LISBON: Many parents give their children too large or frequent doses of non-prescription medicines for fever, coughs and colds, putting their health at risk, according to an Australian study released Monday."Many children are being put at risk by parents’ over-use of widely-available

Quito: At least 42 people were killed and 11 injured Sunday in Ecuador when a bus carrying 53 passengers fell off a cliff, the Ecuadorian Red Cross said.The accident occurred Sunday morning in the Andean region of Ecuador, Xinhua reported.Most of the injured were in serious conditions and

MOSCOW: Nine elderly people died and one was injured Monday when flames swept through a retirement home in the Tver region northwest of Moscow, a local official of the emergencies ministry said, quoted by Russian news agencies.The fire broke out at 0105 GMT in the retirement home in the

SEOUL: A convoy believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il arrived at a train station in the Chinese industrial city of Harbin on Monday during his prolonged surprise trip to China, a report said.A convoy of 35 cars believed to be carrying Kim and his entourage left Tai Yang

RAMALLAH:  Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on television on Sunday Israel would be to blame if resumed direct talks with Israel failed over the Jewish settlements issue."I have to say, and we told all parties including the United States before accepting renewed talks, that the

JERUSALEM: Israel and the Palestinians are set to resume direct peace talks in Washington on September 2. Seventeen years after the Oslo peace accords were signed, the two sides remain far apart on these key issues.PALESTINIAN STATE AND POWERSThe Palestinians want an independent and fully

BRUSSELS: The man who would be Belgium`s next prime minister agreed Sunday to keep trying to form a coalition government, despite an ongoing deadlock between Flemish and francophone political parties.Socialist leader Elio Di Rupo, asked by King Albert II on July 9 to cobble together a

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Palestinian recognition of Israel as the Jewish homeland is chief among essential components for a peace deal, days ahead of renewed direct talks.Netanyahu repeated his conditions for a settlement ahead of Thursday`s summit

NUEVO LAREDO: Unidentified gunmen murdered the mayor of a small town in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas where 72 migrants were massacred last week, a source in the state prosecutor`s office said Sunday."They`ve just killed the municipal president (mayor) of Hidalgo," the source

Washington: US President Barack Obama says he`s not concerned about rumours about his birthplace or faith blaming an online campaign of misinformation by his conservative enemies for perpetuating the myth that he`s a Muslim.There`s "a network of misinformation that in a new media era can

LISBON: Many parents give their children too large or frequent doses of non-prescription medicines for fever, coughs and colds, putting their health at risk, according to an Australian study released Monday."Many children are being put at risk by parents’ over-use of widely-available

SEOUL: North Korea`s ruling party holds its biggest meeting in 30 years early next month to pick a new leadership and likely anoint an heir to the dynasty as Kim Jong-il`s health deteriorates.Kim, suspected of suffering a stroke in 2008, is believed to have accelerated succession plans,

JOHANNESBURG: A powerful South African labour leader threatened on Sunday to withdraw support for President Jacob Zuma`s African National Congress, ending a long- standing alliance strained by a nearly three-week-old strike.Adding to the pressure, a union representing tyre makers

London: More than nine million adults in Britain have never used the internet, says a survey.The elderly, widowed and people in lower economic strata were less likely to be net savvy, says the the survey by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).A ‘digital divide’ in the country is

BEIJING/SEOUL:  China is lobbying neighbors to sign up to a road map for renewed nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong-il is visiting China amid conciliatory words and threats of "holy war."The details of Beijing`s plan for restarting stalled six-party nuclear

HONG KONG: Tens of thousands are expected to join a rally in Hong Kong on Sunday to demand justice for victims of the Manila hostage bloodbath, as the city`s Filipino community holds an all-day memorial.The rally, which organisers said could draw as many as 50,000 people, will be a rare

Santiago: The start of drilling for a rescue shaft to reach 33 trapped Chilean miners was delayed until Monday because technical preparations had yet to be finished, the head of the rescue work said. They included reinforcing and settling the drill, Andre Sougarret said Saturday, the day

WASHINGTON: Fazel Ahmed Faqiryar, a leading prosecutor in Afghanistan, said President Hamid Karzai had fired him for refusing to block corruption investigations at the highest levels of government, The New York Times reported late Saturday.According to the report, Faqiryar, a former

LONDON: Reconstruction efforts must begin immediately in Pakistan to prevent the flooding disaster from becoming a long-term catastrophe, aid agency Oxfam said Sunday.The British-based international charity said in a statement released here that billions of dollars would be needed to

GORGA CHAL: When the US army ends its Iraq combat mission this week, Captain TJ Tepley will stay on the frontline -- keeping the peace at the centre of what commanders say is the country`s biggest challenge.The 27-year-old leads a company made up not only of US troops, but also of Arab