The U.K. authorities are considering spending up to 12 billion pounds ($21 billion) on a database to keep information on Internet intercepts, e-mail and telephone records of everyone in Britain, The Sunday Times reported.
// Oct. 05, 2008 - 07:04 GMT
The news that North Korea's leader had made his first appearance in public in nearly two months has not allayed the fears about his health, sources in Japan's foreign ministry said on Sunday.
// Oct. 05, 2008 - 08:17 GMT
India has imposed a curfew in Kashmir ahead of a pro-independence rally by separatists, local authorities said on Sunday.
// Oct. 05, 2008 - 09:22 GMT
Kazakhstan does not intend to review its relations with Russia over the recent conflict between Moscow and Tbilisi, Kazakh Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin said on Sunday.
// Oct. 05, 2008 - 10:09 GMT
At least 18 people were killed and another 23 injured after a truck with illegal immigrants overturned in western Turkey on Sunday, local media reported.
// Oct. 05, 2008 - 10:31 GMT
Israel is preparing a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities and will act before Tehran creates a nuclear bomb, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told an Israeli newspaper.
// Oct. 05, 2008 - 11:15 GMT
An avenue in the center of the Chechen capital was renamed Sunday in honor of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
// Oct. 05, 2008 - 13:54 GMT