Tribal Chief Says NATO Airstrike Kills 108 Afghan Civilians The report was denied by a NATO spokesman and could not immediately be confirmed from other sources.... Read Full Article U.N. Chief Sees Protests And Refugees In Sudan Ban Ki-moon received a rousing welcome at a camp, Al Salam, but was jeered outside by supporters of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.... Read Full Article A Top Official At Bear Stearns Ousted The crisis in the credit markets has claimed a victim: Warren J. Spector, a co-president at Bear Stearns and a 24-year veteran of the organization.... Read Full Article G.M. Is Lifted To A Profit By Global Business The automaker earned $891 million in the second quarter, compared with a loss of $3.4 billion a year earlier, but its problems in North America persisted.... Read Full Article National Debt Climbs Above The £500bn Mark ::NOMPU::The national debt climbed above the £500 billion mark for the first time last month, even though records showed the biggest stamp duty take since the levy was introduced in 1694....... Read Full Article |
Asia NewsReport Stirs Concern Kazakh Oil Deal May Be Scuttled2008-01-13 04:55 - Shares in the Italian oil company Eni dipped Friday following an unconfirmed report that Kazakhstan was poised to cancel a contract to develop the Kashagan field. Taiwan Prepares for First of 2 Major 2008 Elections 2008-01-13 04:55 - China condemns the referendum as a step toward formal separation, and the United States has called it provocative and an unnecessary step that raises tension across the Taiwan Strait. Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Meets With Junta 2008-01-12 06:01 - Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of Myanmar’s ruling junta for the first time in nearly two months, an official said. North Korea: U.S. Suggests a New Nuclear Deadline 2008-01-12 06:01 - Christopher R. Hill, the State Department’s point man on North Korea, urged it to give a full accounting of its nuclear weapons programs before the new president of South Korea takes office. Shu Uemura, 79, Makeup Artist, Dies 2008-01-12 04:56 - Mr. Uemura, a Japanese makeup artist, won acclaim in Hollywood and then built an international cosmetics brand under his name. South Korea: Court Rules for Inquiry of President-Elect 2008-01-12 04:56 - The Constitutional Court cleared the way for a special prosecutor to start an investigation into allegations of links by President-elect Lee Myung-bak to a 2001 stock manipulation scheme. U.S. Nuclear Envoy Puts Gentle Pressure on North Korea 2008-01-12 04:56 - The United States urged North Korea on Thursday to rethink its position and give a ?complete and correct? accounting of its nuclear weapons programs. Blast Reported in Myanmar Capital 2008-01-12 04:55 - An explosion in the capital of military-ruled Myanmar killed one woman Friday morning, an official said. Edmund Hillary, First on Everest, Dies at 88 2008-01-12 04:55 - Sir Edmund Hillary was the mountaineer who, with his Sherpa guide, was the first to scale Mount Everest. Japan Approves Bill on Afghan War 2008-01-12 04:55 - The Japanese government rammed through a special law authorizing its navy to resume a refueling mission. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 |
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