Rebels kill 11 railway workers | TRIBAL insurgents have killed 11 railway workers in India's remote northeast, police say, a day after security forces gunned down 11 rebels. | Police said militants today attacked a remote railway s... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)The Australian
Surging food prices bite across Asia | From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring prices of food are breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the specters of hunger and unrest, experts warn. | A billi... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)The Manila Times
News of USA's demise greatly exaggerated | Will Hutton, in The Observer, on why it is a bit premature to concede the 21st century to China or India | THE fashionable view is that the US economy is a busted flush (but) of the world's top 100 ... (photo: AP Photo / kalpana)The Australian ChinaEconomyIndiaPhotosUS
Tear down Burma's bamboo curtain | Thousands more will die if aid does not start flowing | THERE seems to be no underestimating the brutality of Burma's regime as millions of people struggle to stay alive in the wake of the world's w... (photo: AP / )The Australian BurmaDisasterPhotosSocietyUN
Warne offers to help Harbhajan | SHANE WARNE, emerging as the father figure of the Indian Premier League, last night offered a helping hand to controversial spinner Harbhajan Singh and said he was read... (photo: AP / )The Australian AustraliaCricketIndiaPhotosSports
