As earthquake survivors braced themselves for the possibilities of more aftershocks on Tuesday, reports emerged of a man being rescued after spending 179 hours trapped under a heap of rubble in China's devastated Sichuan province. Ma Yuanjiang, a 31-year-old power plant executive, was at a meeting when the massive earthquake struck on May 12 and his office building in Wenchuan County collapsed around him, the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. Rescuers spotted him Monday while working to free one of his colleagues, but it took them more than 30 hours to get Ma out. While rescuers worked, they kept Ma alive by sending him sugar water to drink through a long straw. When Ma was finally pulled free at 5 a.m. local time on Tuesday, he was able to speak and eat, fellow power plant employee Wu Geng said. The other colleague rescued at the Yingxiu Bay hydro power plant could only be freed after having her legs amputated during a more than...
Members of Britain's cabinet held urgent talks on Tuesday (October 7) over a possible multi-billion pound injection of public money into the banking sector over the coming days as the global...
Flooding across southern China has killed 57 people in recent days. More than a million have been forced to abandon their homes for safer ground. China's rainy season is notoriously deadly. But...
Fier’s police have arrest a 40-year old accused for the rape of an underage girl. Vasil Kane, from Sector Seman in Fier, allegedly using a knife raped a 15-year old girl Her parents are the one...
WELCOME TO SOUTH ASIA NEWS LINE. I AM RANGABASHIAM WITH THE DAY’S NEWS….. THE TOP STORIES AT THIS HOUR… HEADLINES 1. INDIA WELCOMES ZARDARI’S STATEMENT ON TERRORISTS IN KASHMIR 2....
Thai police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters on Tuesday (October 7), clearing them from a road to Parliament after they had vowed to stop Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat delivering his...
Pneumonia vaccine not only prevents bacterial infection but the injection also seems to dramatically lower the risk of heart attacks in adults, a Canadian study suggests. - Pneumococcal or...
Support for the Conservatives plunged in the days following the leaders' debates amid worries about Harper's approach to the economy, a pollster suggests.
The U.N. climate conference opens in Bali with delegates trying to work out a viable update to the Kyoto protocol. MOREINFO: Climate change talks have been bogged down in recent years by arguments...