Defending champions Spain advanced to the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup today with victory over Switzerland. The home side took a 2-1 lead into Sunday's reverse singles and David Ferrer quickly wrapped up the tie with an easy win over Stanislas Wawrinka. Ferrer, who also won his first singles match on Friday, triumphed 6-2 6-4 6-0 to set up a quarter-final clash with France, who had already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead against Germany .......

Nigeria's acting president has ordered security forces to hunt down those behind an attack near the central city of Jos that left more than 200 people dead. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege, reporting from the capital Abuja, quoted police as saying that the attackers were Muslim Hausa-Fulani herders while the victims were mainly from the Borom community, a predominantly Christian ethnic group. Villagers in Dogo Nahawa, located south of Jos in Nige.......

US President Barack Obama has commended the Iraqi nation for passing "an important milestone" when millions turned out for national elections despite waves of deadly rocket, mortar, and bomb attacks. "I have great respect for the millions of Iraqis who refused to be deterred by acts of violence, and who exercised their right to vote," Obama said in his first reaction to the ballot. "By any measure, this was an important milestone in Iraqi h.......

विदेशमा काम गर्नेहरुले पठाउने रेमिटेण्स मार्फत हुने आम्दानीमा मात्र भर नपर्न एउटा अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय वित्तिय संस्थाले नेपाललाई चेतावनी दिएको छ। केही महिना यता रेमिटेण्स भित्रिने क्रममा शिथिलता देखिने वित्तिकै देशको भुक्तानी सन्तुलन धरमराएको थियो। लगत्तै नेपालको स्थिति बुझ्न आएको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मुद्रा कोषका अधिकारीहरुले दिगो आम्दानीका निम्ति देशभित्रै आर्थिक वृद्धि गर्न सुझाव दिएका छन्। खस्कियो चार वर्षसम्म औसतमा ३० प्रतिशतका दरले हरेक वर्ष बढिरहेको रेमिटेण्स आम्दानी गएको पाँच महिना यता खुम्चिएर २० प्रतिशत.......

George Mitchell, the US envoy to the Middle East, has begun a round of meetings in the region aimed at re-launching negotiations. The meetings that began on Saturday came as Mahmoud Abbas, the president of Palestine, said he feared the 20-year-old peace process with Israel was close to collapse. Officials expect discussion on formats for the four months of "proximity talks" to which Abbas agreed last week after a year of demanding Israel en.......

Iraqis vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election that will help to determine whether their shaky democracy can end sectarian conflict and defeat insurgents who are trying to plunge Iraq back into broader bloodshed. Election campaign posters cover a damaged building in Ramadi, about 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, March 6, 2010. (REUTERS/Saad Shalash) Iraq's political course will be decisive for President Barack Obama's plans to halve U........

नेकपा एमाले र नेपाली कांग्रेसले दुईवटा महत्वपूर्ण सरकारी निकायका प्रमुख पद आ-आफ्नो भागमा आउनुपर्ने दावी गरेपछि खाली रहेका संवैधानिक निकायहरुमा नियुक्ति गर्न नसकिएको एकजना एमाले नेताले बताएका छन्। अख्तियार दुरुपयोग अनुसन्धान आयोग तथा नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंकका प्रमुख पदमा सत्ताधारी दुई दलहरुबीच भागबण्डा नमिल्दा अन्य निकायहरुको नियुक्ति समेत अन्योलमा परेको एमाले नेता भरतमोहन अधिकारीले उल्लेख गरेका छन्। सरकारी निकायहरुमा महत्वपूर्ण नियुक्ति गर्न चाहिने सहमति खोज्न भन्दै शनिबार बिहान दुई दलको बैठक बसेको थियो। तर परिण.......

A staampede that broke out as thousands of people jostled for free food outside a Hindu temple yesterday left scores dead and many more wounded. Most of the victims were women and children. The chaos started at the temple located in the north Indian town of Kunda, around 100 miles south of Lucknow, as people gathered to collect meals and clothes that were being distributed to mark the anniversary of the death of the wife of the temple's foun.......

* Wen reiterates easy monetary stance, steady yuan policy * Social spending to rise faster than military spending * Domestic drivers of growth still not strong enough - Wen * Budget deficit to stay below 3 pct of GDP By Simon Rabinovitch and Zhou Xin BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China will seek to heal social rifts and spur home-driven growth with more public welfare and rural spending even as the government tightens its belt after a burst o.......