Beijing - The death toll has risen to at least 22 with 45 people still missing after heavy rain caused several landslides in mountainous areas of southwestern China's Yunnan province, the government said Monday.
Torrential rain caused mud and rock to flow down valleys and hillsides in at least 13 counties of Yunnan over the past few days, affecting more than 411,000 people, the provincial Civil Affairs Department reported on its website.
At least 284 homes collapsed and more than 700 others were damaged with electricity and telecommunications cut off to several areas, the report said.
State media quoted officials as saying it was still too early to confirm the exact number of landslides in remote areas.
New Delhi - India's benchmark Sensitive Index jumped more than 400 points on opening Monday, buoyed by weekend interest rate cuts announced by the country's central bank.
At noon, the 30-share Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange was trading at 10,236.97, about 4.59 per cent above its previous close.
The broader 50-share Nifty of the National Stock Exchange rose 4.07 per cent to 3,003.05.
London, Nov 3: Children with higher IQs are more likely to vote for Green Party or Liberal Democrats as adults, a new study has found.
The study led by the University of Edinburgh and the UK Medical Research Council has discovered a link between childhood intelligence and their voting preferences in later life.
They are also more likely to vote in general, and get involved in politics.
During the study, the IQs of more than 6,000 subjects were recorded at the age of 10, before any secondary schooling.
Washington, Nov. 3: With less than 48 hours to go for Election Day, both John McCain and Barack Obama''s campaigns are trying to motivate voters to come out and vote on Tuesday.
According to FOX News, both camps are positioning themselves for a long night on Tuesday and do expect the closing stages of the race to be tight, as there is a potential for fraudulent voter registration.
Washington, Nov 3: New genetic research has found that arachnids like spiders and scorpions first emerged at least 400 to 450 million years ago, making them among the world’s oldest creatures.
According to a report in Discovery News, the study extends the known world presence of these creepy crawlies by over 200 million years.
The oldest fossil spider is 125 to 135 million years old, while the oldest fossil scorpion is around 200 million years old.
These invertebrates could even have emerged much earlier than this latest study determined.
New Delhi - India's benchmark Sensitive Index jumped more than 400 points on opening Monday, buoyed by weekend interest rate cuts announced by the country's central bank.
Washington, Nov. 3: With less than 48 hours to go for Election Day, both John McCain and Barack Obama''s campaigns are trying to motivate voters to come out and vote on Tuesday. 
