Dharamsala, Nov 6 (PTI) At least 22 passengers were
killed and 48 injured when an overcrowded bus rolled down into
a gorge near Haripur area of Kangra district, about 45 km from

New taxi drivers will soon have to prove their English skills and their knowledge of
local geography to get their licence.

Indonesia has given Australia another week to resolve the Oceanic Viking
asylum-seeker impasse.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has savaged the federal opposition's climate change
sceptics, labelling them dangerous, arrogant gamblers prepared to bet on their

The survivors from a boat that sank off the Cocos Islands on Sunday have arrived at
Christmas Island where they will be placed in mandatory detention.

Australians living or holidaying in Fiji have been reminded to pay attention to
safety and security in the wake of the latest regional diplomatic spat.

By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- A strike of unionized rail workers entered its second
day in the Seoul metropolitan area Friday, but no major disruptions were

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will launch its first
weather-communications satellite in March that will allow the country gather high

CHANGWON, South Korea, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- An Uzbek man was sentenced to life in
prison by a South Korean court Friday for killing a taxi driver during a robbery
in March.

From Zulkefli Salleh