Australia begins selling pollution tax
SYDNEY (AFP) – Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard began Monday the mammoth task of selling a bold new tax on carbon emissions to sceptical voters, in a battle that could make or break her fragile rule.

Read more on AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News

Lankan War Commission begins public sitting
Colombo, Aug 11 : The Sri Lankan government-appointed commission to look into the country’s civil war opened public hearings for the first time on Wednesday, the government said here.

Read more on New Kerala

Cameron Begins Indian Charm Offensive
Prime Minister David Cameron and dozens of delegates have arrived in India in a bid to create a “new special relationship” with the country.

Read more on SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News

Delhi: Only one year has been left for 2010 Commonwealth Games

Strategic dialogue begins, Pak on Krishna lips As the inaugural US-India strategic dialogue started in Washington on Thursday morning, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna emphasised how terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil not only endangered India but also had ramifications for the American homeland. Anirudh Bhattacharyya reports. Read more on Hindustan Times

Indo-US dialogue begins, Krishna meets Hillary Kickstarting the first-ever India-US strategic dialogue, Indian External Affairs Minister met his American counterpart Hillary Clinton on Thursday at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the US state department. Read more on rediff.com

Baseball begins in Florida
Baseball’s spring training began some 100 years ago when the Chicago Cubs set out for Hot Springs, Ariz., in March to get a jump on the summer.

Read more on CBC via Yahoo! Canada News

DGAP-News: Transocean Ltd. Announces Ultra-Deepwater Drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 Begins Five-Year Contract in …
Transocean Ltd. / Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

Read more on Financial.de

Three-in-one textile exhibition begins
The apparel sector has a high degree of relevance and importance to Sri Lanka for rapid economic development.

Read more on Daily News

16th India Carpet Expo begins tomorrow
New Delhi, Feb 22 : Four-day long 16th India Carpet Expo will commence here tomorrow and will be inaugurated by Union Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran.

Read more on New Kerala