NEW DELHI - PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said India was failing in its efforts to crush a Maoist rebellion plaguing vast swathes of the country.
SRINAGAR (India) - HUNDREDS of angry protesters threw rocks at a polling station and clashed with government soldiers in Indian Kashmir on Sunday during the second phase of state elections.
Police and paramilitary soldiers swung batons to drive away the protesters in Kurhama, a village 30 kilometres north of Srinagar, the region's main city, a police official said.
DHAKA - BANGLADESH'S top election official on Sunday said polls to return the country to democratic rule would be held on December 29, in line with the demands of the party of ex-premier Khaleda Zia.
SAN'A (Yemen) - THE inauguration of an enormous new mosque named after Yemen's authoritarian president has bewildered the people of this impoverished Arab country - especially when they learned it cost a staggering US$60 million (S$91.6 million).
