Israeli and Palestinian leaders are likely to hold their first meeting in the coming weeks, both sides have indicated.

Singapore Visitor Arrivals in July 2009.

CL Roundup: Atletico Madrid, Lyon and Maccabi Haifa all booked passage to the lucrative group stages on Tuesday.

Merely celebrating Daughter’s Day will not help to improve fair sex ratio. For this purpose, public awareness and involvement of the public is needed. NGOs, hospitals and nursing homes and certain Task Force may aid in spreading this awareness.

The government promised $27.5 billion in stimulus funds to help fix the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges as part of a broader effort to save jobs. The effort is working…sort of.

After years of delay, the clean-up of the Hudson River is off to a rocky start. Critics say the federal government’s massive Superfund project is leaking too many toxic PCBs into the air and water.

Network Rail has proposed a new £34bn high-speed line linking Scotland and London, via Birmingham and Manchester by 2030.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he was repulsed by the welcome that Libya gave to the Lockerbie bomber.

US: Barack Obama nominated Ben Bernanke for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman today.

Jet Airways to launch Daily Delhi – Hong Kong Flights.