NEWS CATEGORIES
NEWSLETTER
YOUR OPINION
Yes - 9 votes (64%)
WORLD
Thursday,
04 December 2008
Flights resume out of Bangkok as protesters lift airport siege
Hopes for the hundreds of thousands of foreign travellers stranded in Thailand were raised yesterday when the first international passenger flights left Bangkoks main airport after anti-government protesters ended their eight-day...
(Source: guardian.co.uk) read more...
Thursday,
04 December 2008
The young are the key to fighting climate change
World leaders and scientists are meeting in Poland this week to hammer out the next stage of a global strategy to tackle climate change (George Monbiot, December 2).
(Source: guardian.co.uk) read more...
Thursday,
04 December 2008
Canada PM vows to stop opposition
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said he will use every legal means to block plans by the opposition to topple his minority government.
(Source: BBC News) read more...
Thursday,
04 December 2008
Brazil not to sign treaty banning cluster bombs
BRASILIA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Brazil will not join the treaty prohibiting the manufacture, use and storage of cluster bombs, but may do so in the future for humanitarian reasons, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said on Wednesday.
(Source: Xinhua) read more...
Thursday,
04 December 2008
Bangkok airports restart service
Yesterday, the first plane to land at Suvarnabhumi international airport after anti-government protesters lifted their blockade was a Thai Airways service from Phuket, which landed at 2.10pm with 307 passengers.
(Source: AsiaOne) read more...
Thursday,
04 December 2008
Source: Attackers aided by Pakistanis
NEW DELHI, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- US intelligence agencies believe former Pakistani Army officers and its intelligence agency helped the Mumbai attackers, a former Pentagon official claims.
(Source: United Press International) read more...
Thursday,
04 December 2008
Police say attacker admits Pakistani link
MUMBAI, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The terrorists who attacked Mumbai, India, last week spent the past three months in Pakistan planning their strike, an Indian police official said Wednesday.
(Source: United Press International) read more...
«1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 (of 3449) 17 18 19 20 »
- State Street to cut up to 1800 jobs
- Vikings react to suspensions of Williams Wall
- Union concessions may improve prospects for auto bailout
- Financial industry pushes for lower mortgage rates
- Adobe issues disappointing outlook, will cut jobs
- Fed paints dreary economic picture
- Neuberger Team Wins Bid for Lehman Unit
- Freeport to Cut 20% of US Staff Amid Metals Rout (Update1)
- French power company in hunt for Constellation
- UBS: More former executives forgo pay, bonuses
- ArcelorMittal May Cut 9000 Jobs Across the World (Update3)
- Black Friday At Toys R Us
- Obama Says Thanksgiving Comes During a ‘Time of Great Trial’
- OPEC Has All Options Open, Including Cut, Libya Says (Update2)
- GM Said to Study Shedding Saturn, Saab, Pontiac to Win US Aid
- Ford Resists Change to Mulallys Pay
- European, Asian stocks higher despite gloomy data
- Town officials wary of casinos alcohol proposal