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 Road accidents claim more lives, as 51 people died and several others were injured in two brutal crashes on the unsafe Indian roads. A first accident occurred in the southern Andhra Pradesh state when a van carrying several people that were attending a weeding collided with a speeding truck. 23 persons were killed and 25 others...
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 The violence continues in the Philippines as the citizens went to polls on Monday to choose their representatives in the government and the local officials. The election campaign turned the southeastern Asian country into a war zone, more than 110 people being killed in the violence. A high number of security forces tried to ensure the...
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 A powerful dust storm swept the northern state of Uttar Pradesh Friday night leaving behind at least 27 dead and dozens injured, local media reported. Most of the people died in the Sultanpur district, police officials informed. Nine people were killed when trees fell on their houses, as 15 others died in different parts of the district...
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 Its celebration time throughout the country, as thousands of people marked the 150th anniversary since India’s first independence war.Exactly 150 years ago a group of sepoys (Indian soldiers serving in the armies of the British East India Company) turned against their superior officers and after a march from Meerut to Delhi, they...
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 A F-5F fighter jet belonging to the Taiwanese Force crashed Friday into a storehouse on a military camp in western region of Taiwan, killing the pilots and two other soldiers on the ground. The plane was taking part in a military drill that simulated a Chinese attack on Taiwan. Two other Singapore soldiers were severely injured on the...
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 After a long period of unrest the southeastern Asian country is set to elect a new president. The final run-off will take place between the current Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta and the president of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Francisco Guterres. The two candidates came close in the first round...
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 Asia’s largest air carrier posted a loss of 135.7 billion dollars for 2006, the second year in which the airline is losing ground to the competition. Severe rules forced the carrier to cut tax refunds from its profit sheet, causing it to go down for a consecutive year. Even so, revenues from domestic passengers rose with 15.6 per cent,...
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 A homemade bomb exploded near a market in the southern city of Tacurong late Tuesday, killing three people on the spot and wounding at least 30 others. Five of the wounded died Wednesday in the hospital. The blast was attributed to the Jemaah Islamiyah militants by the authorities. The militants have been linked with the al-Qaeda...
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 The foreign ministries of Russia and China denied Tuesday a report by Amnesty International, which accused Russia and China, both UN Security Council members, of supplying millions of dollars of weapons and aircraft which have been used by the Sudanese Government to attack civilian villages in Darfur.The Amnesty International report...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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