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Power has returned to about 80 percent of Chile after a massive power blackout hit most of the country, Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter said Sunday night.
Spokesperson of Indonesian president said Monday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appreciated the delay of US President Barrack Obama's visit to Indonesia due to the unsettled discussion on healthcare bill at home, the Detik.com reported.
Twenty-six college students and teachers were killed while 29 were injured in a bus accident early Monday morning in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, reported local TV channel CNN-IBN.
Henry Kissinger discharged from South Korea hospital
US Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich said on Monday President Barack Obama wants to go ahead with the visit to Australia, despite a busy schedule surrounding his health reform bill.
Two people were killed and 30 hurt by an avalanche near Revelstoke, British Columbia, but others feared buried when the slide hit a snowmobile rally have been found safe, police said on Sunday.
American families with adopted Chinese children have hailed the recent conviction of a couple from Washington State who had sexually abused their adopted Chinese daughter, even as they expressed concern about the likely negative impact of the incident on future adoptions of children from China.
The Mumbai Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) has arrested two persons were allegedly planning to blow up vital installations in India's financial capital Mumbai, said police on Sunday.
Mild tremors were felt in parts of northern India, after a low intensity earthquake hit the bordering areas of the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab Sunday, a senior government official said.
An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale occurred near east coast of Honshu, Japan at 0814 GMT on Sunday, according to a release by the Hong Kong Observatory.
