17 Jan, 2010, Baghdad, Iraq
On Sunday, Iraq gave a final approval to a deal by a Shell-led consortium for developing one of its largest oil fields, marking the crucial step towards the nations postwar. Royal Dutch Shell PLC and its partner, Malaysia’s state-run Petronas have won a right to develop the 12.5 billion barrel [...]

15 Jan, 2010, Tibet, China
China has selected a former soldier as their new governor of Tibet as the previous one had resigned unexpectedly. Padma Choling, the new governor is an ethnic Tibetan who served for 17 years in China’s army before joining the regional government. Qiangba Puncog, the previous governor was in office [...]

14 Jan, 2010, Allahabad, India

Eight Hindu pilgrims have been killed in a stampede at a religious festival on the Ganges River. More than 20 pilgrims have been injured in the incident which took place when hundreds of devotees tried to board a ferry to take them to the festival. Every winter, Sagar [...]

14 Jan, 2010, Israel
In time with a Turkish-imposed ultimatum, the Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon sent on Wednesday evening an apology letter to the Turkish ambassador to Israel Oguz Celikkol.
The letter said in a part that the disputes between Israel and Turkey will be solved in a respectful and mutual manner between the two [...]

10 Jan, 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh
A clinical all-round performance helped India outclass  by eight wickets and secure their place in the final of the triangular one-day series in Dhaka. Zaheer Khan and Amit Mishra claimed three wickets apiece as India bundled Sri Lanka out for 213, a total achieved only through gritty half-centuries from Kumar [...]

10 Jan, 2010, Australia
An Australian World War II hospital ship- the Centaur has been seen for the first time since it sank for more than 60 years ago with a loss of 268 lives. The Images of the wreck, more than 2km below the sea, were captured by a remote-controlled underwater camera. The ship’s [...]

10 Jan, 2010, China
After a 13-month slump, China’s flagging exports have rebounded back to life, recording unexpectedly strong growth in December and likely propelling the country past Germany to become the world’s biggest exporter. China’s exports were up 17.7 per cent in December from a year ago, exceeding most expectations after a year and [...]

9 Jan, 2010, Punjab, India
In a repeat of lobbing rockets incident in Punjab’s border villages recently, around six rockets were lobbed from Pakistani side in the fields near the villages around the Atari sector that is close to India-Pakistan border on Saturday.
The two rockets landed in Border Security Force post (Khangarh), about two kilometers from [...]