• Chavez says cancerous tumor successfully removed in surgery in Cuba

    Chavez says cancerous tumor successfully removed in surgery in Cuba

    02/07/2011 05:00

    Venezuelan President Huge Chavez said on Thursday night that he had a second surgery recently in Cuba, which successfully removed a cancerous tumor. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez addresses the nation during a televised speech on June 30, 2011....

  • UN peacekeepers brought cholera to Haiti: study 

    30/06/2011 05:00

    Health workers arrive at a tent city on the outskirts of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to recover the body of a cholera victim in 2010. UN peacekeepers from Nepal brought the strain of cholera to Haiti responsible for an epidemic that has...

  • Russia to supply nuclear submarine to India: RIA 

    30/06/2011 05:00

    Russia will deliver a nuclear submarine to India by the end of the year, Russia’s navy chief was quoted as saying on Friday by state news agency RIA. India sees Russia as a strategic counterweight to China but New Delhi...

  • US court strikes down minor violent video game ban 

    27/06/2011 05:00

    Mature video games are shown in this photograph taken in Encinitas. Governments cannot ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors because it would violate free-speech rights, the US Supreme Court said on Monday in its first...

  • Philippines launches eco-friendly nuclear tourism 

    27/06/2011 05:00

    A man paddles his wooden boat nearby the Bataan Nuclear Power plant in Morong town. In a fresh but ambiguous take on ecotourism, travelers in the Philippines can visit a remote turtle sanctuary and then venture into the heart of a nearby...

  • U.S. Fed downgrades growth forecast this year

    U.S. Fed downgrades growth forecast this year

    24/06/2011 05:00

    The U.S. economy is expected to grow between 2.7 to 2.9 percent this year, a downward revision from the April forecast, which saw growth possibly at 3.1 to 3.3 percent, said the Federal Reserve in a statement on Wednesday. U.S. Federal Reserve...

  • UN General Assembly elects Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser as president

    UN General Assembly elects Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser as president

    24/06/2011 05:00

    The UN General Assembly on Wednesday elected Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, permanent representative of the state of Qatar as the president of its 66th Session, which is due to open this September. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, permanent...

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