TOKYO, Jan. 1 Kyodo -
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Friday received New Year's greetings
from other imperial family members and government leaders at the Imperial

Panchkula, Jan 1 (PTI) Former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore,
against whom fresh cases involving serious charges have been
registered, was Friday granted interim bail till January 7 by

Abha argued in the court that Girhotra, his son Ashu
and the family of Madhu Parkash, complainant in the case,
wanted to become "heroes and heroines in the eyes of the

New Delhi, Jan 1 (PTI) India and Pakistan Friday
exchanged the lists of their nuclear installations for the
19th consecutive time under an agreement which prohibits any

Sumir Kaul
New Delhi, Jan 1 (PTI) Pressure from the Indian
government and hysteria back home by relatives of passengers

Doval said the the hysteria kicked up home on the
prolonged crisis lent urgency to seek the release of the
passengers and the crew.

"If the government was not under pressure, they would
have said boys take your time, you are doing a good job...If
you want, at your judgement close it, not at our judgement. I

A Qantas A380 Airbus has become the first of the giant airliners to fly passengers
over Antarctica.
It took 450 revellers out of Melbourne to see in the new year, partying and

The last dregs of champagne have been drained, the fireworks are forged in the
memory and those New Year resolutions have probably already been broken.

A man from far north Queensland spent a lonely New Years Eve trapped in his car at
the bottom of a cliff.