KATHMANDU, April 19: The World Bank has estimated that the transition costs of restructuring the government in the new federal set up would be at 3-4 percent of GDP per year over the next four years.

WASHINGTON, August 18: U.S. assessments of the size of North Korea's nuclear arsenal vary wildly.

JAKARTA, Indonesia. Sept 19 Indonesian forest fires that choked a swath of Southeast Asia with a smoky haze for weeks last year may have caused more than 100,000 deaths, according to new research that will add to pressure on Indonesia's government to tackle the annual crisis.