JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that creative thinking was needed to end the decades-old conflict with the Palestinians.Washington meanwhile announced that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would travel to the region later this month for the first

SEOUL: North Korea has finished preparing for a key meeting of its ruling communist party, a South Korean official said Monday, but there was still no indication when it would get under way.  The conference, the first of its type since 1966, is widely expected to confirm the youngest

TOKYO: More than six in ten Japanese want Prime Minister Naoto Kan to win his party leadership battle with powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa, polls showed Monday. In a survey conducted at the weekend by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, 66 percent of voters said Kan would be a better choice than

Patna: Maoist guerrillas released three Bihar policemen Monday, seven days after they were abducted from Lakhisarai district, said state police chief Neelmani who added that they were safe and healthy."The three policemen have been freed by the Maoists. They are safe and healthy. They

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces were under the spotlight Monday after a coordinated suicide attack on an army complex killed 12 people, with US troops among those who fired back in a bid to repel the operation.American involvement in the response to Sunday`s attack was the first reported

TAIPEI: Taiwan has rejected a claim by the Chinese communist party that it played the major role in defending China from Japan`s invasion during the Second World War, it was reported Sunday.Taipei says the Kuomintang was the ruling party of China during the eight-year Sino-Japan War,

KATHMANDU: Nepal`s parliament failed for the sixth time to elect a prime minister on Sunday, as the house speaker warned of a "serious crisis" if a new government is not in place soon.The country has been without a government since June 30, when former prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal

KARACHI: Pakistani authorities were Sunday trying to protect another town from floodwaters in southern Sindh province, as the nation continues to grapple with its worst natural disaster in living memory.A month after monsoons caused devastating floods throughout the country, submerging an

COPIAPO, Chile: Chilean miners trapped deep below ground mark a grim milestone Sunday -- a full month since a cave-in cut off their escape route to the surface.But officials warned it may take even longer to rescue them.On Saturday, the 33 men for the first time got to speak to their

KATHMANDU: Nepal`s parliament will on Sunday hold its sixth vote to try to elect a new prime minister and end a two-month leadership vacuum in the troubled Himalayan nation.Nepal has been without a government since June 30, when former prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal stood down under

GUATEMALA CITY: President Alvaro Colom declared a national emergency in Guatemala after weeks of driving rains triggered landslides Saturday that killed 10 people on a bus and four inside a home."Top priority at present is dealing with this emergency. There are no funds left to deal with

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand braced for more destruction Sunday as aftershocks and an approaching storm threatened an area of the country hit by the most devastating earthquake in decades.Prime Minister John Key said it was "a miracle" no one had died when the major 7.0 magnitude quake

 Sana`a (Yemen): Security forces have arrested 14 suspected members of the terrorist network Al Qaeda in a massive crackdown on the group in the restive southern town of Loudar, the Interior Ministry said early Sunday."Fourteen suspected Al Qaeda affiliates have been captured during a

RAMALLAH:  The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.The Iranian president, "who does not represent the Iranian people, who falsified elections and took power by

Calcutta: This Sunday is the 13th death anniversary of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, more popularly known as Mother Teresa, considered “the most admired person of the 20th century.”Thousands of pilgrims and devotees are expected to gather at the Mother House of the Missionaries of

Yangon: Myanmar`s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has advised her now defunct political party to sue the ruling junta for forcing its dissolution, opposition sources said Sunday.Suu Kyi, who is serving an 18-month sentence under house arrest, gave her legal advice to her team of lawyers,

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan:  A US drone strike on Saturday killed eight militants including three foreign fighters in Pakistan`s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said.The strike targeted a militant compound in Datta Khel village in North Waziristan district, a

DUBLIN: Three people were arrested after protesters threw eggs and shoes at former British Prime Minister Tony Blair when he arrived to sign copies of his memoir at a bookshop in Dublin on Saturday, national broadcaster RTE said.No injuries were reported and the missiles did not hit

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office has said.It comes after a plan to engage militants in a reconciliation process was endorsed by tribal leaders in June.For the past nine years, the Taliban have been fighting to overthrow

SOUTH YARMOUTH: Tropical Storm Earl barreled toward Canada past the northeastern US state of Massachusetts early Saturday after it weakened further and lost its hurricane status.But it still lashed the US East Coast with heavy rains and strong winds.Residents in North Carolina were