”Calcutta” News

Mother Teresa felt "emptiness": archbishop

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Mother Teresa experienced"emptiness" like any human, and the revealing letters sheshared with her colleagues portrayed her humility, said theArchbishop of Kolkata , where the nun lived most of her life.
09 3 2007 10:18AM (...more)

Indian outing excites Kahn as Bayern Munich pushes into emerging market

CALCUTTA, India - Germany's famed goalkeeper Oliver Kahn is excited to be playing in India during his farewell season as Bayern Munich makes a push into the huge emerging market.
05 27 2008 9:50AM (...more)

Strike forces Lufthansa to cancel long-haul flights: spokeswoman

FRANKFURT (AFP) - The biggest German airline, Lufthansa, will cancel long-distance flights Wednesday for the first time since cabin crews and ground personnel walked out on strike earlier this week, a spokeswoman said.
07 30 2008 7:48PM (...more)

Paulson urges India to speed reforms

WASHINGTON - India should accelerate its pace of economic reforms while resisting pressures to erect protectionist trade barriers, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday.
10 25 2007 3:13AM (...more)

Indian minister denies calling Pakistani president

NEW DELHI – Pakistani authorities put the air force on high alert after their president received a "threatening" late-night call they said came straight from the Indian government as gunmen rampaged across Mumbai. 12 8 2008 11:07PM (...more)

Canadian prime minister to visit China, India

OTTAWA (AFP) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to India and China in following his participation
10 31 2009 8:14AM (...more)

UN: Indonesia failing in bird flu fight

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Efforts to contain bird flu are failing in Indonesia , increasing the possibility that the virus may mutate into a deadlier form, the leading U.N. veterinary health body warned.
03 19 2008 9:19PM (...more)

Bangladesh hit by bird flu outbreak

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Livestock officials slaughtered more than 27,000 chickens and ducks in northern Bangladesh after bird flu was confirmed at a poultry farm near the border with India , a report said Friday.
02 2 2008 3:38AM (...more)

Bangladeshi writer seeks free movement

NEW DELHI - Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin , who fled death threats in her home country, complained Friday that the Indian government was not allowing her to meet friends or travel outside the Indian capital.
12 22 2007 2:36AM (...more)

Hantuchova, Pennetta enter quarter-finals

CALCUTTA, India - Second-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia outplayed Russia's Anastasia Rodionova on Thursday to enter the quarter-finals of the WTA Tour's Sunfeast Open.
09 21 2007 9:24AM (...more)