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UK taskforce opposes organ donor law change

UK taskforce opposes organ donor law changeThe Times reports claim that introduction of 'presumed consent' for the donation of vital organs is to be rejected by the UK government's Organ Donation Taskforce, thereby aiming to give the recent reform of the existing system a chance to work. The taskforce was set up in 2007 to explore ways of boosting transplants across the UK.

Israel kills four militants in Gaza as rockets continue

Israel kills four militants in Gaza as rockets continueTel Aviv/Gaza City - Israel killed four Palestinian militants in an airstrike near Gaza City Sunday morning, hours after Palestinians launched rockets at Israeli border towns.

In a further indication that a five-month-old truce between Israel and the Gaza militias is fast collapsing, Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert said he has ordered the military to submit a plan to "restore full quiet to the south", and the Islamist Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip, said it would "respond heavily to any Zionist offensive or attacks against our people."

Kashmiri leaders woo voters before the first phase of multi-phase election

Kashmiri leaders woo voters before the first phase of multi-phase electionJammu, Nov 16 : Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and People''s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mufti Mohammed Sayeed on Sunday said to resolve Kashmir problem concede something to the people of Kashmir.

Sayeed was addressing a news conference in Jammu today ahead of the seven-phase polling, which will begin from November 17, and end on December 24.

Search On For Absconding Students Involved in Law College Clash

Search On For Absconding Students Involved in Law College Clash Chennai’s new Commissioner of Police has formed 25-special teams for nabbing students involved in the Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College clash. Taking over from R. Sekar, who was shifted after television footage showed policemen watching silently as students received merciless thrashing in a clash between two student groups. 
  

25 dead in J-K bridge collapse

Jammu, Nov 16 : At least 25 people died and several others injured at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday when a bridge across river Jhelum collapsed at Bandi about six kilometers from the Line of C

Dalai Lama envoys say Chinese response unyielding

Dalai Lama envoys say Chinese response unyieldingDharamsala, Nov 16 : Envoys of the Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader in-exile said on Sunday that talks with China were a ''total failure'' and were unyielding.

The envoys held a news conference in Dharamsala the seat of the Tibetan government in exile after returning from the ninth round of talks with China since 2002 and the first since the Beijing Olympic Games.

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