New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Acclaimed Indian flutist Pandit
Hari Prasad Chaurasia, who was recently knighted by the French
government, will now be honoured with a special two-day-long

Born into a non-musical family in Allahabad, Chaurasia
went against the wishes of his father, who wanted him to be a
wrestler, to pursue his passion for music.

WASHINGTON, October 7 (Itar-Tass) - U.S. authorities support the idea
of bringing together American and Russian veterans of World War II on the

VLADIVOSTOK, October 7 (Itar-Tass) - A naval exercise involving
diverse units and forces of Russia's Pacific Fleet has begun off the

Fire authorities made no plans to evacuate Marysville or to protect locals
sheltering at the town's oval as the Black Saturday inferno bore down, the Victorian

A row has erupted in Tasmania over displaying the Aboriginal flag in the state's
parliament.
The issue came to a head when a group of six Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC)

By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- The number of appeals by foreign asylum seekers denied
recognition as refugees in South Korea has sharply risen this year, court

SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- POSCO, South Korea's leading steelmaker, said Wednesday
that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ukraine's Metinvest

Almaty, October 7 (AzerTAc). An international exhibition entitled Oil and gas-Kioge 2009 has kicked off in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Baku, October 7 (AzerTAc).