Jonathan Burt's book "Rat" has been translated into Arabic that eloquently describes how the species spread across the world following the commercial routes created by man since the ancient times.

Pakistan should learn from Bangladesh on how to curb corruption as it continued to slip on the global corruption index, while Bangladesh made remarkable progress in weeding out the menace, a Pakistani daily said in an editorial Thursday.

India must take into count China's reaction if it attempts to use its 'Look East Policy' to try encircle Beijing, a Chinese commentator asked testily in the influential People's Daily Thursday, saying the policy was "born out of failure" of India's Cold War strategy.

 A survey has found that more children in Scotland now get most of their information about sex from school rather than from their friends or family.

India must take into count China's reaction if it attempts to use its 'Look East Policy' to try encircle Beijing, a Chinese commentator said in People's Daily Thursday.

Union Commerce and Trade Minister Anand Sharma on Thursday said that India values South Korean investment despite the row over its POSCO steel project in Orissa over issues related to land and environment.

In a move that can change the dynamics of trade in East Asia and also throw a challenge to China's economic dominance in its own backyard, India is looking forward to negotiate comprehensive free trade agreements with Indonesia and Thailand.

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived here on Thursday evening for the third and final leg of his three-nation Asia tour.

India values South Korean investment despite the row over its Posco project in Orissa over issues related to environment and land, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said Thursday.

A blogger in China's Shanghai city has been warned by the police after she posted a photograph of a price list of college girls  who wanted to be mistresses.