New Delhi - At least 17 people were killed and 30 injured in a bomb blast suspected to be carried out by separatist militants in India's north-eastern state of Manipur on Tuesday, news reports said.
The bomb was planted on a motorcycle and exploded near the police commando barracks in Imphal, the state's main city.
Imphal police sources told the PTI news agency that 13 people were killed on the scene, and four succumbed to injuries at the hospital.
Most of the victims were civilians, but some could be policemen.
Ramallah - The world financial crisis is not expected to leave much of an impact on the emerging Palestinian economy, officials, business executives and economists agree.
La Paz - Following a months-long political struggle, leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday obtained the necessary majority in Congress to call a referendum on a controversial proposal for a new constitution.
Los Angeles - With the oldest ever candidate and the first black nominee the upcoming US election already has a lot of firsts. Now add another: drive-through voting.
Beirut - Lebanon's anti-Syrian Druze leader and head of the progressive Socialist Progressive party, Walid Jumblatt, insists that the conflict between the Lebanese rival factions is based on political, not confessional, grounds.
