Back where the crisis started, the stand of half-built skyscrapers, an eyesore along Bangkok's skyline for years, has given way to a modest number of construction cranes and new, completed expressways

There are only five reasons for any self-respecting male to travel to a theatre in order to see this: 1) You like ABBA, 2) You like musicals, 3) You're trying to score brownie points with a potential girlfriend or 4) You're trying to make up with a girlfriend for something stupid you did. 5) You're reviewing -- and likely hating -- it.

Switzerland and Caribbean islands? Sure. But Alaska and Nevada are getting in on the game.

Forget everything you think you know about India. This is Kochi, the southern coast's sybaritic retreat. Tad Friend explores lush backwaters, dabbles in local cooking, and expands his mind through the ayurvedic treatment sirodhara.

It's time to DETOX. Cleanse your bodies, clear your minds and reboot your entire system for the year ahead. Here are 10 spots that make getting your system back on track a luxurious experience.

Climate change will make monsoons unpredictable; as a result, rain-fed wheat cultivation in South Asia will suffer in a big way and the total cereal production will go down.

Open an overseas account with the click of a mouse, invest in the Nikkei/Hang Seng, buy property in Dubai

But even the word maid, relatively neutral in English, is beginning to acquire chakrani overtones in Singapore, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.

The museum stands unique with its collections that include antiques like rare musical instruments, agricultural objects, cooking utensils, pieces of clothing, ancient photographs and historical books.

It might sound nuts, but two engineering students in New Zealand claim that coconut oil can be used as an alternative to diesel, providing a possible answer to rising fuel cost woes.

Transcript of the chat with Salil Kumar who visited the tsunami-hit city of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, and the Union Territory of Pondicherry.

'I can only confirm that something is cooking,' Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company spokesperson told PTI over phone from Kuwait.

A list of movies and music you got to have in your collection.

The country's largest refiner Indian Oil Corp is planning an initial public offer of its Sri Lankan subsidiary Lanka IOC by June this year to raise between $20-25 million.

India have been drawn in along with Japan, Oman and Singapore in the Asian qualifying group for the 2006 World Cup football finals.\n\n

The country's largest refiner Indian Oil Corporation will pay $75 million for acquiring 100 petrol stations and storage facilities in Sri Lanka.

The Indian swimmer was attempt the New Zealand swim between March 25 and 29.