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'Nearly 100,000' Chinese new year travellers stranded 02 Feb 2016 - 10:56 am

Passengers wait to enter a railway station after bad weather delays trains in southern China in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, February 1, 2016. Reuters/China ...

Iowa caucuses leave Republican and Democratic contests far from settled 02 Feb 2016 - 10:53 am

Supporters watch a TV displaying the results of the voting polls of the Republican Caucuses at the Sheraton in West Des Moines, Iowa,...

DCW summons to Delhi Police on 'crucial data' 02 Feb 2016 - 10:47 am

Delhi Commission for Women has requested for data on crime against women in the capital from Delhi Police. New Delhi: The DCW has...

Defence park approved for Kerala 02 Feb 2016 - 10:39 am

Thiruvanathapuram: The proposal for setting up a Rs.231 crore defence components park in Kerala's Palakkad district, an official said on Tuesday. The Kerala...

Hoax calls prompt evacuations at Australian schools 02 Feb 2016 - 10:19 am

Police took emergency measures as precaution in schools Sydney: Threatening phone messages which prompted evacuations and lockdowns at Australian schools Tuesday appeared to...

Indian minister wants compulsory prenatal sex tests 02 Feb 2016 - 10:05 am

Women and Child Welfare minister Maneka Gandhi, works on a computer before an interview with Reuters at her office in New Delhi, India,...

British tourist trampled to death by Thai elephant 02 Feb 2016 - 09:46 am

Bangkok: A British tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant on the Thai tourist island of Koh Samui, police said Tuesday,...

Huckabee, O'Malley to end White House bids 02 Feb 2016 - 09:44 am

Des Moines, United States: Republican White House hopeful Mike Huckabee Monday suspended his campaign after winning barely two percent in the Iowa caucuses...

Five Tanzanians arrested after British pilot killed: president 02 Feb 2016 - 09:40 am

Tanzania president John Magufuli. Reuters Dar es Salaam: Tanzanian president John Magufuli has condemned the killing of a British conservationist after his helicopter...

Date by date, the US election year ahead 02 Feb 2016 - 09:36 am

A child plays with a toy during a Democratic Party Caucus at Jackson Township Fire Station on February 1, 2016 in Keokuk, Iowa....

Cruz tops Trump, Clinton pushed hard in Iowa caucuses 02 Feb 2016 - 09:28 am

US Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz greets supporters after winning Iowa's much coveted caucus, the first-in-the-nation electoral event of the 2016 presidential election,...

Tensions rise in Sweden after killing of asylum centre worker 02 Feb 2016 - 09:23 am

Stockholm: Masked men chased migrants in Stockholm this weekend in a rare act of overt violence against refugees, but one that reflects smouldering...

Honduras declares national emergency over Zika virus 02 Feb 2016 - 09:20 am

Health ministry personnel fumigate a classroom against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, vector of the dengue, Chikungunya and Zika viruses in Tegucigalpa, , on...

No charges over girl dying after 'choking on Kinder Surprise toy' 02 Feb 2016 - 09:14 am

Toulouse, France: French prosecutors on Monday said no criminal charges would be brought against Italian confectionery giant Ferrero over allegations a three-year-old girl...

Syria donors meet in London in bid to stem refugee crisis 02 Feb 2016 - 09:13 am

London: World leaders will gather in London on Thursday to try to raise $9 billion (8.3 billion euros) for the millions of Syrians...

Five Czech men freed after Lebanon kidnap ordeal 02 Feb 2016 - 09:01 am

The foreign minister of Czech Republic addresses reporters about the kidnap back in mid-July (AFP) Prague: Five Czech men who were kidnapped in...

Erdogan woos Latin America 02 Feb 2016 - 08:59 am

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean building, in Santiago, Chile,...