TOKYO, Sept. 3 Kyodo -
Japan's prime minister in waiting, Yukio Hatoyama, and new U.S. Ambassador to

TOKYO, September 3 (Itar-Tass) - Russian ambassador to Japan Mikhail
Beliy sees opportunities for progress in the two countries' relations

MOSCOW, September 3 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and Kyrgyzstan will take into
account the opinions of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation

Queensland police have stood down a second officer in a week after it was alleged he
urinated in public.

The Victorian government ignored 25 recommendations to help protect people from
bushfires before the Black Saturday disaster that killed 173, the opposition says.

United Nations, Sept 3 (PTI) Stating that persons with
disabilities are a valuable human resource, India today told a
UN meet that it was committed to ensure that they not only

Further, in order to ensure that the disabled people in
every corner of the country are reached, Gairola said the Act
and the national policy is currently being implemented at

New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Senior Andhra Pradesh minister K
Rosaiah is likely top be made the Acting Chief Minister in the
wake of Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's death in a

Rezaul H Laskar

CHIANG RAI, Sept 4 (TNA) – Thai authorities in Chiang Rai arrested a party of illegal North Koreans on Friday, according to marine police in the Mekong River district of Chiang Saen.