New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI) The Indian government has
declared dolphins a national aquatic animal in order to save
the rare freshwater species from disappearing from the

Vijayawada/Bellary, Oct 5 (PTI) Over 50 villages in
India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh on either side of
river Krishna were inundated as a record 11 lakh cusecs of

Thekkady, Oct 5 (PTI) The steersman and a crew member of
the boat that sank at Thekkady claiming 45 lives in India's
southern part were Monday arrested by police and charged with

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SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il held talks with China's
visiting premier on Monday, a Chinese report said, in a highly anticipated

SANA'A, Oct.05 (Saba) - Deputy
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Hisham Sharaf met here on Monday
with

SANA'A, Oct. 05 (Saba) - Yemen takes part
in the 35th session of UNESCO's General Conference to be held in Paris on 6-23
October.

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday again demanded the return of 11
of its citizens who sailed to South Korea last week in an alleged defection bid,

(ATTN: UPDATES with foreign minister's comments in paras 6-7 )
By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea confiscated and searched containers shipped

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, UPDATES with Wen-Kim Yong-nam meeting, cemetery visit,
COMBINES with earlier story slugged "NK-China-nuke talks")
By Kim Hyun