Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today appointed senior Tamil parliamentarian V S Radhakrishnan as a Deputy Minister, a move aimed at wining the support of the community ahead of his third re-election bid. The President's office announced the swearing-in of Radhakrishnan, a member of the Upcountry People's Front (UPF), as the Deputy Minister of Botanical Gardens and Public Recreation. A senior parliamentarian of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC), Radhakrishnan contested the 2010 General Election under the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) ticket from Nuwara Eliya District, and came second in preference votes.

Liberia said on Friday it was banning journalists from Ebola clinics, defying media rights campaigners who have warned panicked African governments against "muzzling" reporters in response to the crisis. Government spokesman Isaac Jackson made the announcement as he was questioned on a radio phone-in show about reporters being barred from covering a strike at a Monrovia Ebola treatment unit (ETU).

History was made on Friday when an Indian and a Pakistani national jointly shared the Nobel peace prize for 2014, the first time ever. India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai were awarded the Nobel peace prize 2014 jointly for "showing great personal courage and in their struggle against the suppression of children and for the right of all children to education". Child labour activist Satyarthi became India's 8th Nobel laureate while the champion for children's education Malala became

It happens to the best of us. You apply your makeup in the morning and by the end of the your face is full of shine (and not the good kind). We are talking that oily, unwanted look that happens as the day goes on. Your pores naturally release oils that keep your skin from drying out, but when they mix with your makeup you can end up with a shiny mess. To help your skin stay looking fresh and shine-free all day. 

Cleansers: Be sure to check to make sure you’re properly cleansing your face in the morning.

Nineteen Indian students who had entered Malaysia with false work visas have approached the Indian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur to urge early repatriation to India, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Minister of state for external affairs Gen. V.K. Singh (retd) said emergency certificates have been issued to the 19 students by the Indian mission as the students said their passports had been kept by the employer. "Our mission is constantly facilitating various formalities of Malaysian immigration and closely following up the matter with the Malaysian authorities.

A white tiger on Tuesday attacked and killed a youth who apparently jumped into its enclosure at a zoo in the Indian capital. Witnesses said the tiger grabbed the young man by the neck as horrified onlookers at the National Zoological Park in New Delhi screamed and threw sticks and stones to try to save him. One witness said he raced to the enclosure after hearing screams to see the victim locked in the tiger's jaws, "writhing badly in pain".

Prime Minister David Cameron warned that British military action against Islamic State militants could last for "years" as he urged lawmakers on Friday to vote in favour of joining US-led air strikes in Iraq. Cameron kicked off an emergency House of Commons debate with a call to action against the "psychopathic terrorists" who have beheaded British aid worker David Haines and are holding two more Britons, Alan Henning and John Cantlie.