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Rwanda, Congo to hold summit
1 Nov 2008, 0305 hrs IST
| The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame, have agreed to attend an emergency summit on the crisis in Congo, the European Commission said. |
Pulitzer winner Studs Terkel dies
1 Nov 2008, 0753 hrs IST
Studs Terkel, a broadcaster, activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose best-selling oral histories celebrated the common people he liked to call the "non-celebrated," died at the age of 96.
Earthquake hits Papua New Guinea
1 Nov 2008, 0741 hrs IST
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii hasn't issued any type of alert following the earthquake.
In Somalia, pirates live like kings
1 Nov 2008, 0000 hrs IST , Jeffrey Gettleman
Boosaaso may be one of the most dangerous towns in Somalia, a place where you can get kidnapped faster than you can wipe off the sweat. But it is also one of the most prosperous.Berlin bids adieu to Tempelhof Airport
1 Nov 2008, 0000 hrs IST , Nicholas Kulish
Berliners turned out on Thursday to say their goodbyes to historic Tempelhof Airport, to share a few memories and to protest its closing one last time.1 in 7 US voters yet to make up mind
1 Nov 2008, 0000 hrs IST
Patrick Campbell worries Barack Obama will raise his taxes but thinks John McCain will send people off to war. He says that leaves him leaning toward Obama ... maybe.'Green burials' are a rage in UK
1 Nov 2008, 0000 hrs IST
UK residents are increasingly choosing "green" burial plots as their final resting place for ecological reasons and as space in more formal cemeteries fills up, experts say.China: Mum let off over 'mercy killing'
1 Nov 2008, 0000 hrs IST
A mother in China killed her severely disabled daughter by giving her sleeping pills then smothering her, but has avoided jail after a court deemed it an act of mercy.In pics: Halloween Day
31 Oct 2008, 2043 hrs IST
Germany's first gay channel starts
31 Oct 2008, 2201 hrs IST
Germany's first television station for gay men will go on air this week offering entertainment and news with homosexual themes via satellite and cable, the new TIMM channel said on Friday. |