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Vietnam launches plan on traffic safety in 2012

The Vietnamese government decided to make 2012 a "year for traffic safety" during which traffic regulations and orders ...

Chile struggles to control fires in famous national park

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Monday that massive forest fires in the Torres del Paine National Park in the ...

Study finds potential risk factor for developing dementia, alzheimer`s disease in women

A hormone derived from visceral fat called adiponectin may play a role as a risk factor for development of all-cause ...

Israel to construct barrier on Lebanese border

Israel plans to build a wall that would separate its northernmost town from a Lebanese village in a bid to quell ...

China`s railways carried 5.1 mln passengers in New Year`s Day

Over 5 million people traveled across China by train on New Year`s Day this year, the Ministry of Railways (MOR) said ...

Suicide blast rocks Afghan town, bomber killed, another injured

A suicide blast apparently targeted police post in Behsood district, Nangarhar province with Jalalabad as its capital ...

M:I - Ghost Protocol rules new year`s box office in N. America

Tom Cruise`s latest starrer " Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" extended its lead of the North America box office ...

Fatah says no peace talks before settlement activity halted

The central committee of the Palestinian Fatah movement said Sunday that there would be no peace talks unless Israel ...

WHO warns of lab-produced bird flu virus - (d)

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert on Friday, warning that studies undertaken by several institutions ...

Thailand`s 27 provinces declared cold disaster zones

A total of 27 provinces have been declared cold spell disaster zones since the annual big chill hit the country on ...

Shenzhen finds cancer-causing mildew in food

The food safety regulator in the southern city of Shenzhen said Friday it uncovered carcinogenic mildew-tainted ...

Iran dismisses U.S. warnings over Strait of Hormuz

A senior Iranian military commander dismissed on Thursday the U.S. warnings over Iranian threats to close Strait of ...

Inter-Korean factory complex closes temporarily for Kim`s funeral

North Korea is closing an inter-Korean factory park for two days to mark the funeral of its late leader Kim Jong-il, a ...

S. Korea activist pays respects to Kim during illegal visit to N. Korea

A progressive South Korean civic activist paid her respects to late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, the North`s state ...

Pakistan confirms death of 37 nationals in Indonesian ship sinking

Pakistan Tuesday confirmed that 37 of its nationals have died after a ship sank in waters off the Indonesian East Java ...