planned, this much-delayed, controversial project could wreck U.S. efforts to check Iran's expansionist ambitions. U.S. energy analyst Gal Luft said the pipeline could also "have profound implications for the geopolitics of energy in the 21st century and

• 20 March 2010

Serbian President Boris Tadic boycotts an EU-Balkan integration conference because of a row over Kosovo's status.

• 20 March 2010

On March 20, 1995 the Aum cult attacked passengers on the Tokyo subway. A liquid nerve agent was placed in five trains during rush hour. At least 12 people died; thousands were injured. The cult leader is on death row.

• 20 March 2010

On March 20, 1995 the Aum cult attacked passengers on the Tokyo subway. A liquid nerve agent was placed in five trains during rush hour. At least 12 people died; thousands were injured. The cult leader is on death row.

• 20 March 2010

Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in Guinea.

• 19 March 2010

President Pratibha Patil on Thursday presented the prestigious Moortidevi Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust to law minister M Veerappa Moily for his "outstanding work" Shri Ramayana Mahanveshanam.

• 19 March 2010

attention from the US, observers and officials say. China and Indonesia will celebrate their 60th anniversary of bilateral relations on April 13 as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will visit Jakarta later in April, less than a month after the country hosts US

• 19 March 2010

Moscow and Riyadh have reportedly been negotiating for several years now about the Saudi purchase of Russian air-defense missile systems, but so far this has not yet occurred. Several analysts, including myself, have argued that Riyadh has made clear to

• 18 March 2010