Lukewarm reaction to UK tax plan
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's idea of a financial transactions tax has received a lukewarm response from G20 countries.

Brown joins call for global tax on banks
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on the G20 to consider a tax on financial transactions to fund future bailouts and make banks more accountable to society.

Brown proposes tax on bank transactions
G20 Finance Ministers conference under way in Scotland

US rejects Gordon Brown's G20 plans to tax transactions
Gordon Brown's plans to reform the banking system by taxing transactions has been rejected by the US.

British PM revives global tax idea at G20 meet
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Saturday resurrected the idea of the international community imposing a global tax on banks as a repayment for the billions of pounds of taxpayers' money they have received from governments.

G20: Gordon Brown calls for global tax on financial transactions
Prime Minister has called for a global levy to prevent future bank bailouts as G20 leaders meet in Scotland.

5 British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Five British soldiers were killed in a shooting in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, Britains Defence Ministry said.

British Army commander speaks of 'monstrous' killing of five soldiers
British Army commander in Afghanistan Lieutenant Colonel Roly Walker on the incident that saw five of his men killed.

Afghans killed during search for missing U.S. troops
KABUL (Reuters) - NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

Afghan 'friendly fire' claim probed
NATO forces in Afghanistan are investigating a report that an airstrike killed Afghan security forces in a region rife with arms smuggling and narcotics trafficking.

8 Afghans killed in search for missing troops
NATO forces mistakenly killed eight Afghan soldiers and police during a battle while searching for two missing US soldiers.

Ranchi hospital to decide on Koda's release
Four-member team reviewing the medical condition of ex-Jharkhand CM.

Koda continues to remain in hospital
Ranchi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who is facing money laundering charges, continued to remain in hospital on Saturday as he has a stomach upset. The doctors will take a decision tomorrow or the day after ...

Upset stomach saves Koda from arrest
Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda got a reprieve from imminent arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the Rs.2,500 crore money laundering case as doctors at the Apollo hospital here Saturday decided to keep him under medical examination for 'a day or two'.

Upset stomach saves former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda from arrest
Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda got a reprieve from imminent arrest in the Rs2500cr money laundering case as doctors at Ranchi's Apollo Hospital decided to keep him under medical examination for "a day or two".

Finally, Maharashtra gets a new government
Ashok Chavan was sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister at the head of 26-member Congress-Nationalist Congress Party ministry in Mumbai on Saturday evening, two weeks after the assembly elections results were declared.

Maha gets new govt, 2 weeks after Assembly poll results
Ashok Chavan was sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister at the head of 26-member Congress-NCP ministry on Saturday evening, two weeks after the Assembly elections results were declared.

38-member Maharashtra team in place at last
There was delay but effort was to give stable government: Chavan

Two women in new Maharashtra government
Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Fauzia Khan, a Muslim, and Congress party's Varsha Gaekwad, a Dalit, have found place in the new Maharashtra council of ministers sworn in Saturday.

Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting.

First Family to Fort Hood
Barack, Michelle Obama to attend Tuesday memorial service in Texas.

Italy take 2-0 lead over U.S. in Fed Cup final
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy (Reuters) - Italy stormed into a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final when Francesca Schiavone outfoxed Melanie Oudin 7-6 6-2 on Saturday.

Pennetta gives Italy winning start
World number 11 Flavia Pennetta cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory against American Alexa Glatch to give hosts Italy a 1-0 lead in the Fed Cup final on red clay in Reggio Calabria on Saturday.

Fed Cup: Italy take 1-0 lead over US
Flavia Pennetta overpowered Alexa Glatch 6-3 6-1 to give Italy a 1-0 lead over United States in the Fed Cup final on Saturday.

11 dead in Russian military plane crash
A Russian military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia's Far East region, leaving all eleven crew members missing and presumed dead, officials said on Saturday.

Russian military plane crashes in Pacific, 11 missing
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.

11 dead in military plane crash
A Russian military plane has crashed into the sea during a training exercise in the country's Far East region, leaving all 11 crew missing and presumed dead, officials said.

UK tourist shot dead in Texas bar
A 28-year-old British tourist is killed by a man who walked into a Texas bar and fired several times, according to US media reports.

British tourist shot dead in bar in Amarillo Texas
A 28yearold British man Thomas Reeve was shot dead when a gunman opened fire after walking into a bar in Amarillo Texas.

British tourist shot dead in Texas bar
Thomas Reeve, 28, killed in Amarillo as shots are fired at drinkers during robbery A British tourist has been shot dead in a bar in Texas. Thomas Reeve, 28, was killed in the city of Amarillo when shots were fired at several drinkers, the Foreign Office confirmed. The attack happened at the Spotted Pony Lounge in the town at about 10.45pm local time on Thursday. Police said Reeve arrived in Amarillo a few hours before the shooting. He was travelling across the US with two friends. He died at Northwest Texas hospital after being shot in the torso. An autopsy was being performed in Lubbock, the Amarillo Globe-News reported. Reeve was drinking in the bar with his friends. They had rented a car in California and stopped in Amarillo on a trip to Florida. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm the death of Thomas Reeve and we are providing consular assistance to the family." Another customer, Gordon Gollihugh, 48, was shot in the hand and taken to a local hospital, according to t

BSY sacrifices Secy, but crisis continues
Though Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa removed his Principal Secretary V P Baligar to please the Bellary Reddys, BJPs Karnataka crisis continued on Friday....

Karnataka political impasse continues
The political uncertainty shrouding the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka showed no signs of clearing, notwithstanding claims of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa that the crisis triggered by the Reddy brothers has been "resolved".

Yeddyurappa breaks down
NEW DELHI: Even as general secretary M. Venkaiah Naidu said that the political crisis in the Karnataka BJP would come to an end on Sunday, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa declared that the issue had been resolved and thanked the ...

US says Indian govt briefed on Headley case
The US said it has briefed the Indian government on the case of David Headley Coleman, nabbed by FBI last month for plotting a major terror attack in India.

India briefed on Headley case: U.S.
Inflammatory videos found in house of another accused

Security agencies probing Headley's Mumbai visits
Security agencies are probing whether David Headley, nabbed by FBI last month for plotting a terror attack in India at LeT's behest, visited Mumbai three times.