
Indians angry Anderson never tried over Bhopal disaster
Campaigners for survivors of India's Bhopal disaster voiced distress Saturday that former Union Carbide boss Warren Anderson never faced trial over the deadly industrial accident, following news the American had died. ... more
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India's fading Chinese community faces painful war past
Suspected of being a spy or a China sympathiser, nine-year-old Indian-born Monica Liu and her family were loaded into railway cars for a detention camp in India's Rajasthan desert. ... more
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Heavy snow in US strands drivers in 100-vehicle crash
Chile wildfires rage for third day, entire towns wiped out
Death toll from floods rises in Mozambique, South Africa
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Fears S.Africa fish farm would make triathletes shark bait
Plans to build a fish farm along a popular stretch of South African coast prompted concerns Monday that it could entice sharks, endangering tourists and Iron Man triathletes. ... more
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Kenyan troops kill six after 'machete attack' on barracks
The Kenyan army said it had repelled a machete attack on a military barracks in a tourist resort near Mombasa on Sunday, killing six assailants. ... more
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There were warning signs ahead of Sri Lanka mudslide: survivors
Sniffer dogs were deployed Friday to search for mudslide victims in Sri Lanka as survivors said they had seen warning signs of the disaster, such as cracks in the ground and livestock fleeing. ... more
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Google guns for 300 mn new Indian local language users
Search giant Google announced Monday the creation of a new Hindi-language website in an ambitious bid to add 300 million Indian Internet users by 2017 and bridge the country's linguistic digital divide. ... more
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Himalayan Viagra fuels caterpillar fungus gold rush
Overwhelmed by speculators trying to cash-in on a prized medicinal fungus known as Himalayan Viagra, two isolated Tibetan communities have managed to do at the local level what world leaders often f ... more
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