ATHENS, Oct 6 (AFP): Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos met top bankers after German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested a possible revision of the July 21 eurozone rescue plan for Greece, a source at his ministry said Thursday. Venizelos met with...
BEIJING, Nov 10 (Reuters) : The head of the International Monetary Fund urged Italy Thursday to act quickly fill its damaging political vacuum, and China said it was willing to help maintain global financial stability that was being threatened by...
NEW DELHI, Nov 10 (AFP): Pakistan Wednesday assured India it will not backtrack on its decision to grant the most favoured nation (MFN) status to its South Asian arch-rival, a report said. "Let me categorically say that I don't see...
BEIJING, Nov 10 (AFP): The value of China's exports and imports fell in October from the previous month, official data showed today, as domestic tightening measures and turbulence in Europe and the United States hit demand. The data is likely...
HONG KONG, Nov 10 (AFP): Hong Kong was gripped by iPhone 4S fever today as more than 1,500 fans and resellers queued outside the Apple store ahead of the release of the smartphone in the southern Chinese city. The crowd-including...
LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters): World oil demand will be lower than expected this year and next as economic slowdown and high prices curb consumption, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Thursday. The agency, which advises industrialised countries on energy policy,...
WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (AFP): Two US senators introduced a bill Wednesday seeking to guarantee compensation for any oil spill originating in waters outside the United States, as Cuba aims to strike black gold off its north coast. In theory, the...
SINGAPORE, Nov 10 (AFP): Oil prices inched lower in Asian trade today as persistent doubts over the eurozone's debt crisis cast a pall over crude markets, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, fell five...
SYDNEY, Nov 10 (AFP): Australia's ailing tourism industry today warned it was in crisis, with a 9.0 per cent slump in arrivals in September due to global economic woes and no relief in sight. There were just 432,200 international visitors...
HOUSTON, Nov. 10 (Xinhua): Consumption of renewable energy has seen a considerable rise in the US in the past decade, and represented about 8 percent of total energy consumption in the country in 2010, according to a report released Wednesday....
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) of Malaysia and the International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) of Bangladesh to extend cooperation on all academic and institutional matters, reports UNB. Prof...
ATHENS, Oct 6 (AFP): Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos met top bankers after German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested a possible revision of the July 21 eurozone rescue plan for Greece, a source at his ministry said Thursday. Venizelos met with...
ADDU, Nov 10 (AFP): The prime ministers of India and Pakistan said Thursday they expected to open a "new chapter" at future talks between the rival nations after they met at a regional summit in the Maldives. India's Manmohan Singh...
BEIJING, Nov 10 (AFP): At least 20 workers were killed and another 23 were trapped underground after a blast at a mine in China today, state media said, in the latest disaster to hit the country's vast mining industry. The...
TEHRAN, Nov 10 (AFP): Iran "will respond with full force" to any attack -- or even any threat of military action -- the country's supreme leader said Thursday, after Israel warned the world must act to prevent Tehran getting nuclear...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 10 (AFP): South Africa's ruling African National Congress Thursday suspended firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for five years, after finding him guilty of provoking serious divisions within the party. Malema's conduct "would have a negative impact on international...
SEOUL, Nov 10 (Reuters): Expecting mothers in South Korea have inundated hospitals with requests for a Caesarean section delivery on November 11 to secure the unique life-long identity number of "111111" for their children, media reported Wednesday. The Korean Resident...
DAMASCUS, Nov 10 (AFP): Syrian troops killed 16 civilians Wednesday, five of whom were attending a funeral in Damascus and were caught up in the regime's continuing crackdown on dissent, a human rights group said. Starting at dawn, when the...
VAN (Turkey), Nov 10 (Reuters): An earthquake in eastern Turkey killed at least five people and scores more were trapped under the rubble of two hotels and a dozen other buildings, state television said Thursday, less than three weeks after...
TRIPOLI, Nov 10 (Reuters): Libya's incoming prime minister Abdurrahim El-Keib was forced Wednesday to pacify an angry crowd of armed fighters demanding jobs and back-pay, and urged his Western allies to unblock frozen funds so his government can pay its...
Kabul, Nov 10 (Reuters): Afghan and NATO-led troops killed 50 to 60 Taliban fighters during an attack by insurgents on a base in a volatile southeastern Afghan province near the border with Pakistan, a provincial government spokesman said on Wednesday....
JERUSALEM, Nov 10 (AFP): Israel's Supreme Court Thursday rejected an appeal lodged by former president Moshe Katsav against his conviction for rape and other sexual offences, and upheld his seven-year jail term. The disgraced 65-year-old showed little emotion as the...
BOGOTA, Nov 10 (AFP): Colombian search crews have found four more bodies days after a devastating mudslide, raising the toll from the disaster to 48, according to authorities. "The toll at this stage is 48 fatalities, including the recovered bodies,"...
ASTANA, Nov 10 (AFP): Kazakhstan was on course today to hold snap parliamentary polls in January following a controversial presidential vote this year that cemented veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev's grip on power. Some 53 ruling party members in the 107-seat...
KATHMANDU, Nov 10 (AFP): At least 18 people including two children were killed in southeastern Nepal Thursday when a tractor pulling a trailer packed with pilgrims fell into a roadside canal, police said. Around 40 Hindu worshippers were heading to...
Australia were bowled out for 47 - their fourth lowest Test total and their lowest for 109 years - by South Africa as 22 wickets fell in one day, reports BBC. The Aussies had started the second day on 214-8...
India have made no changes to their 15-man squad for the second Test against West Indies which starts on November 14 in Kolkata. That means offspinner Harbhajan Singh remains on the sidelines while legspinner Rahul Sharma, who was a controversial...
MADRID, Nov 10 (AFP): Barcelona had to settle for a single-goal victory against third-tier club CD L'Hospitalet in the first leg of their Spanish Cup last 32 tie on Wednesday, with Andres Iniesta scoring the game's only goal. The reigning...
DUBAI, Nov 10 (AFP): Rival captains Misbah-ul Haq and Tillakaratne Dilshan agreed sling-action paceman Lasith Malinga could make the difference when Pakistan and Sri Lanka play their first one-day international here on Friday. The 28-year-old fast bowler, who bowls with...
PARIS, Nov 10 (AP): Andy Murray easily beat Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters. The second-seeded British player improved his record to 17-0 since the U.S. Open and has now won 27...
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