Samsung says 5 million Galaxy S II phones sold

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were staying in, opposition activis... […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's economy is expected to pick up in the fiscal year starting on April 1 after clocking its slowest annual growth in three years, but reforms will be needed to maintain the momentum, a government advisory panel said on Wednes... […]

LANGMU, China (Reuters) - Tibetans in northwest China marked a tense traditional new year on Wednesday with prayer, the sounding of gongs and subdued defiance in the wake of a string of self-immolations and protests against Chinese control. […]

The main 30-share benchmark index provisionally fell 283.36 points to 18,145.25, with 25 of its components in the red […]

KABUL (Reuters) - Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan which flared for a second day on Wednesday in several cities over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country. […]