Hyderabad, Dec 25 (PTI) The Joint Action Committee
(JAC) comprising the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and other
parties withdrew the bandh call on the Telangana issue Friday

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by S. Korean FM, Japan's education minister; CHANGES
headline)
By Lee Chi-dong

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's weather watchdog issued a yellow dust
warning on Christmas Day, advising the residents of the capital Seoul and its

TOKYO, December 25 (Itar-Tass) - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya
Okada during his first visit to Moscow on December 27-28 this year intends

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Dec 25 (PTI) The 100 Indian fishermen whose
release was ordered by Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza

Kathmandu, Dec 25 (PTI) An Indian national has been
arrested by Nepal police for possessing fake Nepalese and
Indian currency notes.

SEOUL, December 25 (Itar-Tass) - North Korea may carry out its third
nuclear test and provoke next year military clashes on the border with the

It's a white Christmas in the middle of nowhere for teenage solo round-the-world
yachtswoman Jessica Watson.

BANGKOK, December 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Thai police have prolonged the
arrest of the detained Il-76 crew for 12 days more, a police source said.

Superstitions, such as astrology, can never satisfy the longings of the human heart,
says Sydney's Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen.