Three people were killed and five missing Wednesday after floods carrying volcanic debris swept through a town in eastern Indonesia, a government official said. "Following heavy rains during the night, volcanic floods hit early morning at 2:00 am (1700 GMT)," national disaster mitigation agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said. Two people were also injured as the floodwaters rampaged, damaging at least 20 homes in Ternate City in North …

A car bombing near a church in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna on Easter Sunday killed at least 40 people, while another blast later in a separate city caused a number of injuries. The deadly explosion in Kaduna, an important cultural and economic centre in Nigeria's north, was a stark reminder of Christmas Day attacks that left dozens of people dead in Africa's most populous nation and largest oil producer. Motorcycle taxi drivers and …

The euro was steady in early Asian trade Friday at the start of the Easter holiday weekend ahead of a US jobs report, after it lost ground on debt concerns over the past week. The eurozone unit bought $1.3064 and 107.58 yen in Tokyo morning trade, compared with $1.3057 and 107.52 yen in New York late Thursday. The dollar was changing hands at 82.36 yen, from 81.84 yen. "The pair of euro/dollar won't move much, but a clear break of technical …

Russian and South Korean scientists signed a deal Tuesday on joint research intended to recreate a woolly mammoth, an animal which last walked the earth some 10,000 years ago. The deal was signed by Vasily Vasiliev, vice rector of North-Eastern Federal University of the Sakha Republic, and controversial cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-Suk of South Korea's Sooam Biotech Research Foundation. Hwang was a national hero until some of his research into …

Naga Chaitanya next film Autonagar Surya Under the direction deva katta will start its regular shooting from Dussera. Naga Chaitanya's Auto Nagar Surya film is an action movie set in the backdrop of trade unions in Vijayawada and the film is about a ‘nobody’ who grows into everybody’s identity. Samantha is playing female lead opposite Naga Chaitanya for the second time after Ye Maya Chesave. The movie produced by K Atchi Reddy under Max India banner …

An unmanned US rocket blasted off on Saturday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to deliver twin robotic probes to the moon in the hope of learning what is inside. The 124-foot (37.8-meter) booster soared off its seaside launch pad at 9:08 a.m. EDT, arcing over the Atlantic Ocean as it raced into orbit. (Reuters)

India will add 65,000 MW of power during the 12th five year plan as various power projects will be commissioned by then, union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said Sunday. “India’s electricity needs will be solved to a large extent in two-three years after the commissioning of various thermal and hydro-electric power plants now under various stages of construction,” Shinde said here after the opening ceremony of a power project. “These projects …

The UN General Assembly Tuesday elected Colombia to hold one of the two non-permanent seats on the Security Council reserved for Latin America and the Caribbean during 2011-12. During the first round of the voting, Germany was also selected by ballot to occupy one of the two seats reserved for Western countries, while Portugal later garnered the other one. Colombia’s candidacy, which was pursued without competition from any other country in the …

Nikhil Dwivedi, who had been maintaining a low profile after the release of My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves, was spotted with Harman Baweja and Amrita Rao at a suburban swanky Chinese restaurant. The trio was spotted together having a ball of a time at the Chinese restaurant! One wondered what they were up to? Only if we could go close and overhear them it would have made a chatpata copy for sure a la a spicy Chinese dish! But a friend who was present …

On Friday, The sexiest bombshell of Bollywood Bipasha Basu was named as the Sexiest Asian woman in the world 2007 by Britain's largest selling Asian newspaper, Eastern Eye . Bollywood dancing queen who is 42 and still making a mind-blowing comeback to Bollywood with her film Aaja Nachle, releasing latter this month was the runner-up and lady don of the industry Priyanka Chopra who is 25 was placed third eastern eye newspaper. Other Asian women's …