BBC News Uzbek cotton fields still using child labour | The BBC Uzbek Service has found that schoolchildren are still being sent out to work in Uzbekistan's vast cotton fields , despite government promises to stop using child labour during the harvest. |... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
Hong Kong Standard Warmer, wetter and wilder but dried-up future looms Hong Kong will be warmer, wetter and wilder next year - but faces a long-term future with less rain. | //--> Beatrice Siu | Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | ADVERTISEMENT | Hong Kong will be warmer, wet... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
The Hindu Dalai Lama to visit Gajapati district in Jan. | Staff Reporter | BERHAMPUR: Dalai Lama would visit the Tibetan settlement at Chandragiri in Gajapati district of south Orissa in January. | Chief Tibetan Lama of Chandragiri Ven Jigme Rinpoche reque... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) CultureDalaiOrissaPhotosTourism
DNA India Manmohan meets Advani over lunch, China on menu | New Delhi: Six months ago, prime minister Manmohan Singh and the leader of the opposition were barely on talking terms. Now, they are breaking bread together. On November 7, a day before LK Advani's... (photo: PIB of India / Photo Division Ministry of Information & Boradcasting Government of India.) ChinaDelhiIndiaPhotosPolitics
The Star AirAsia offering one million free seats | PETALING JAYA: Low-cost carrier AirAsia is giving away a million free seats from today to more than 70 destinations in China, India, Taiwan, Indonesia and Thailand. | T... (photo: creative commons / ) AviationChinaIndiaIndustryPhotos
