NEWS CATEGORIES
NEWSLETTER
YOUR OPINION
Yes - 7 votes (58%)
WORLD
Thursday,
28 August 2008
Ten Koreans killed in Philippine traffic accident
MANILA: Ten South Korean nationals, many of them Baptist pastors, were killed in the northern Philippines when the van in which they were travelling slammed into a concrete wall at high speed, officials said on Thursday.
(Source: International Herald Tribune) read more...
Thursday,
28 August 2008
Nepals Prachanda Says First `Formal Visit Will Be to India
By James Peng Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Nepals Prime Minister Prachanda, who completed a four-day trip to China yesterday to attend the closing of the Olympic Games, said his first ``formal visit will be to India.
(Source: Bloomberg) read more...
Thursday,
28 August 2008
Canadian PM cancels governor generals Beijing trip in
OTTAWA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has cancelled Governor General Michaelle Jeans planned trip to Beijing for the Paralympic Games, amid speculations that an election call will be made in short time.
(Source: Xinhua) read more...
Thursday,
28 August 2008
Britain warns Russia on new Cold War
By Sabina Zawadzki KIEV (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has a responsibility not to start a new Cold War, but relations with Moscow should be reviewed, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Wednesday.
(Source: Reuters UK) read more...
Thursday,
28 August 2008
Sri Lanka Attacks Tamil Tiger Base After Rebels Stage Air Raid
By Paul Tighe Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lankan air force jets and helicopters attacked Tamil Tiger rebels near their headquarters in the north after the group staged its first air raid on a major target in almost a year.
(Source: Bloomberg) read more...
Thursday,
28 August 2008
Thai Protest Enters Third Day, Police to Disperse 5000 Crowd
By Rattaphol Onsanit and Daniel Ten Kate Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravejs standoff with 5000 demonstrators occupying his office compound and calling for his ouster entered a third day as riot police sought to...
(Source: Bloomberg) read more...
Thursday,
28 August 2008
7 Are Killed and Family Is Captive in Kashmir
By somini sengupta NEW DELHI - Violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir flared anew on Wednesday as gunmen attacked an Indian Army post near the city of Jammu and then barricaded themselves in a private home, waging a daylong battle and...
(Source: New York Times) read more...
1 (of 2202) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 »
- Fannie Replaces Top Managers Amid Capital Concern (Update3)
- FEMA Officials Prepare for Gustav
- An SEC Timetable for Global Accounting Rules
- Japans Ricoh to buy Ikon Office for $1.6 bln
- UPDATE: Byetta Concerns Stoke Worries For Once-Weekly Version
- Orders for Manufactured Goods Beat Forecasts
- The dollars new status: strongman of global currencies
- Chrysler Crunch Hits the Viper
- TiVo shows another profit, but outlook weak
- Independent Lieberman upends political world
- Bad news should wake up Obama, experts say
- McCain Closes Gap on Obama In Poll as Conventions Loom
- Rudy Giuliani scores GOP convention keynote; goes off-message
- Union-funded PAC goes after Rossi
- McCain reports he spent $32M in July
- Health care no longer primary ailment
- McCain and Obama tax plans diverge on wealth
- Conventions Need a Believable Script