Bhaskar Prasad

Joran van der Sloot, the man suspected of killing Natalee Holloway 2005, filed a $10 million lawsuit today against Chilean and Peruvian authorities, as well as Ricardo Flores, the father of his alleged second murder victim.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that looks to reinstate pizzas and French fries on lunch menus of federally funded schools. This follows an earlier proposal that threatened to remove the food items from the menu.

United States federal agencies conducted raids on Cyber Monday, shutting down Web sites they said were selling counterfeit goods and copyrighted works.

China's decision to donate school buses to Macedonia has been met with strong criticism at home as concerned Chinese citizens noted the country's inferior transport safety record.

Soccer players who have a high rate of heading the ball during games and practices can have brain abnormalities and cognitive problems similar to those experienced by patients with concussions, researchers suggest.

Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence, a horror film, has been banned by the Classification Review Board in Australia. It made its Australian premiere at the Brisbane International Film Festival three weeks ago.

Ministers from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan met in Kabul to strengthen cooperation against the opium trade. More than 90 percent of the world's opium comes from Afghanistan, with most of it transiting through Iran and Pakistan.

Gold rebounded to a one-week high following the substitution of last week's selling pressures with expectations of a stronger effort by euro-zone leaders to stem the spread of the sovereign-debt crisis. Spot gold held steady above $1,700 per ounce on Tuesday.

Four people were killed and nine wounded in clashes between Shiite Muslims and Saudi Arabian security forces in the oil-rich Eastern Province, according to the official Saudi Press Agency. The latest round of fighting took place last Wednesday, during a funeral for one of the protesters.

A bar in south London has installed the world's first hands free urine-controlled video game.

The life of Lady Margaret Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister, is to be the subject of a Hollywood film and the former leader has been portrayed by two-time Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep.

The Kolaveri di phenomenon has spread well beyond the bounds of South India's Tamil film industry and now seems set to head into Japan, after running amok in the United States.

Grant Smith, 47, from Cottonwood Heights, Utah, was arrested for watching child pornography, onboard a domestic flight.

European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek has expressed his support for Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s ex-prime minister, who was convicted on abuse of power charges and jailed for seven years.

Retired Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming venturing into a new world, has launched a wine collection in his own name in Shanghai.

Tributes are pouring in for Angie Dowds, the popular trainer, who jumped to her death last week at Beachy Head near Eastbourne, East Sussex, a notorious suicide spot.

Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Melissa Kellerman became an Internet celebrity overnight, when the video of her being tackled by Cowboys tight end Jason Witten during their game against the Miami Dolphins went viral.

Political parties and leaders who oppose the move should study and understand realities in India and support and augment the actions needed to ensure that the decision is implemented in the right manner. If executed in the right way, it is certainly the step ahead in developing the much desired rural infrastructure and also keeping inflation in check, writes Bhaskar Prasad.

History will remember 2011 as the year of the popular uprising. The common man is creating history in different corners of the world. What else do the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street protests, the anti-austerity protests in Greece and Spain, and the anti-corruption campaign in India herald?

Why this Kolaveri di is a song that seems to have well and truly captured the imagination of the youth in the country. The song is already a hit on YouTube and social-networking sites, such as Facebook, with over 8 million hits on YouTube.

American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina bungled the lyrics to the national anthem at the Detroit Lions-Green Bay Packers football game on Thanksgiving Day.

A French train carrying 150 tons of reprocessed nuclear waste entered German territory on Friday. According to reports, there have been clashes between anti-nuclear activists who attempted to block the train and riot police.

President Obama has caused outrage for leaving the reference to God out of his Thanksgiving day message

The video of a black Labrador chasing a herd of deer went viral in YouTube with over 1,600,000 views since it was posted.

With the Black Friday shopping peaking on there is no doubt video games will be hot sellers once again.

American department store chain, JC Penney has posted their Black Friday deals for 2011. The Texas-based company will be opening its door by 4:00 AM and will be giving out free Disney snow globes to the early shoppers.

An assassination plot against Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and several ministers was foiled by local security forces.

Russian anchor Tatiana Limanova said she was leaving the Ren TV news channel after she was taken off the air following an indecent gesture in a live newscast.

Within an hour of the incident in New Delhi, where one youth slapped Union minister Sharad Pawar at NDMC centre, tags like ‘Sharad Pawar’ and ‘Slapgate’ replaced the top Twitter trend in India ‘Why this Kolavari’, a quirky song in Tamil-English lyrics.