President Evo Morales said he has put all of Bolivia’s gas and oil installations under military protection, as protesters geared up in three energy-rich provinces against federal encroachment and socialist reforms.
“I’ve spoken with Armed Forces commander in chief, General Luis Trigo, who has precise instructions to safeguard and defend the Bolivian people,” Morales told a […]
Cyprus’s popular holiday resort of Ayia Napa has introduced the island’s first legal beach exclusively for animals after complaints it was becoming a dog’s life for man’s best friend.Better known for all-night partying by Western tourists, the southeastern resort is now catering for dogs amid growing discontent that pooches had no place to cool off […]
The stars had ordained Olympics glory for him even before Vijender Singh landed his first punch against Cuba’s Emilio Correa Bayeaux. He lost the bout 5-8 but still marked the re-birth of the golden era in Indian boxing. “I tried my best”, he told Zee News right after the match and lamented that his strategy […]
Former chief election commissioner TS Krishna Murthy, appointed by the Sports Ministry to inquire into the weightlifter Monika Devi dope scandal, will submit his report after August 26.
Krishna Murthy has already met and held discussions with the concerned officials from the Sports Ministry and the Sports Authority of India.
He met Monika on Thursday and is […]
Russian forces lingered deep in Georgia on Thursday, digging trenches and setting up mortars a day before Kremlin officials promised to complete a troop withdrawal from this former Soviet republic.
But a top Russian general said it could be 10 days before the bulk of the troops left, and the mixed signals from Moscow left Georgians […]
A Russian military column crossed from Georgia back into Russia on Wednesday after Western governments raised pressure for a quick and full pullout under an international ceasefire deal.
A agency correspondent near the Roki tunnel that links Russia with Georgia’s pro-Russian rebel province of South Ossetia said a dozen trucks crossed the frontier around midday.
He said […]
A huge comet-like object has been spotted inside the orbit of Neptune. The object, at least 30 miles wide, is on the return leg of a 22,500-year journey around the sun, astronomers announced today.
Catalogued as 2006 SQ372, the interloper is just over two billion miles (3.2 billion km) from Earth, though its elongated trek takes […]
Zimbabwe’s political rivals left a summit Sunday deadlocked over how to share power, as their divisions defied attempts by regional heads of state to find a resolution to the country’s crisis.
A summit of southern African leaders and a meeting of a regional security body failed to bring the two sides to a settlement, […]
The monkeys and lions were drugged, tossed into cloth sacks and dragged through smuggling tunnels under the border between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip before ending up in a dusty Gaza zoo. Stocked almost entirely with smuggled animals, the “Heaven of Birds and Animals Zoo” is a sign of Gaza’s ever-expanding tunnel industry.
Dozens of […]
Lanyards can be a worker’s best friend while he is up there doing what he is supposed to do. Through the use of the safety lanyard, they can rest assure that they are secured while they are at dangerous grounds. Safety lanyard is often used by those who are working at the ships. This is […]