NewDelhi: Afterunprecedenteddisruptionsandhighdrama, the RajyaSabha on Tuesdayeveningfinallypassed the historicWomen's ReservationBillreservingone-thirdseats for women in Parliament
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- PresidentHuJintao on Sundayurged the Chinesewomen to contributemore to the country's developmentandmodernization on the eve of the 100thanniversary of the InternationalWomen's Day.
FORWARDOPERATINGBASEFRONTENAC, Afghanistan, March 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of DefenceRobertGatestoldtroops in southernAfghanistan on Tuesday they wouldsoon be part of a
CANBERRA(Reuters) - A leadingSoutheast Asianmilitant, wanted for the 2002 Balibombings, was the mankilled in policeraids in Jakarta, Indonesia's PresidentSusiloBambangYudhoyonosaid on
JERUSALEM — Vice PresidentJoseph R. BidenJr. arrived inIsrael on Monday, culminating a two-monthprocession of high-rankingAmericansseeking to restartIsraeli-Palestinianpeacetalksandpersuade
Burma's militaryjuntarevealed the details of itsnewelectionlawstoday, paving the way for the country's firstpollssince 1990. However the governmentindicated it would
LONDON (Reuters) - Britishretailsalesrecoveredlastmonth from January's snow-relatedslide, helped by strongsales of clothingandfootwear, a survey by the BritishRetail
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Greece, pressing forcurbs on financialspeculation it blames forworsening the country's debtcrisis, said onTuesday the ideawould be examined by the Group of 20 leadingpowers at their nextsummit.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's sovereigncreditprofile has deterioratedbut the country was stillwithintolerance of a triple-A rating, FitchRatingssaid onTuesday. FullArticle
SHANGHAI(Reuters) - China's appetite for importedcoalwillprovide a solidfloor for globalprices of the commodity this year, butitsimportsmaymisslastyear's peak as price-sensitivebuyersshy from reboundingprices.
ChancellorAlistairDarlingshouldbalance the publicfinancessoonerthanplannedbut is right to avoidbigcuts this year, the Confederation of BritishIndustrysays.
The government took the right measures at the right time to weather the global economic slump, says State Bank of Vietnam Governor Nguyen Van Giau said, giving kudos to the interest rate subsidy program.
Dung Quat, Vietnam’s first oil refinery, has produced a total of two million tons of oil products, 1.7 tons of which have been sold, says a senior official.
National carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on Wednesday it would open direct flights from Hanoi to Myanmar’s Yangon city, also known as Rangoon, beginning March 2.
BANGKOK (AP) -- Tests conducted by Thailand's government have found that British-made bomb detectors it bought for a total of $21 million have an accuracy rate of only 20 percent, but they will continue to be used, officials said Tuesday.
It weighsalmost a tonne, has costmore than $2bnand, in 2013, it will be lowered on to the surface of Mars with a landingsystem that has neverbeentriedbefore..
The Mekong River was once a wild and primitive backwater. Today, growing demands for electricity and rapid economic growth are changing the character of what is the world's 12th-longest river.
February 8, 2009 (visitsurin.com) นายธงชัย มุ่งเจริญพร นายก อบจ.สุรินทร์ นายสุรพล โชติโสภณ ที่ปรึกษาชมรมธุรกิจท่องเที่ยวสุรินทร์ นายปรีชา วรเศรษฐสิน ประธานชมรมธุรกิจท่องเที่ยวสุรินทร์ ได้ต้อนรับคณะของคุณ Nancy Abraham (The President of the Alexander Abraham foundation) จากสหรัฐอเมริกา คุณแสงเดือน ชัยเลิศ แห่งElephant Nature park (ประธานบริษัท เจมส์ ทราเวลล์ และนักอนุรักษ์ช้าง ผู้ก่อตั้งศูนย์บริบาลช้าง ตำบลกึ๊ดช้าง อำเภอแม่แตง...More