Report: 1/3 Nepali facing risk of Kala-azar

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

One-third of Nepal's population faces the risk of Kala-azar with numbers going up to 8,007,323 in 2007 from what was 5,616,489 in 2006, local newspaper The Himalayan Times quoted a government report on Tuesday. In 2001, some 5,500,1 ...

California records biggest jump in unemployment

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The unemployment rate in California, the most populous state in the United States, rocketed up by 0.6 percentage points in May - the largest one-month increase since the state began keeping records in 1976, a newspaper report said on Saturd ...

India, France to co-produce surface-to-air missiles

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

India and France plan to co-produce surface-to-air missiles (SAM) Maitri, which will be offered to the Indian Army for replacing the near-obsolete Russian SAMs, the Hindu newspaper reported Monday. "We have been assured of support a ...

Dad: Winehouse plagued by emphysema

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

British singer Amy Winehouse's father said his daughter has lung damage from smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes, according to the Sunday Mirror. Mitch Winehouse told the newspaper Amy has early stage emphysema and has been warned ...

California records biggest jump in unemployment

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

The unemployment rate in California, the most populous state in the United States, rocketed up by 0.6 percentage points in May - the largest one-month increase since the state began keeping records in 1976, a newspaper report said on Saturd ...

Kung Fu Panda release delayed in Sichuan to "appease quake survivors"

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

The premiere of Dreamworks' "Kung Fu Panda" was postponed in southwest China's Sichuan Province to "appease the survivors" of the May 12 earthquake, a Beijing-based newspaper reported on Friday. The film made its debut on Thursday i ...

SADC diplomats urges South Africa to probe reported sexual abuse of xenophobia victims

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Diplomats from members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have urged the South African government to investigate and urgently stop the reported sexual abuse of xenophobia victims in camps, the Post newspaper reported on Tu ...

Airline fares costlier in India due to rising fuel prices

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

With the prices of fuel rising by19 percent from Saturday midnight, India's airfares look set to goup, the Hindu newspaper reported Sunday. India's public sector oil companies raised air turbine fuel (ATF) prices from 58,387 rupees ...