China fake tickets case: India steps in
| Indian officials approached the Public Security Bureau of the Chinese government with regard to the case of 150-odd Indian students, who have been sold air tickets that did not work at the check-in counters at Beijing and Shanghai airports. |
86 indicted for coup bid in Turkey
A Turkish prosecutor indicted 86 people on charges of plotting to overthrow a government accused by militant secularists of leading Turkey by stealth towards Islamic rule. B'desh incorporating 'no' vote option
The draft law has suggested that voters should be allowed to cast "no" votes if they do not find any of the contestants worthy of their votes.Russian laser show blinds revellers
Dozens of young revellers were blinded by a laser show at a dance and music festival near Moscow last week and doctors fear the damage may be irreparable. Australia: 'World's oldest blogger' dies
Australian Olive Riley, considered the world's oldest blogger, has died. She was 108.Indian students stranded in China
Nearly 150 Indian medical students are stranded in airports and other places in China after discovering that the air tickets they bought were fakes. 'No Mideast peace without Syria'
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that talks with Damascus were key to solving problems in the Middle East, during a visit to France.Reform talk: Obama woos Hispanics
Obama promised Hispanic Americans, a key voting bloc, to press for immigration reform and improved access to health care in his first year if elected to the White House. Scores of US kids in Pak madrassas
A Pakistani filmmaker has launched a campaign to secure the release of 78 US teens from a Taliban-backed madrassa in the country.
