Animal rescuers on red alert as it rains cats and dogs in Britain
OXFORD, England, July 25, 2007 (AFP) - It is not only humans who have been hit by Britain's worst floods in 60 years -- cats, dogs and donkeys are also …
OXFORD, England, July 25, 2007 (AFP) - It is not only humans who have been hit by Britain's worst floods in 60 years -- cats, dogs and donkeys are also …
SOFIA, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - Six foreign medics sentenced to death then life imprisonment in Libya in a controversial AIDS case were free in the Bulgarian …
TOKYO, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - Japan's defence ministry hopes to make a prototype of a next-generation stealth plane, the first new fighter jet designed by the …
MUNDHA KHERA, India, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - It's a hot, humid Sunday morning in northern India, but the oppressive heat does not deter a group of about 15 …
CARACAS, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - Venezuela's fiery socialist President Hugo Chavez on Sunday vowed to kick out foreigners who brand him a "tyrant," after a …
DHAKA, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - A former Bangladeshi lawmaker was Sunday sentenced to two decades in jail by an anti-corruption court for illegally amassing more …
DUBAI, July 21, 2007 (AFP) - Burj Dubai, a tower rising in the booming Gulf emirate, on Saturday became the tallest building in the world at 512. online …
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2007 (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund is revising its economic growth forecasts amid a "global boom," the IMF chief economist said …
BANGKOK, July 20, 2007 (AFP) - The Thai prime minister on Friday agreed on new measures aimed at curbing the baht's rise, while the central bank governor …
CHICAGO, July 19, 2007 (AFP) - Asia is overtaking the United States as the largest market for auto sales, but the US will remain the more lucrative market for …
NEW DELHI, July 19, 2007 (AFP) - India's unwanted baby girls have been drowned in milk, burned alive in sealed mud pots or fed milk laced with poisonous seeds, …
SHANGHAI, July 18, 2007 (AFP) - China's East Star Airline said Wednesday it had won approval to fly overseas, the first private carrier to do so, as part of …
July 18, 2007 (AFP) - Maldives is seeking international investors to help build ten regional airports as part of a plan to develop nearly three dozen resort …
HARARE, July 17, 2007 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's government was set to intensify its pricing crackdown, despite being condemned by the White House on Tuesday as a …
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, 2007 (AFP) - Google announced Monday that it is shortening the lives of software "cookies" used to track users' online preferences. …
NEW DELHI, July 17, 2007 (AFP) - A condom flavoured with the popular mixture of betel nut and tobacco known as paan is to go on sale in India, newspapers said …
DHAKA, July 17, 2007 (AFP) - Bangladesh's army-backed emergency government on Tuesday ordered two former prime ministers to submit details of their financial …
DHAKA, July 16, 2007 (AFP) - Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed who led the country from 1996 to 2001 and faces charges of corruption and …
TOULOUSE, France, July 16, 2007 (AFP) - France and Germany agree on the need to keep the European Central Bank free of political meddling, German Chancellor …
DHAKA, July 15, 2007 (AFP) - The small Buddhist community in Bangladesh plans to donate a few strands of a lock of hair said to have come from the Buddha to …