So-called "yellow vest" anti-government protests swept France over the last fortnight were sparked initially by a rise in taxes on diesel
Leaders of the emerging world will discuss the creation of a new development bank at a summit shadowed by protests against the Chinese president.
Israeli diplomats have been targeted by bomb attacks in Delhi and Tbilisi with two people injured in the Indian capital when an embassy car exploded.
India hailed "extremely positive" peace talks with Pakistan on Monday with both countries looking to build on a recent warming in relations.
India’s fake pilot scandal began unravelling when a captain landed her packed airliner on the nose instead of the rear wheels.
In transport as in many things in India, the old exists alongside the new, providing tourists with numerous entertaining ways to travel in bygone style.
Indian police on Wednesday questioned the top organiser of the Delhi Commonwealth Games as part of a corruption probe into the tainted October event.
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/ 12 October 2010
New Zealand underlined their status as the team to beat at the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens on Tuesday as they crushed Wales to enter the semis.
From a "toxic" pool to empty stadiums and faulty boxing scales, the first week of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games has served up daily blunders.
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/ 29 September 2010
Thousands of tickets remained unsold for the Delhi Commonwealth Games Wednesday, just four days before they begin, with the troubled event also hit by another pullout from a star athlete.
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/ 28 September 2010
Delhi authorities are to deploy a contingent of langurs — a large type of monkey — at Commonwealth Games venues to help chase away smaller simians.
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/ 23 September 2010
The Delhi Games faced dire warnings on Thursday of a mass pull-out by teams as organisers worked frantically to save the event from disaster.
The Delhi Commonwealth Games were plunged into crisis after the athletes’ village was described as "uninhabitable" and a footbridge collapsed.
For those looking for the next spiritual leader of Tibet after the Dalai Lama, the ageing monk’s 75th birthday ceremony this month offered some clues.
The Dalai Lama turned 75 on Tuesday, a milestone marked by celebrations in his hometown-in-exile but tinged by sadness.
Indian newspapers vented outrage on Tuesday at two-year prison terms handed down to the local managers of the company blamed for the Bhopal disaster.
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/ 25 January 2010
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse vowed on Monday to ensure the first post-war nationwide election goes off peacefully.
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/ 17 February 2009
Leading cellphone makers had good news for anyone with a drawer full of old phone chargers on Tuesday: the industry plans to standardise the device.
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/ 16 February 2009
Samsung unveiled the world’s first solar-powered cellphone, "Blue Earth", in front of curious crowds at an industry show in Barcelona on Monday.
Two weeks of anti-foreigner violence in South Africa have highlighted the growing disconnect between a public impatient for change and a governing party that claims a divine right to rule. Although there is little prospect of the African National Congress (ANC) losing next year’s elections, genuine signs of anger have emerged during the crisis.
South African troops have killed a man in a Johannesburg township during operations to quell anti-immigrant violence, the army said on Saturday, as they deployed on the streets for the first time since apartheid. At least 43 have been killed, more than 500 arrested and 17 000 displaced.
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/ 12 February 2008
The first cellphones fitted with Google’s Android software platform made their debut at an industry trade show on Monday, a milestone for the internet giant as it looks to dominate the wireless world. A handful of chip makers showed off prototype handsets at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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/ 23 January 2008
The annual Davos gathering of the world’s political and business elite opened on Wednesday with the fragile state of the world economy and stock-market turmoil casting a pall over the glitzy get-together. In recent years the annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort has been held against a backdrop of bumper corporate profits, strong economic growth and tame inflation.
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/ 16 February 2007
It could be the answer to grandma’s prayers: a cellphone designed specifically for the over-65s that aims to take the fear out of technology and get the elderly connected. A small Austrian company shrugged off the buzz of innovation at the 3GSM cellphone trade show this week and showcased a simple handset for the "grey market".
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/ 23 September 2005
British electronic music whizz Matthew Herbert is hoping to become the first musician ever to use the sound of cancer in a dance track. The London-based musician is working on the follow-up album to <i>Plat du Jour</i>, released worldwide this year, which was made using sampled recordings of food to raise awareness about the industrialisation of modern farming methods.