New Delhi, Jan. 22: Reminding that Australia's new ruling Labor Party's nuclear policy is unlikely to change, Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy today said that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Government would consider India's request for civilian nuclear cooperation.

Delivering a talk on "Australia's New Government and Asia" at Observer Research Foundation here, McCarthy said the Indian Prime Minister's Special Envoy, Shyam Saran, was in Australia last week and discussed the matter with officials.

Mumbai/New Delhi, Jan 22: The 30-share sensitive index (Sen

New Delhi, Jan 22: In a bid to give a renewed look to the National Democratic Alliance, the parties who call themselves "friends", today held a "special meeting" at the residence of Lal Krishna Advani’s and decided to contest the next general elections under his leadership.

Putting rest to speculations making rounds for quite sometime, they also decided to retain Atal Behari Vajpayee as chairman and George Fernandes as convenor of the alliance.

New Delhi, Jan 22: A nationwide survey has revealed that the number of China's online gamers is expected to exceed 59 million in 2008, up 20 percent from last year's 48 million.

The conclusion is based on the survey of more than 300 websites, 270 enterprises and 50,786 interviewees around the country, reports China Daily.

The ‘Netguide 2008’ survey, which began in January last year by the Data Center of the China Internet (DCCI) and Internet Society of China (ISC), reported that in China the market value in 2007 witnessed a 57-percent increase compared to previous year's 9.36 billion yuan (1.2 billion US dollars).

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