World-Affairs

While the world has been expecting it since past few months, has reportedly reacted cautiously to the death penalty given to disgraced Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and sought to focus on the legal procedure behind the verdict, officials said Monday. "Such life and death decisions require credible, due process of law, which does not appear to be victors' justice and is acceptable to the people of as well as the ... [full story]

India’s nominee for the post of Secretary General Shashi Tharoor has said the greatest problem for the world body is that it does not have one big issue to deal with but a host of them shouting for attention. An international institution like the United Nations with "impressive achievements" and "haunting failures" has changed but needs to change further, Tharoor said in an article in the forthcoming issue of a news magazine while suggesting a ... [full story]

he world's highest Qinghai-Tibet railway line which was opened  this month amid great celebration and fanfare has reportedly  developed cracks in its concrete structures while its permafrost  foundation is sinking and cracking.    According to the Chinese railway officials, the frozen ground that  forms the foundation of the railway is sinking and cracking in some  sections, making the railway unstable in some places.    Chinese ... [full story]

India's nominee for the post of UN secretary-general, Shashi Tharoor believes that he can offer a genuine alternative - a candidate who can articulate a positive vision for a UN of the 21st century. In a recent poll Shashi Tharoor has emerged as one of the two top contenders for the post of United Nations secretary-general. Tharoor, who came a close second to South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon in ... [full story]