Nepalese benefit from UAE freeze on Indian labour
Nepalese workers are being preferred over Indians in hotels and private companies in UAE a month after it freezed the recruitment of unskilled labour from the Indian subcontinent.

Mubarak escapes attempt on life
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday escaped a bid on his life after security guards shot dead a knife wielding man who charged at him near here, witnesses said.

UN team declares East Timor ballot `fair'
Even as the three-man United Nations' electoral committee in Jakarta declared the August 30 East Timor ballot fair and an accurate reflection for the will of the people, the Indonesian police chief admitted that the escalating violence in the territory was ``out of control''.

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