New York - 30 June 2011: About 150 turtles, in search of beaches to lay their eggs, crawled into the busy tarmac ofJohn F Kennedy airporthere and delayed dozens of flights.The parade of slow-moving diamondback terrapins began about 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday. ThePort Authority of New York and New Jersey

Jakarta - 29 June 2011: A moderate 5.6-magnitudeearthquakehit off Indonesia'sSumatra islandon Wednesday, the local geophysics agency said, but there were no initial reports of damage or casualties.The quake struck at a depth of 30 kilometres around 175 kilometres southwest of the city of Bengkulu at

JERUSALEM, June 27 (Xinhua) - Israel and Egyptian authorities have reached an understanding that ships participating in a flotilla to the Gaza Strip this week will be allowed to unload their presumed cargo of humanitarian relief at the Egyptian port of el-Arish. The goods will undergo inspectio

When US soldier Terry Brooks was sent to join military guards at the infamous Guantanamo prison that houses Moslem militants from Taliban and Al-Qaeda, he had not thought he would embrace the religion of those prisoners. After a few chats with a Moroccan inmate, he converted to Islam in 2003. Brook

Moscow - 21 June 2011: Forty four people were killed and eight survived with serious injuries when a Russian passenger plane crashed onto a motorway before landing, leaving bodies strewn over the road, officials said on Tuesday.TheRussAir Tu-134tried to land just before midnight local time on Monday

Istanbul - 13 June 2011: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) sailed to a clear victory with 50 per cent of the vote in elections Sunday, guaranteeing it a third consecutive term to govern. "It is Turkey that has won the June 12 election. Today, freedom, peace, justice and stability,

CHRISTCHURCH - 13 June 2011: A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand's quake-hit city of Christchurch on Monday, prompting the evacuation of a building holding an inquest into February's deadly tremor. The USGS measured the quake, which hit just 10 kilometres from Christchurch, at 5.2-magnitud

Sanaa - 03 June 2011: Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh is said to have been wounded in an attack on his compound. Reports indicate the president was lightly injured, while several other government officials were also hurt, some of them more seriously.Initial reports indicate a shell hit a

BERLIN: Iran temporarily withdrew flyover rights for the plane carrying German chancellor Angela Merkel to India on Tuesday, forcing it to circle over Turkey for two hours before the rights were restored and she could land in New Delhi. "An unusual start to the India trip," Merkel's spokesman S

Makkah - 25 may 2011: Muslims praying at the Grand Mosque in the western Saudi city of Makkah will be able to see the sun straight above them on Saturday, a rare phenomenon that helps worshippers worldwide to set the exact direction of the holy city. The phenomenon is the first this year and will ta

TRIPOLI: In a one-two punch against Muammar Gaddafi's forces, NATO warplanes struck a command center in the capital, Tripoli, on Tuesday after pounding regime targets around the besieged port of Misrata. Rebels were hopeful the accelerated attacks could help them extend some of their biggest adva

Bin Laden was killed in a ground operation outside Islamabad based on US intelligence, the first lead for which emerged last August. Mr Obama said after "a firefight", US forces took possession of his body. Bin Laden was accused of being behind a number of atrocities, including the attacks on New Yo

TRIPOLI: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a Nato air strike that killed his youngest son and three grandchildren and destroyed a Tripoli house, a Libyan government spokesman said on Saturday. "What we have now is the law of the jungle," government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim told a news confe

LONDON - 29 April 2011: Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton married at Westminster Abbey on Friday in a royal occasion of dazzling pomp and pageantry that has attracted a huge global audience and injected new life into the monarchy. Before the vows, a veiled Middleton, the first "common

22 April 2011, (IANS) :Energy saving light bulbs are easy on your purse but they may be deadly for your health as they emit cancer causing chemicals when switched on.German scientists have warned that they should not be left on for long periods or be positioned near a person's head as they emit poi

KARACHI, April 23,2011 (Dawn): He was a comedian par excellence, but his last act left an entire nation in tears. Iconic comedian and actor Moin Akhtar died of a heart attack on Friday.He was 60. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and three sons.Born in 1950, Moin Akhtar joined show business

Cairo - Egypt ordered ousted President Hosni Mubarak detained for 15 days on Wednesday for questioning into accusations he abused power during his 30-year rule, embezzled funds and had protesters killed. State television said Mubarak, 82, and his sons Gamal and Alaa would appear before a Cairo

TOKYO: Japan upgraded its nuclear emergency to a maximum seven on an international scale of atomic crises on Tuesday, the first time the highest ranking has been invoked since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The regrading to a "major accident" with "widespread health and environmental effects" p