Tehran, Aug 30: India told Pakistan Thursday that the expeditious conclusion of the trial of the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack would be the biggest sub-continental confidence building measure, a top Indian official said.

Tehran, Aug 30:  Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday  fondly remembered Mahatma Gandhi and Indian premier Jawaharlal Nehru in his first-ever interaction with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here. 
Official sources privy to the 40-minute meeting between the two said that Khamenei told Singh that he was deeply impressed by Gandhiji’s brilliance and illuminating visage. 

Singapore, Aug 29: An Indian-origin judge has been named as the new Chief Justice of Singapore, making him the first from the community to head the courts.

Tehran, Aug 28: "Enough of talk, act against terror; we have given you the evidence" will be the message conveyed to Islamabad when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Summit here, an official said Tuesday.

Los Angeles, Aug 28 :  Lady Gaga seems to love being naked. The singer reportedly records vocals in the buff.
Gaga has started stripping off before laying down vocals during studio sessions, reports thesun.co.uk.

London: The Mission Impossible star stunned staff at the Veer Dhara restaurant in St Peter's Street when he arrived with his entourage.

 WASHINGTON, DC (ILO News) – Over 30 million people living with HIV old enough to work still face a high level of discrimination preventing or limiting their access to jobs, claims a new report entitled "Evidence Brief on Stigma and Discrimination at Work: Findings from the PLHIV Stigma Index", issued by the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+).

 BOGOTA, Colombia — For the first time in a decade, the Colombian government appears set to sit down for peace talks with the country’s largest Marxist guerrilla organization in an effort to end nearly half a century of fighting.

The UCI recognizes that USADA is reported as saying that it will strip Mr. Armstrong of all results from 1998 onwards in addition to imposing a lifetime ban from participating in any sport which recognizes the World Anti-Doping Code.

Article 8.3 of the WADC states that where no hearing occurs the Anti-Doping Organization with results management responsibility shall submit to the parties concerned (Mr. Armstrong, WADA and UCI) a reasoned decision explaining the action taken.

The plight of three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot has received widespread international attention. The young women were given two-year jail terms last week for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" after they performed a profane anti-Putin "punk prayer" in front of the altar of Moscow's main cathedral several months ago.

Many supporters, including musicians such as Madonna and Paul McCartney, have joined demonstrations and appealed for their release. The Obama administration and other Western governments have called the sentences disproportionate.