landslide buries seven people in Nepal
Kathmandu: Seven members of a family, including three children, have been buried alive when a landslide triggered by heavy
monsoon hit a remote village in eastern Nepal.
Negligence led to deadly China fire
Beijing: Negligence of duty was the reason for the fatal factory fire in China's northeastern Jilin Province which killed 120 employees while worker safety was a "total mess", a top official
said today.
want to run for
preZ, SAYS Suu Kyi
Aypyidaw: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today declared her intention to run for president, calling for all of the country’s people to share the fruits of its dramatic reforms.
Addressing the World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia in the capital Naypyidaw, the Nobel Peace laureate appealed for the amendment of the military-drafted constitution which prevents her from leading the country.
2 Indians robbed at Thai beach resort
Bangkok: Two Indian tourists in the Thai beach town of Pattaya, were allegedly forced to pay USD 1,400 after being threatened by a gang which claimed the jet skis used by the duo were damaged after use.
Indonesian hardliners to stop Miss World
Jakarta: Islamic hardliners vowed today to stop the "immoral" Miss World beauty pageant taking place in Indonesia even after organisers agreed this year's contestants would not wear bikinis.
Airstrike kills three, says guv; NATO denies
Kabul: The governor of an eastern Afghan province
alleges that a NATO airstrike killed three civilians and wounded seven, a
claim the US-led coalition is denying.
The governor of Kunar province, Sayed Fazelullah Wahidi, said today
that the three were killed in an overnight airstrike, which he claims
was carried out by a drone in the Noorgaram area of the Dara-i Peach district.
The US-led alliance says it has no operational reporting to support
the allegation made by Wahidi.
Russia arrests suspect in foiled terror attack
Moscow, Jun 6 (AP) Russia's counter-terrorism agency said special
forces have today arrested a man it says planned a terrorist attack
on Moscow that the agency foiled last month.
The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement that troops
from the Federal Security Service, or FSB, arrested Yulai Davletbayev
in suburban Moscow this morning.
Bomb attack kills two soldiers in Tunisia: military
Tunis, June 6 (AFP) A roadside bomb targeting a Tunisian army vehicle
killed two soldiers and wounded two others today in Mount Chaambi,
near the border with Algeria, the military said.
"At around 7:45 am, two soldiers were killed and two others wounded
when a device exploded as their vehicle passed by in the area of
Doghra of Mount Chaambi," said spokesman Mokhtar Ben Nasr.
Mount Chaambi is in rugged area close to the border with Algeria
where the Tunisian military has been hunting Qaeda-linked militants
since December.
5 get death sentence for murdering Hindu leader in B'desh
From Anisur Rahman
Dhaka, Jun 6 (PTI) Five people have been sentenced to death and
three others handed down life term by a Bangladesh court for murdering
a Hindu leader 13 years ago.
District and sessions Judge of Bagerhat S M Solaiman handed down
the sentences in absentia yesterday as seven of the convicts were
still on the run, court officials said today.
Nine people were acquitted in the case.