Beijing, Nov 5 (PTI) Amid reports that it was building a
dam in Tibet on Brahmaputra river, China Thursday assured
India that it will not do anything to damage other nations'

New Delhi, Nov 5 (PTI) India Thursday downplayed the
issue of building of a dam by China on Brahmaputra river
saying the construction site is 1,100 km away from the

Added by water from Indian rivers, the total amount of
water flowing from Brahmaputra swells to 629 BCM. The country
is currently not using that much water and hence the new

(ATTN: ADDS business reactions in final four paras)
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will likely set its 2020 greenhouse gas

(ATTN: ADDS president's comments in paras 6-7, UPDATES with details from para 8,
minor edits; RESTRUCTURES)
By Kim Boram

BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- A senior North Korean diplomat returned home Thursday
after a high-profile visit to the United States, where he held rare one-on-one

Bert Newton ripped off his hairpiece and was brought to tears as he led tributes to
his good friend, the late TV legend Don Lane, at a public memorial.

Environment Minister Peter Garrett has defended his response to a massive oil spill
in the Timor Sea, saying he and his department acted quickly and thoroughly to

A psychiatric inmate is on suicide watch after being charged with the stabbing
murders of two fellow inmates in a low-security unit of their secure Melbourne
hospital.

Threatened, verbally abused and told to leave Fiji or else, Professor Brij Lal says
being an Australian citizen may have saved his life.