Kabul, Sep 2 (DPA) Opium production is down by 10 percent while the area under poppy cultivation in Afghanistan fell 22 percent in 2009, a new UN report said Wednesday. ...More

London, Sep 2 (IANS) Singer Chris Brown has hit out at a report that he can't remember what happened the night he brutally attacked ex-girlfriend Rihanna, saying he can never forg...More

Islamabad, Sep 2 (IANS) A contempt of court petition was filed Wednesday in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against former president Pervez Musharraf for imposing emergency in 2007....More

Washington, Sep 2 (IANS) What do hide-and-seek, police searches and video games have in common? More than you would think, say two University of Alberta (U-A) researchers. ...More

Kathmandu, Sep 2 (IANS) Branded an Indian language, Hindi has been given the thumbs-down in Nepal as the medium of official work. However, Indian celebri...More

London, Sep 2 (IANS) American singer Eminem's ex-wife Kim Mathers has destroyed the 'not very well endowed' rapper in a new radio interview saying he is 'a flop in bed'. ...More

London, Sep 2 (IANS) Madonna is a fitness freak but it seems age is finally taking a toll on the pop star who collapsed twice on stage during her Sticky & Sweet show in Sofia, Bul...More

Montreal/New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has asked the Indian government to issue a press visa to German journalist Hasnain Kazim to report for De...More

Havana, Sep 2 (Xinhua) China's senior legislator Wu Bangguo arrived here Tuesday afternoon for an official visit to Cuba. In a written statement, Wu, cha...More

London, Sep 2 (IANS) Singer Lily Allen describes her fall during a recent concert as 'the most painful thing ever' and says that she feared she would have to have 'her legs cut of...More

Lima, Sep 2 (EFE) Some seven million people will be vaccinated against swine flu in Peru, Health Minister Oscar Ugarte has said. The health ministry is i...More

Taipei, Sep 2 (DPA) Authorities in Taiwan attempted Wednesday to play down the visit of the Dalai Lama, cancelling a public prayer meeting and hoping to avoid the Chinese governme...More

Mexico City, Sep 2 (EFE) Officials in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur have started evacuating residents of Pacific coastal communities as Hurricane Jimena approaches the ...More

London, Sep 2 (IANS) Model Heidi Klum has posed for a series of nude pictures for a soon-to-be-released coffee table book called 'Rankin's Heidilicious' and she describes the tome...More

San Francisco, Sep 2 (DPA) The daughters of kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard thought she was their sister and were never told she was abducted by their father when she was 11, a Dugard...More