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N. Korea blows up N-plant tower
SEOUL, June 27: North Korea on Friday blew up the cooling tower of its atomic reactor in a dramatic symbol of its commitment to nuclear disarmament, one day after handing over details of its atomic programmes....
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Gates leaves Microsoft after 33 years
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27: Bill Gates spent his last day at Microsoft on Friday before turning his attention full time to philanthropy after decades spent building the software colossus....
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Lankan govt claims destroying LTTE base
COLOMBO, June 27: The Sri Lankan military has claimed destroying a base of the Tamil Tigers and killing 50 guerillas in the northern Mullativu region....
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‘Incomplete’ script creates suspense: N. Korean paper handover
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration breathed easier when the prickly and unpredictable North Korean government stuck to its script and handed over long-delayed nuclear paperwork as planned....
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Mumbai trains claim 12 lives daily
MUMBAI: Every morning college student Siddhi Sarangdhar squeezes herself onto a Mumbai train and hopes she will survive the journey to school on the world’s busiestand deadliest rail network....
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Thai PM survives no-confidence vote
BANGKOK, June 27: Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundavarej survived a no-confidence motion on Friday, as expected, after three days of fiery debate that questioned his handling of the economy at a time of stuttering growth....
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Villagers clash with police at Indian car plant
KOLKATA, June 27: Indian police on Friday fired tear gas and beat villagers protesting land seizures who had tried to force their way into a factory owned by India’s Tata Motors....
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30,000 VW cars damaged by hailstorm
BERLIN, June 27: A hailstorm in northwestern Germany damaged up to 30,000 vehicles at a Volkswagen plant, causing losses that could amount to $157m, a spokesman said on Friday....
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Giant concert for Mandela birthday
LONDON, June 27: A star-studded cast of artists gathered on Friday to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday at a giant concert in London, in support of his global AIDS campaign....
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Powerful quake off Andamans
PORT BLAIR (India), June 27: An undersea earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck off India’s Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, causing people to flee their homes....
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Medvedev urges fresh start with EU
KHANTY-MANSIYSK (Russia), June 27: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for a fresh start in relations with the European Union on Friday, as the two sides held talks in Siberia on a new partnership accord....
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Rice’s rhetoric improves, but does it really matter?
LOS ANGELES: You’ve come a long way, baby....
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BD women no longer afraid of confrontation
DHAKA: With a rush of rain cooling the steamy night air, Nazima Akter, 33, hurried through the muddy, narrow alleyways of one of Dhaka’s many slums....
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Mars mission finds soil surprise
LOS ANGELES: The first chemistry results from Mars’ northern plain reveal an environment more hospitable to life than some scientists had predicted, one that might allow future colonists to grow crops as familiar on Earth as asparagus and green beans....
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‘War on terror’ masks oppression within families
LONDON: “I can’t tell people what is happening at home,” a new report by the NSPCC (the UK’s National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), draws long overdue attention...
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