Mcot

As my hometown gears up for the 2012 Olympic Games, its inhabitants are split between whether the event will be a giant money spinner or a massive hole in the pocket.
Read more »

BEIJING: Some families of those killed in China's train crash are refusing compensation until its cause is made clear, a report said Thursday, reflecting public anger with official handling of the accident.
Read more »

UNITED NATIONS: The United States and North Korea hold talks Thursday on how to improve ties and the North's secretive atomic weapons program, after Pyongyang warned a US missile defense shield would set off a new nuclear arms race.
Read more »

MANILA: The toll from tropical storm Nock-ten has risen with at least 31 dead and 27 others missing in the Philippines which has been hit by heavy rains, rough seas and landslides, authorities said Thursday.
Read more »

SEOUL: A South Korean woman who was allegedly stabbed repeatedly by her husband and pushed down a 100-metre (330 feet) cliff survived the attacks and reported him to police.
Read more »

SHANGHAI: The Chinese company that designed the signaling equipment blamed for a deadly train crash in eastern China apologised on Thursday over the accident, which has stirred up fierce public anger.
Read more »

SEOUL: Two people were killed when an Asiana Airlines cargo plane crashed Thursday off South Korea's southern island of Jeju after a fire broke out in the hold, an official said.
Read more »

BEIJING: China sought to downplay the capability of its first aircraft carrier on Wednesday, saying the vessel would be used for training and "research", amid concerns over the country's military build-up.
Read more »

BEIJING: The Chinese cabinet on Wednesday ordered that the results of an investigation into a deadly high-speed train crash be made public, amid a growing outcry over official handling of the accident.
Read more »

UNITED NATIONS: North Korea said on Wednesday, ahead of landmark talks with the United States, that a US missile defence shield will set off a new nuclear arms race.
Read more »

HANOI: Southeast Asian naval chiefs pledged closer cooperation on Wednesday as they held their first formal talks amid regional concern over China's activities in the South China Sea.
Read more »

TOKYO: Japanese women remained the world's longest-living last year, although their average life expectancy edged down slightly to 86.39 years, the government said on Wednesday.
Read more »

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: The mayor of Kandahar, the biggest city in southern Afghanistan and the birthplace of the Taliban movement, was killed in a suicide attack on Wednesday, police said.
Read more »

BEIJING: China has demanded that the United States stop spy plane flights near the Chinese coast, saying they have "severely harmed" trust between the two countries, state-run media reported Wednesday.
Read more »

OSLO, July 27, 2011 - A far-right that vaunts anti-immigration, Islamophobia and the welfare state has taken hold in Nordic countries, playing on the fears of societies that are less and less blond and blue eyed.
Read more »

SEOUL: Landslides triggered by torrential rain in South Korea have killed a total of 18 people, police and a rescue agency said Wednesday.
Read more »

MANILA, July 27, 2011 - Millions of people in the Philippines were Wednesday bracing for a ferocious tropical storm that had already claimed 14 lives and submerged vast tracts of land in more remote parts of the country.
Read more »

SIEM REAP, July 27, 2011 - Pictures of hundreds of former volunteers line the walls of a muddy courtyard in Cambodia's tourist hub of Siem Reap, their faces once familiar to the orphans playing there but now long gone.
Read more »

SEOUL: North Korea's vice foreign minister Kim Kye-Gwan expressed hope that ties with Washington would improve as he arrived in New York for rare talks with US officials, Yonhap news agency reported.
Read more »

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's first woman foreign minister urged India and Pakistan to shed the "burden" of history as she arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday for peace talks between the nuclear-armed rivals.
Read more »

A karaoke staff in Nongprue was shot by two teens leading to serious injuries. Police assumes that the shooting was triggered by a love affair and a revenge by the victim's rival
Read more »

From $40,000 bath knobs to military-grade defense systems, these floating palaces rival even the most luxurious homes.
Read more »

PERTH, July 25, 2011 - A four-wheel-drive tour bus carrying mostly Singaporeans has rolled down a sand dune north of Perth in Australia, leaving five injured people in hospital on Monday, police said.
Read more »

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik appears before an Oslo judge on Monday, seeking show-trial celebrity as the once placid Nordic nation mourns the 93 weekend victims lying in city morgues.
Read more »

Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples excitedly became the first to tie the knot Sunday as a New York state law took effect and was hailed as a milestone toward legalizing gay marriage nationwide.
Read more »

LONDON, July 23, 2011 - Police said it was inappropriate to speculate on the circumstances of Amy Winehouse's death on Saturday, following reports that the troubled British soul singer died of a drug overdose.
Read more »

OSLO, July 24, 2011 - The suspect in Norway's twin attacks that killed at least 92 people admitted responsibility and said the carnage was long planned as the nation mourned victims of its worst violence since World War II.
Read more »

BEIJING : China said Friday that 279 people died in natural disasters in June and another 93 had gone missing, as the country was hit by floods, mudslides and earthquakes.
Read more »

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh : At least 12 people were killed and more feared missing on Friday after three days of heavy rain triggered landslides near a slum in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong, police said.
Read more »

An Indonesian gang witha rented car stole money from people who had just withdrawn their cash. The most recent victim was Chaipattana Foundation in Chiangmai
Read more »