TAIPEI : Taiwan's overall exports may taken a beating from the economic crisis, but its agricultural products are bucking the trend, reporting an increase of more than 12 per cent last year. Among the biggest buyers is mainland China, which

LIMA, Peru : Peru's ex-president Alberto Fujimori, sentenced in April to 25 years prison for authorizing a secret army hit squad, appeared in court on Monday facing fresh corruption charges. Fujimori, president from 1990 to 2000, is charged with illegally

UNITED NATIONS : Warning that "the world is watching," UN chief Ban Ki-moon pressed Myanmar's military rulers Monday to deliver on their pledge to ensure "inclusive, free and fair" elections next year. "The (Myanmar) government needs to deliver on the

UNITED NATIONS - Myanmar is preparing an amnesty for political prisoners on humanitarian grounds so they can contest next year's general elections, the country's UN ambassador said Monday. "At the request of the (UN) Secretary General (Ban Ki-moon), the Myanmar

TAIPEI - An undersea earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale rocked Taiwan early Tuesday, shaking people from bed, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake hit at 2:05 am (1805 GMT Monday), causing buildings

Congress said that the Left considers itself a notch above the rest and is supposedly cadre based, more disciplined and has been preaching others on issues of corruption.

SC has granted time to the UP govt to file its response to CBI’s counter-affidavit in disproportionate assets case against Chief Minister Mayawati.

Government will "not dilute" the presence of Army in Jammu and Kashmir till the situation did not stabilise there, said Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju.

A day after six people were killed when an under-construction bridge of Delhi Metro collapsed in New Delhi, at least six persons were injured in another accident at the same site.

Government asserted that India was not worried by decision of G-8 nations to curb transfer of some sensitive nuclear technology to non-NPT nations.

ArmInfo. Armavia Company has opened a new Yerevan-Batumi flight. As Armavia President Mikhail Baghdasarov told ArmInfo, the primary goal of the new flight is assurance of comfortable delivery of those wishing to have a rest in the resort town of

and his delegation comprising Assistant Secretary of State Phillip Gordon, US Ambassador to Armenia Maria Yovanovitch, and other officials.According to the presidential press service, welcoming the high guest, the President of Armenia said: "Armenia attaches great importance to further development

ArmInfo. Presidents of OSCE MG co-chair-countries Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev and Nicola Sarkozy released a joint statement on the Nagorno- Karabakh Conflict at the L'Aquila Summit of the Eight, July 10, 2009.'We, the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group's Co-Chair

ArmInfo. They in Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan have got what they want, Director of the Caucasus Institute, a political expert Alexander told ArmInfo when commenting on the joint statement by the presidents of Russia, USA and France on Nagorno Karabakh

ArmInfo. Ankara has welcomed a joint statement by OSCE MG co- chairs made at the L'Aquila Summit of the Eight, July 10, 2009.According to the Turkish media, the statement of Turkey's Foreign Ministry says: "The impression we got up to

One of the biggest impediments to the social acceptance of the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders (LGBT) is not so much laws and moral codes, but socio-cultural attitudes as institutionalised within language and jokes, which become the currency of the

South Korean news reports say country's spy agency obtained documents ordering N. Korean army unit to start attack

Tremor on Thursday destroyed more than 18,000 homes

A similar demonstration took place in Tokyo Sunday

Rehman Malik says investigation into role of accused is nearly complete and that based on evidence, 'culprits will be punished'