Rising food prices was the main topic of a U.N. Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) conference on Latin America and the Caribbean which began
in Brasilia on Monday.

The increase in global food prices was ...   more »

Following a wave of protests in the run up to the arrival of the Indian leg
of the Olympic torch relay, Tibetan exiles have now set out on a return march
to their homeland Tibet....   more »

Russia's President Vladimir Putin denied media reports he is about to marry
the Russian Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva after a meeting with the Italian
prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi. At a news conference the two leaders...   more »

Russian space capsule lands about 420 kms (260 miles) off course in
Kazakhstan but the three-member crew is safe.

IN SPACE (APRIL 19, 2008) NASA -

A Russian space capsule landed about 420 kms (260 ...   more »