Scary Spice wins extension to Aussie paparazzo order Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown Thursday won an extension to a restraining order against a well-known Australian paparazzo ensuring he keeps his distance for at least another five months.
23 November 2012
We achieved another big victory: NazarbayevKazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev commented Kazakhstan’s victory after results of the voting of the International Exhibitions Bureau were announced on November 22.
23 November 2012
Indian govt and opposition face off as parliament opens India's shaky government and the opposition locked horns on Thursday as parliament re-opened for a crucial session that will see a recent string of pro-market reforms being hotly contested.
23 November 2012
Sudan disrupts security 'plot'; tanks seen in street Sudan's powerful intelligence service on Thursday said it had disrupted a "plot" to disturb the country's security, as a witness saw tanks moving in the streets of the capital.
23 November 2012
Trash from Everest recycled into sculpture Discarded oxygen cylinders, ropes, tents, beer cans and even the remains of a helicopter have been turned into sculpture to highlight waste littering the slopes of Mount Everest.
23 November 2012
Kazakhstan moves to close 'extremist' opposition, media Kazakhstan prosecutors on Wednesday called for the closure of several opposition parties and media outlets in the ex-Soviet state over their alleged extremist messages propagating regime change.
23 November 2012
Astana wins bid to host 2017 International Expo Kazakhstan is set to hold its first world fair after the Paris-based International Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) on Thursday chose it to host the Expo 2017.
Mumbai attacks gunman Kasab executed The sole surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks was executed on Wednesday, nearly four years after 166 people were killed in a three-day rampage through India's financial capital.
US 'alarmed' by security deterioration in DR Congo The US State Department late Tuesday said that Washington is "gravely alarmed" by the speed at which security is deteriorating in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
23 November 2012
S. Korea rocket launch set for Nov 29 South Korea plans to go ahead with a delayed rocket launch on Thursday next week in its third bid in four years to put a satellite into orbit.
Australia welcomes move to count Aussie as reserve currency Australia hailed as an endorsement of its economic strength Wednesday IMF moves to count its dollar as a foreign reserve currency, though its central bank chief downplayed it as a technicality.
22 November 2012
Aussie scientists un-discover Pacific island A South Pacific island identified on Google Earth and world maps does not exist, according to Australian scientists who went searching for the mystery landmass during a geological expedition.
22 November 2012
Toshiba unveils dog-like robot for Fukushima plant Japanese nuclear reactor maker Toshiba on Wednesday unveiled a remote-controlled robot resembling a headless dog that they hope will be used at the battered Fukushima power plant.