DAKAR, March 3, 2010 - US researchers have begun collecting tissue samples from thousands of pregnant women in an effort to learn what causes stillbirths

 COLOMBO - Street protests that erupted in Colombo and other cities following the February 8 arrest of defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka have yet to gain wider support from non-political groups.

INDIA - India and Pakistan began their first official talks since the Mumbai attacks, a meeting that is unlikely to lead to an immediate breakthrough but may help thaw relations.

NEW DELHI, (January 12) - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was on Tuesday honoured with the coveted Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development and said the two countries should work together to achieve peace and progress in South Asia.

NEW DELHI -  Cold wave conditions over North India show no signs of abating with rainfall in many areas and snowfall in the hills over the last two bringing down the temperatures drastically.

Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling.

Police Say Pakistani Father, Son Operating Money Transfer Office Provided Support for Last Year's Terror Attack in India Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Police images of two men identified as Mohammad Yaqub Janjua, 60 (left), and his son, Aamer Yaqub Janjua, 31, both of Pakistan, were arrested November 21, 2009 in an early morning raid in Brescia, Italy, where they managed a money transfer agency.

Mumbai: A year has gone by since the devastating 26/11 terror attacks, but the city is still vulnerable and people far from secure, says well-known author and columnist Shobhaa De.

YUBA CITY (California): Yuba City, which became the first Indian settlement in the US and is now known as the first Punjabi village in this country, got its first Sikh mayor this week.

Forty-four-year-old Kash (Kashmir) Gill was Tuesday night sworn as the new mayor of the city as hundreds of Indians attended his oath-taking ceremony. People were treated to Indian delicacies, including samosas, chana masala and sweets, amid Punjabi music.

INDIA - A leader of India's Maoist rebels has said they are ready to begin talks with the government if some of their top leaders are released from custody.

KATHMANDU -  (Jan 9) Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has claimed that he has been receiving death threats, especially after the Maoist party decided to fight for “national independence”.

Kareena Shaline of Mumbai, Romi of Manipur and Padmini of Coimbatore, Tamilnadu were declared first, second and third at MISS INDIA contest for the Transgender Community held in Chennai on December 19, 2009.

Ishara Kodikara I AFP VAVUNIYA: Sri Lanka said Saturday it would grant free movement to the remaining war-displaced civilians held in internment camps, meeting a key demand of the international community.

MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday.

INDIA - Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary, US Department of Energy met Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah here today. The meeting discussed various areas of cooperation in the field of renewable energy.