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Hundreds missing in Nepal storm
KATHMANDU: Dozens of people are feared dead and hundreds of people missing as a snowstorm hit a remote region of western Nepal. The missing persons, who had gone to collect Yarchagumba, a natural aphrodisiac, are trapped in the rugged ...

40 die in Iraq blasts
BAGHDAD: Eight U.S. soldiers were killed in roadside bombings and a helicopter crash in the restive Diyala province north of Baghdad, the military reported on Tuesday, making May the deadliest month of the year for U.S. troops in Iraq. At ...

Sri Lanka donors to follow new aid code
COLOMBO: The main donors to Sri Lanka have signed on a set of 10 "Guiding Principles for Humanitarian and Development Assistance in Sri Lanka" with a view to "impartially provide humanitarian and development help to citizens in need, not to fuel ...

Musharraf offered to "accommodate" Chaudhary
Affidavit: Pakistan Chief Justice was detained for five hours when he refused to resign

Human antibodies to combat bird flu
Trials halt strain of H5N1 in mice

Crackdown in Bangladesh
DHAKA: In a fresh crackdown on politicians, the army-led joint forces have arrested Awami League general secretary Abdul Jalil and other senior politicians belonging to both Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). From the BNP, ...

Death for corrupt Chinese official
BEIJING: A Chinese court sentenced the former head of the food and drug agency, Zheng Xiaoyu, to death on Tuesday, a move that comes at a time when Beijing is struggling to quell a wave of scandals pertaining to fake and adulterated medicines ...

Korea talks set to begin
PYONGYANG: A delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) left here on Tuesday for Seoul to attend the 21st Inter-Korean Ministerial Meeting, the DPRK's official news agency KCNA reported. The delegation is headed by chief ...

Need to consolidate peace process: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday told Rajya Sabha member Nirmala Deshpande that there was an urgent need to consolidate the India-Pakistan peace process with progress in conflict resolution. A statement from the ...

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