`Blood agencies should be interconnected`

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 20:14

A senior government official today advocated the need for revamping blood donation services saying that various blood agencies should be interconnected to ensure easy access.

Don’t broadcast Dale execution video: Red Cross to Pak

Last Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012, 19:29

The Red Cross on Monday appealed to the Pakistani media not to broadcast the execution video of its slain aid worker.

British aid doctor kidnapped in Pak found beheaded

Last Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 16:26

Khalil Rasjed Dale was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Quetta on January 50.

Afghan amputees a grim signature of more bombs

Last Updated: Sunday, April 15, 2012, 00:42

Civilians are not the only victims of increasingly powerful bombs that are also believed responsible for more amputations among US troops.

150,000 languish in N Korean prison camps: Red Cross

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 15:37

A new report says more than 150,000 North Koreans are incarcerated in a Soviet-style, hidden gulag despite the communist government`s denial it holds political prisoners.

Colombia`s FARC rebels free 10 captives

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 09:52

Colombia`s FARC rebels on Monday freed 10 members of the armed forces held hostage in jungle prison camps for more than a decade.

Russia asks Syria to accept Red Cross truce demand

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 18:31

Russia called on Syria to immediately accept demands by the International Committee for the Red Cross for a humanitarian truce after talks with the Geneva-based body`s head.

Russia calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Syria

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 10:11

Russia called on Syria Tuesday to immediately accept demands by the International Committee for the Red Cross for a daily two-hour humanitarian truce.