WASHINGTON - THE most complete analysis yet of the new H1N1 flu virus shows it must have been circulating undetected for years, most likely in pigs, researchers said on Friday.
They said it is important to start doing better surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs, as they are clearly a potential source of human pandemics.
NEW DELHI - DR MANMOHAN Singh was sworn in on Friday for a second term as India's prime minister in a ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi.
The 76-year-old Dr Singh read out his oath of office before Indian president Pratibha Patil. He was followed by 19 members of his new cabinet.
YANGON - MYANMAR democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi proclaimed her innocence in front of a prison tribunal on Friday, her lawyer said.
'Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said 'I have no guilt as I didn't commit any crime,'' Nyan Win said at the end of the fifth day of her trial on charges of breaching the conditions of her house arrest.
PUTRAJAYA - THE Court of Appeal on Friday declared Barisan Nasional's Zambry Kadir the rightful menteri besar of Perak state, overturning an earlier High Court decision that had ruled in favour of Pakatan Rakyat's Nizar Jamaluddin.
The unprecedented constitutional crisis began in February when BN ousted the PR state government after three PR assemblymen defected.
