At least 30 people are feared dead after at a stampede at a Hindu temple in the western state of Rajasthan, local television reported on Tuesday. The stampede occurred at the Chamunda temple near the historic town of Jodhpur. Last month, a stampede outside a mountaintop Hindu temple in
The financial crisis convulsing Congress, Wall Street and the economy at large is a dramatic real-time test of presidential caliber - and Barack Obama appears to be besting John McCain. As the House of Representatives threw out an enormous bailout bill Monday, the latest polls showed the
At least 113 people were killed and scores injured Tuesday in a massive stampede at a Hindu temple in the western state of Rajasthan, a senior state official said. The disaster occurred as more than 25,000 worshippers clamoured to reach the 15th century Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur’s
The Naturalisation and Residency Departments (NRDs) across the country, have started implementing ministerial decision No322 of year 2008, regulating the entry of visitors into the country. The decision, which amends bylaws of the entry and residency law, stipulates that "no residency visa
Police in the Chinese province at the centre of a scandal over tainted milk powder have detained 22 people suspected of involvement in introducing the chemical melamine into the supply chain, state media said on Tuesday. Thousands of children have been hospitalised with kidney illnesses and
A car bomb exploded Monday near a military bus carrying troops on their way to work in northern Lebanon, killing at least five people and injuring 25, Lebanese security officials said. The officials said most of the casualties were soldiers. It was the second deadly attack targeting troops
UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei urged Iran on Monday to come clean on its contested atomic drive, saying it would be "good for Iran, good for the Middle East region and good for the whole world". "I urge Iran to implement all the transparency measures… required
Opposition candidates failed to win any seats with most results declared on Monday in a parliamentary election that Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko hopes will promote better relations with the West. Election officials said all 100 seats so far had gone to pro-government candidates,
A prisoner about to face questioning in a murder case was shot dead by a sniper from a hill overlooking his jail in southeast France, officials said. The suspected gunman, who was reported to have a police record for a number of burglaries, was arrested shortly afterwards with his gun still
British candy maker Cadbury has recalled 11 types of its Chinese-made chocolate as a precaution, the Hong Kong government said, becoming the latest foreign company affected by China?s tainted milk scandal. Cadbury Asia Pacific told the Hong Kong government?s Centre for Food Safety the