KABUL -- President Hamid Karzai put a brave face Thursday on President Obama's decision to start pulling out troops in mid-2011, telling The Associated Press in his first public response that it will push Afghans to take control of their own... Full Article at Pittsburgh Entertainment
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Secret Service accepted full responsibility Thursday for last week's security breach at President Obama's first state dinner, but he said that the president and Vice President Joe Biden were never in danger from a... Full Article at Pittsburgh Entertainment
...mountain plateau in the shadow of Mount Everest on Friday to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas. Full Article at The Age
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- While Japanese auto shares make their uneven recovery from lows earlier in the year, the car makers' ability to win in the lower-emission vehicle arena may be one key to what lies down the road for their share... Full Article at MarketWatch
...intense combat seen in more than three decades of nonstop conflict in Afghanistan. Full Article at The Washington Post
...over to Assam police in whose custody they are lodged at present. Full Article at DNA India
Dinesh Shrestha is a photojournalist. But he is not a mainstream photographer like others. What he does, he claims, is “mission journalism.” And according to this mission journalism, people like him work for a specific purpose. Full Article at Republica
...27, endangering the nation’s export-led recovery. “It would be good for the yen to weaken a little more,” Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in Tokyo today. Full Article at Bloomberg.com
S o Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has publicly scolded Prime Minister Stephen Harper for taking his time to ring the doorbell of the People's Republic of China, where they can displace a million people to build lavish white elephants for the Olympics and... Full Article at Globe and Mail
National Association of the Deaf (NAD) staged a massive dharna outside Planning Commission to press for the implementation of the provisions of 11th Five-Year Plan for the welfare of the deaf and disabled. Full Article at Webindia123