Beijing, Oct 29 (PTI) China, dubbed as the "factory of
the world," Wednesday said its emissions almost equalled that
of the U.S., the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide,

Astana (Kazakhstan), Oct 29 (PTI) India has showed
interest in setting up fertiliser plants here and shipping
back the produced farm nutrient for use in the sub-continent

T.V. Sriram

Islamabad, Oct 29 (PTI) More than 160 people were
killed, scores injured and around 15,000 left homeless as a
powerful earthquake jolted southwestern Pakistan early

Islamabad, Oct 29 (PTI) Taliban militants Wednesday
briefly took more than 100 children hostage at a school in
Pakistan's troubled northwestern tribal region before freeing

New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) Finance Minister P. Chidambaram
Wednesday met key regulators and policy makers to review the
impact of the global financial crisis on the country and

Kuala Lumpur, Oct 29 (PTI) Yoga may soon be outlawed in
Malaysia, if a prominent body of clerics which is planning to
issue a fatwa on the practice, has its way.

Islamabad, Oct 29 (PTI) Pakistan Wednesday asked the
U.S. to immediately stop missile attacks by drones in its
tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, saying they amounted to a

Dharam Shourie

Beijing, Oct 29 (PTI) China asked the Dalai Lama to
make "positive" responses and treasure the opportunity of a
new round of talks on the vexed Tibet issue here soon.