London, Dec 20 (IANS) A mother in Australia was stunned when she discovered a box containing seven deadly snakes in the wardrobe of her three-year-old son. It all happened after the boy, Kyle Cumming, had found the snake eggs in his garden in Queensland's Townsville city and was given a takeaway

Colombo, Dec 20 (IANS) Twenty-three people were killed and over 68,000 families were displaced in floods in Sri Lanka, an official said Thursday. Heavy rains lashed for the fifth day Thursday in several parts of the country. Fifteen others were missing, Xinhua reported. Relief workers were str

[caption id="attachment_17510" align="aligncenter" width="512"] This April 4, 2012 photo family photo provided by Lori Logli shows her grandmother Dina Manfredini at her 115th birthday party in Johnston, Iowa. Mandredini, who inherited the title of worldís oldest person less than two weeks ago died

[caption id="attachment_17394" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Polling station officials count ballots in Cairo on Dec. 15, 2012 at the end of the first day of vote in a referendum on a new constitution. (AFP)[/caption] Sunday 16 December 2012 |AFP CAIRO: Egyptians backing a new constitution

Peshawar,15 December 2012, (AP):Militants fired three rockets at an airport in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Saturday night, killing nine people and wounding over 30 others, officials said. Peshawar is located on the edge of Pakistan’s tribal region, the main sanctuary for al-Qae

Newtown - 15 Dec 2012 (AP): A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday left 27 people dead, including 18 children, an official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way. Another official, speaking on condition of anonymity fo

The US military will retain a “strong presence” in the Middle East despite a strategic shift to Asia, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday during a visit to Kuwait. The United States plans to deploy a majority of its naval fleet to the Asia-Pacific along with other advanced weaponry but

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels took full control of a sprawling military base on Tuesday after a two-day battle that left at least 35 government troops dead, an activist group said. It was the second major base captured in the country’s north by the rebels, who have been racking up victories in the area in

Islamabad: The Pakistan parliament today unanimously adopted a resolution asking the government to declare teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, the target of a recent assassination attempt by the Taliban, as the "Daughter of Pakistan". The resolution was moved in the National Assembly or low

JAKARTA, INDONESIA, December 10, 2012 (AP): The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck offshore Tuesday morning, with the epicenter 147 miles (236 kilometers) northwest of the city of Saumlaki. The quake was reported at a depth of 96 miles (155 kilometers). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Cente

(IANS) / 10 December 2012 Hundreds of billions of solar systems like ours—comprising planets, asteroids and comets—may be residing in our Milky Way galaxy, which itself may be like a drop in the ocean of galaxies, feel scientists. The rarest and largest of galaxy groupings, called galaxy cluster

(AFP) / 10 December 2012 President Mohamed Mursi has ordered Egypt’s army from Monday to take on police powers — including the right to arrest civilians — in the run-up to a divisive constitutional referendum that has triggered mass street protests. The decree, published in the government gazett

South African icon Nelson Mandela, now admitted to a hospital here, is doing well, said President Jacob Zuma. Zuma visited Mandela, also a former president, at the Pretoria hospital, the official news agency SAnews.gov.za said. "We continue to appeal to the media and the public to respect the pr

Kolalampur - Malaysian astronaut Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor travelled to space as the ninth Muslim astronaut to show how a prayer could be made in space. “Everyone who goes to space feels a miracle. During my trip in space that took place in the holy month of Ramadan, I heard a ‘call to pray

Jerusalem (CNN) -Standing before throngs of cheering supporters Sunday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for an end to the division among Palestinians in the wake of the United Nations upgrading the authority's status -- as Israel refused to acknowledge that newfound recognition.

(CNN) -- Internet and cell phone coverage were restored Saturday to most Syrian provinces, according to the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, two days after a blackout shut down virtually all Internet service in the country. Residents in the capital, Damascus, told CNN via Skype that

(CNN) -- North Korea plans to launch a rocket carrying a satellite between December 10 and 22, a spokesman for the Korean Committee for Space Technology said Saturday, according to state-run media. The Unha-3 rocket will launch from the Sohae Space Center in North Phyongan Province and put a "worki

By SAM DAGHER And MATT BRADLEY Enlarge Image Associated Press An Egyptian protester is treated for wounds sustained during clashes with security force in Tahrir Square in Cairo. CAIRO—Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist allies completed a new constitution with references to Shariah,