International

At least 16 worshippers hurt in Vienna shooting
24/05/2009 05:00
Policemen stands in front of a house in Vienna’s Rudolfsheim district, housing an Indian temple, following a shooting Sunday May 24, 2009, inside the building. A shooting was occurred in the Austrian capital Vienna on Sunday, which caused at least...
Wolfsburg crowned 1st Bundesliga title
23/05/2009 05:00
Wolfsburg claimed its first ever top title of German Bundesliga on Saturday after they swept Werder Bremen 5-1 at home during the last round of this season’s Bundesliga game. Vfl Wolfsburg’s team captain Josue (C) and his team mates present the...
M. K. Nepal elected new PM of Nepal
23/05/2009 05:00
Madhav Kumar Nepal, a senior leader and Standing Committee Member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) was elected new prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on Saturday. Madhav Kumar Nepal smiles...
Obama names first African American NASA chief
23/05/2009 05:00
U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday picked a former astronaut as the first African American head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Astronaut Charles F. Bolden Jr. seen in NASA handout photo from 1991.(Xinhua/Reuters...
Chinese mainland confirms eighth A/H1N1 flu case
23/05/2009 05:00
China’s Health Ministry confirmed Sunday that a two-year-old girl in eastern Fujian Province, who returned from the United States with her family via Hong Kong tested positive for the A/H1N1 flu. Photo taken on May 23, 2009 shows the hospital where...
ECB said to have debated $170 billion asset package in May
23/05/2009 05:00
The European Central Bankâs Governing Council discussed a package of asset purchases worth about â¬125 billion ($170 billion) this month, more than twice the amount finally agreed upon, people briefed on the...
S Koreans pay respect to ex-president
23/05/2009 05:00
Thousands streamed to a village in rural South Korea on Sunday to pay their respects to ex-President Roh Moo-hyun, a day after he killed himself by jumping off a rocky cliff overlooking his home. Aides and relatives of former South Korean President...