Paki kid gets a new life in India after being operated for a rare congenital heart disorder

September 26th, 2009 NEW YORK - Describing US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton as "the best public servant our family has produced," former US President Bill Clinton has admitted that his wife is better than him. His praise came during the start of his annual global issues conference in New York, Sky News reports.

September 20th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Despite being born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate and no cheekbones, Malay-Indian Selva Kumar Vijayakumar, 26, recalls how he braved his way through teasing to become a successful businessman. "Kids at school called me all sorts of names, from cacat to hantu.

September 6th, 2009 MELBOURNE - In a shocking revelation, poor parents in an impoverished western Sydney suburb are feeding their young children cannabis to "keep them quiet", a children's charity has disclosed. Counsellors at the Mount Druitt branch of the renowned Ted Noffs Foundation say parents see the practice as an easy alternative to soften their unruly kids.ews.com.au quoted clinical psychologist Michael Kirton as saying: "We are seeing six-year-olds being given bongs by their families to keep them quiet, stop them crying, or put them to sleep.

September 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - More and more discarded US computers are enjoying a lease of life in developing countries, says a comprehensive study. The findings may heighten growing concerns about environmental pollution with toxic metals that can result from dismantling and recycling computer components in developing countries.

August 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party Thursday criticised the expulsion of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh from the party for his praise of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah saying India still has prejudice and bias against the country even 62 years after partition. The PML-N said Singh's expulsion shows the real face of India that boasts of great democracy in the world, the Online news agency reported.

July 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Doctors are still scratching their heads over a woman's rare condition that has caused her legs to grow at an alarming rate, leaving them to weigh more than 100 pounds each. Mandy Sellars, 34, was born with abnormally large legs and feet and doctors at the time did not have a diagnosis.

June 22nd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Parents will soon be able to "keep an eye" on their kids' mobiles phones, thanks to technology already in use by American cops. Parents can receive alerts in the form of SMS and email every time their child gets a call from an "unapproved" number.

June 22nd, 2009 MOSCOW - A Russian official Monday dismissed media reports that Russia planned to lease several nuclear submarines to India, saying the contract envisioned only the transfer of Nerpa nuclear submarine. "We will lease only one submarine.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Parents are relaxed about their children carrying contraceptives, according to a new poll. The study of more than 1,000 people found that 20 percent parents have even bought condoms to keep at home for their youngsters.

June 3rd, 2009 TOKYO - An Australian working in Japan has said that he is prepared to pay the airfare from India to Australia for the parents of a student who was critically injured when stabbed with a screwdriver at a party in Melbourne last month. Matthew Patrick, who works in banking in Tokyo, said this gesture should be seen as an expression of goodwill that was needed to mend the harm done on Indian students so far.

May 30th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The recent attacks on Indian students in Melbourne could severely hit Australia's lucrative education industry, agents in India who help arrange student placements have warned. The assaults attracted a blaze of publicity in India for the third consecutive day yesterday, prompting some students and parents to re-evaluate plans to study in Australia.

May 28th, 2009 SYDNEY - Parents and teachers who despair about children not studying ought not to give up nagging them about how short-term pain brings long-term gain. "If you think you have no impact, stick with it because you do," said Sydney University researcher Andrew Martin.

May 18th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Indian temples in Malaysia should conduct religious classes for schoolchildren on their premises, Ipoh Teachers Training Institute lecturer I. Manirajan has said.

May 5th, 2009 SYDNEY - A Homeopath and his wife were more concerned with their social activities during a visit to India than their baby daughter's health, a Sydney jury has been told. Prosecuting lawyer Mark Tedeschi told the NSW Supreme Court that Thomas Sam, 42, and his wife, Manju Sam, 36, were responsible for the manslaughter of their nine-month-old daughter, Gloria Thomas, in Sydney in May 2002.

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - They would have never imagined in their wildest dreams that they would go on a foreign trip and be showered with frantic media attention. The mother of Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail Shaikh, child star of Oscar winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire', says that her son has has given 'them a new lease of life'.