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Nepal seeks funds to get back on its feet

May 6, 2006

Nepal needs immediate aid to help the country foster its sudden restoration of democracy, the new deputy PM said today.

May 6, 2006

Video shows fumbling Zarqawi

May 6, 2006

A Videotape showing the most wanted terrorist in Iraq wearing American tennis shoes and struggling to fire a US-made machine gun was shown on television across the country on Friday as many Iraqis began their weekend.

May 6, 2006

Messi is the man

May 6, 2006

Argentina is hoping teenage forward Lionel Messi can erase the memories of the team’s early exit from the last World Cup.

May 6, 2006

America, you lost … I won: Moussaoui

May 5, 2006

Zacarias Moussaoui claimed victory over America after a jury rejected the government’s effort to put the September 11 conspirator to death and instead decided to lock him away in prison for the rest of his life.

May 5, 2006

Maoist rebels agree to peace talks with Nepal government

May 5, 2006

Maoist rebels agreed on Thursday to peace talks with Nepal’s government, raising hopes for an end to a decade-old insurgency...

May 5, 2006

Iran resolution warns of ‘future measures’

May 5, 2006

Over Chinese and Russian opposition, Western nations circulated a UN Security Council resolution that would demand Iran abandon uranium enrichment or face the threat of unspecified further measures...

May 5, 2006

Mukhtaran Mai honoured by UN

May 4, 2006

A pakistani woman whose gangrape in her native village sparked an international outcry, was honoured at the United Nations for becoming a leading women’s rights advocate.

May 4, 2006

Russia stands between Iran and West

May 4, 2006

Facing tough resistance from Russia, Western nations debated on Wednesday how to push ahead with a resolution that could trigger sanctions against Iran unless it abandons uranium enrichment, diplomats said.

May 4, 2006

Van Gogh portrait sells for $40 million

May 3, 2006

A Vincent Van Gogh portrait of a French cafe owner Marie Ginoux sold for $40 million at an auction, according to Christie’s, which handled the sale.

May 3, 2006

Armenian plane crashes into Black Sea, all 113 aboard dead

May 3, 2006

An Armenian passenger plane carrying 113 people crashed in stormy weather early on Wednesday off Russia’s Black Sea coast as it was headed in for landing, killing everyone on board, emergency officials said.

May 3, 2006

EU resolution on Iran sanctions likely today

May 3, 2006

The United States diplomat leading six-nation talks on Iran’s nuclear programme on Tuesday predicted that EU would prepare a resolution for the United Nations Security Council that could allow for sanctions—but insisted that diplomatic efforts were not dead.

May 3, 2006

Pak says A Q Khan nuke proliferation probe is over

May 3, 2006

Pakistan’s release of a senior nuclear scientist linked to A Q Khan marks a closure of investigations into the proliferation of weapons technology by the pioneer of the Islamic nation’s nuclear bomb, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

May 3, 2006

Fifa extends Rooney time till eve of World Cup

May 3, 2006

England can wait until the eve of its first World Cup game to replace injured striker Wayne Rooney, FIFA said on Tuesday.

May 3, 2006

Olmert has majority, names Cabinet

May 2, 2006

After three weeks of negotiations, interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday put together a coalition government that backs his plan to pull out of parts of the West Bank and draw Israel’s final borders by 2010.

May 2, 2006

Iran deploys funds to finish Bushehr N-power plant

May 2, 2006

As world powers considered how to tackle Iran’s nuclear programme, the government allocated funds on Monday to finish the country’s first nuclear power plant and workers demonstrated in support of the programme in front of the former US Embassy.

May 2, 2006

Gillespie, Kasprowicz, Martyn back

May 2, 2006

Three players dumped by Cricket Australia before the start of the last Ashes series could figure in the home side’s line-up when the next series begins in November.

May 2, 2006

China compensates mother of Tiananmen victim

May 1, 2006

The mother of a 15-year-old boy allegedly beaten to death by police in China’s 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations has been compensated by the government...

May 1, 2006

A Q Khan aide freed

May 1, 2006

A senior Pakistani scientist suspected of helping to leak nuclear weapons technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea has been released after two years in detention...

May 1, 2006

New Nepal PM urges Maoist rebels to talk

May 1, 2006

Nepal’s Parliament called on Sunday for elections for an assembly to rewrite the constitution along with a cease-fire with Maoist insurgents, as the new prime minister urged the rebels to sit down for talks.

May 1, 2006

Barca set for Spanish title

May 1, 2006

Barcelona moved within two points of its second straight Spanish League title, beating Cadiz 1-0 on Ronaldinho’s 16th goal of the season.

May 1, 2006

Searching for their Western dream, Indians stranded in Sahara

April 29, 2006

42 Indians stranded in Zouerat for months, depend on local handouts, duped by agents who promised them a pass to Europe

April 29, 2006

Lanka air strikes end amid threat of civil hostilities

April 29, 2006

Sri Lanka today reopened roads linking government and Tamil Tiger rebel-held territory after two days of air strikes against guerrilla areas ended...

April 29, 2006

Olmert partners Labour

April 29, 2006

The incoming Israeli government will move swiftly to draw a final border with the West Bank, withdrawing from parts of the area and speeding up construction of a massive separation barrier...

April 29, 2006

Kaavya’s novel taken off shelves

April 29, 2006

A teen novel containing admittedly borrowed material has been pulled from the market. Kaavya Viswanathan, a Harvard University student, had acknowledged that numerous passages in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life were lifted from another writer.

April 29, 2006