India proposes reprocessing unit to save N-deal
WASHINGTON, June 10: India has proposed setting up a special unit to reprocess spent atomic fuel under international safeguards in a bid to salvage a civilian nuclear deal with the United...
Immigration bill alive and well: White House
WASHINGTON, June 10: The White House insisted on Sunday that radical plans to overhaul the US immigration system were not dead, amid calls for Republicans and Democrats to work hard to save a controversial bill....
Taliban ‘radio boss’ surrenders
KABUL, June 10: The former head of the Taliban regime''s radio station and spokesman for its leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, met the media on Sunday after surrendering to the Afghan government under an amnesty scheme....
Sarkozy poised for landslide victory
PARIS, June 10: French conservatives were headed for a parliamentary landslide after elections on Sunday, bolstering President Nicolas Sarkozy''s plans to implement wide-ranging reforms....
Sultan of Brunei’s daughter weds
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Brunei), June 10: Diamonds sparkled and cannons boomed on Sunday as a daughter of one of the world''s longest-reigning monarchs, the Sultan of Brunei, wed a civil servant in a lavish traditional ceremony....
Improvised explosive defeat?
WASHINGTON: The photographs gathered by The Post each month in a gallery called Faces of the Fallen are haunting. The soldiers are so young, enlisted men and women mostly, usually dressed in the uniforms they wore in Iraq and Afghanistan....
S. Korea weighs up 20 years of democracy
SEOUL: South Korea has developed a vigorous democracy since mass protests 20 years ago ended decades of authoritarian rule, but analysts say a widening income gap is breeding disenchantment....
If the net is killing newspapers, why are they doing so well?
LONDON: Fed up with newspaper woe? Bored to distraction by dirges about digital demise? Then – like a dose of salts – try some quite exceptionally cheery statistics for a change: global newspaper sales up 2.3...
Russia’s economic boom
ST PETERSBURG: Chief executives from top global companies, ignoring Moscow’s strained relations with the West, hailed Russia’s prospects at a weekend investment forum and signed some $13.5...