Santos chase Chile striker Suazo
bySao Paulo, April 16 (IANS) Santos have made a bid to sign Chile international striker Humberto Suazo, the Brazilian club has revealed. Suazo is…
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Bulgarian n-reactor shut down due to outage
bySofia, April 16 (IANS/EFE) One of the reactors at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant was shut down due to an outage, but there is…
Ecclestone threatens to shift Brazilian GP
bySao Paulo, April 16 (IANS) Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone says Sao Paulo could be taken off the calendar if the city fails to…
Google doodle celebrates India’s first passenger train
byNew Delhi, April 16 (IANS) With a chugging train trailing a plume of smoke in a backdrop of palm trees and what looks like…
Barcelona maintain 13-point lead over Real Madrid
byMadrid, April 16 (IANS) Barcelona maintained their 13-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of the Spanish Primera Division football league. Both Barcelona…
Fashion Rio to showcase new winter offerings
byRio de Janeiro, April 16 (IANS/EFE) Fashion Rio, one of Brazil’s largest fashion industry fairs, will showcase new range for the Southern Hemisphere winter…
Kidnapped Mexican girl found in El Salvador
byMexico City, April 16 (IANS/EFE) A four-year-old girl who disappeared April 1 in the city of Texcoco has been found in El Salvador and…
US remains vulnerable, says media
byWashington, April 16 (IANS) The American media reacted with horror to the twin blasts at the Boston Marathon that once again brought the nation…
Global military spending falls amid economic crisis
byMoscow, April 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) World military expenditures totalled $1.75 trillion in 2012, registering a decline of 0.5 percent in real terms year-on-year for…
Rome mayor sues TV programme for mafia allegations
byRome, April 16 (IANS/AKI) Rome’s Mayor Gianni Alemanno has launched legal proceedings against an Italian investigative TV show that claimed the mafia and crime…