• WikiLeaks founder to meet British police 

    06/12/2010 05:00

    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks at the United Nations Office in Geneva in early November. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is arranging to meet with British police, his lawyer has said, as the net tightened around the man...

  • East Asia heading for economic slowdown, warns ADB 

    06/12/2010 05:00

    East Asia will post slower growth next year due to a wobbly US recovery, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned Tuesday, adding that greater exchange rate cooperation could help safeguard the region. The fragile...

  • Norwegian Wood to hit local cinemas

    04/12/2010 05:00

    Norwegian Wood directed by Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung, who resides in France, based on the best-selling novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, will reach Asian audiences later this month. The film will first hit...

  • U.S. puts off launch of Discovery till February

    U.S. puts off launch of Discovery till February

    04/12/2010 05:00

    The launch of space shuttle Discovery will be belayed until February, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Friday. Space shuttle Discovery’s launch “has been targeted for no...

  • Israeli fire wounds local worker near Gaza border

    Israeli fire wounds local worker near Gaza border

    04/12/2010 05:00

    Israeli shootings on Palestinians near Gaza’s borders continued Friday, wounding one local worker collecting gravel in northern Gaza Strip. Fire fighters put out a forest fire in Tirat Carmel near the northern city of Haifa...

  • Death toll in Russian plane accident rises to three

    Death toll in Russian plane accident rises to three

    04/12/2010 05:00

    One more passenger of the Tu-154 plane that made an emergency landing in Moscow’s Domodedovo airport died in hospital late Saturday, raising the death toll of the accident to three, local media reported citing a source. An...

  • Bedbugs may flood Los Angeles: report

    Bedbugs may flood Los Angeles: report

    04/12/2010 05:00

    Already troubled by as many as 55 bedbug cases a month, Los Angeles County would see an explosion of the problem during the holiday season, a newspaper report said on Saturday. “L.A.’s slow trickle of bedbugs may...

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