As the two-year-old Satria, a Sumatra tiger, lunged and growled fiercely inside his cage when she was lifted down from the aircraft, the people around, including his new protector, Indonesian tycoon Tomy Winata, pulled back instinctively.
The Queen in Britain delivered a televised Christmas speech Wednesday afternoon, reflecting on the past year when the 60 anniversary of her coronation was celebrated and her great-grandson was born.
South Korea's Finance Ministry said on Friday that the country's economic growth was expected to exceed the global economy in 2014, the first in four years, due to solid exports caused by the global recovery.
The Indian government has ordered a probe into allegations of snooping on a young woman in 2009 by the western state of Gujarat and its controversial Chief Minister Narendra Modi who is also the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate for 2014 general elections
South Korea's Finance Ministry said on Friday that the country's economic growth was expected to exceed the global economy in 2014, the first in four years, due to solid exports caused by the global recovery.
Indian Defense Ministry Monday cleared a proposal to buy 262 missiles from Israel to arm the Barak-I anti-missile defense systems for the Indian Navy, said local media reports.
Ever seen Santas running on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico? Come to this Texas coastal city, where thousands of runners dressed like Santa hit the streets Sunday to celebrate the fast-approaching Christmas holiday.
Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the famed Russian AK-47 assault rifle, died on Monday in his home city of Izhevsk, an industrial town 1,300 km east of Moscow, local media reported.
Oil prices dropped on profit- taking Monday after making considerable gains last week.
A hospital attacker with a mental disorder was sentenced to life imprisonment after a fatal assault at a hospital in east China's Anhui Province last November, said a local court Tuesday.
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Francis J. Ricciardone denied Saturday the report that the United States was behind the ongoing graft probe in Turkey.
At least 14 passengers were killed early Sunday morning when a bus fell into a ravine in Sao Lourenco da Serra municipality, the Federal Highway Police said.
Chinese skater Wang Xue snatched China's fourth gold medal at the women's short-track 500- meter contention of the 26th Winter Universiade on Thursday.
An Egyptian court ordered the acquittal of former President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, who was charged with corruption, official news agency MENA reported Thursday.
The chairman of a fisheries cooperative association in a southwestern Japan city was shot and died on Friday morning, local press reported.
The whitening of the black eye circles of a panda at an eastern China zoo is likely caused by mites, and the condition is being treated, a zoo in Hangzhou City announced Thursday. The Hangzhou zoo received a pair of panda siblings named "Chengda" and "Chengxiao" from the southwest province of Sichuan in September, both aged two years old.
The United States has apologized for arresting an Indian woman diplomat in New York last sweek, which has triggered a diplomatic row between New Delhi and Washington, said local TV channel CNN-IBN Thursday.
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