet been able to determine a direct causal link between emissions and the changing of current weather conditions. 2. Read More

The International Monetary Fund announced Tuesday that a lending scheme to aid countries hit hard by the financial crisis had grown to 600 billion dollars. Read More

Friends and family remember Earl McCaleb, 92, of Abilene, and formerly of Anson, as a quiet and gentle man. Read More