SPORTS officials in Beijing and Manila have delayed a scheduled trip of divers Sheila Mae Perez and Ryan Rexel Fabriga to China due to ongoing relief efforts after an earthquake struck the Sichuan province two weeks ago.
Perez and Fabriga, the country’s top Olympic bets in diving, were supposed to leave last Saturday for Chengdu, the [...]
Police confirmed this morning that they have located the last of two missing bodies, confirming the death toll at seven.
The students, aged between 16 and 17, were from Elim Christian College, in Auckland, and were part of a 40 strong group on an outward bound river trip with the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre [...]
Foreign diplomats demanded unfettered access in Lhasa Saturday after authorities allowed them to visit the riot-torn city amid debate in Europe on a possible boycott of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.
Two weeks after protests in the Himalayan region turned deadly, diplomats from 15 embassies, including those of the United States, Britain, France and Japan, arrived [...]
Foreign diplomats demanded unfettered access in Lhasa Saturday after authorities allowed them to visit the riot-torn city amid debate in Europe on a possible boycott of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.
Two weeks after protests in the Himalayan region turned deadly, diplomats from 15 embassies, including those of the United States, Britain, France and Japan, arrived [...]
Our objective is clear, our mission is clear and there is no timetable until … those terrorist bases are eliminated, Turkish envoy Ahmet Davutoglu told a news conference after talks in Baghdad with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari.
Thousands of Turkish troops crossed the border on Thursday to root out PKK fighters. The PKK has used [...]
Kofi Annan said he had witnessed “gross and systematic human
rights abuses” on a visit to western Kenya, where some 81 people
were killed in the flashpoint Rift Valley province.
Police said yesterday 45 died in ethnic clashes in the
provincial capital of Nakuru, bringing the death toll since
Thursday to 81.
Other bodies had been recovered on the outskirts of [...]
