BEIJING (Agencies) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao opened the two-day Asia-Europe Meeting here on Friday, with the summit attended by leaders from 43 nations from the two regions. Speaking on this occasion, Chinese President Hu Jintao said that future of entire world is associated with future of Asia ...

MUMBAI (AFP) - Indian police are probing the possible involvement of Hindu extremists in two separate bomb blasts last month that killed seven people in the west of the country, newspapers reported Friday. Two dailies said the investigation was looking at whether a right-wing group with links to ...

LONDON-The violent crime rate in categories like serious assault, murder, attempted murder and manslaughter has risen by 22 per cent in the United Kingdom, discloses a Home Office report. "Attempted murders in England and Wales involving a knife between April and June this year were 28 per cent ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin insisted she is a "frugal" spender as she denied she had a 150,000 dollar Republican Party clothes budget for her and her family for the White House campaign. "That whole thing is just, bad" the 44-year-old Alaska governor ...

LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets plunged deep into negative territory Friday as gloom gathered over the global economy and dismal corporate news left investors stunned. "Everyone is staring at their screens in disbelief," said Tom Hougaard, chief market analyst at City Index. On Wall Street ...