International news

Pakistan must do more to combat extremists in safe havens: US - Dt( 2008-07-18 00:00:00 )
Washington, July 18 (IANS) US defence leaders want Pakistan do more on its side of the border with Afghanistan to prevent Taliban and other violent groups to cross over and launch terrorist attacks fr  more ...

Did Ranbaxy distribute suspect drugs? US House panel to probe - Dt( 2008-07-18 00:00:00 )
Washington, July 18 (IANS) A US Congressional committee is set to investigate whether the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knowingly allowed Indian pharma giant Ranbaxy to distribute allegedly su  more ...

US stocks gain further on profits as oil prices sink - Dt( 2008-07-18 00:00:00 )
JPMorgan, the largest US bank by market value, led financial shares to their biggest-ever two-day surge as profit beat estimates by 22 percent, according to Bloomberg financial news. A number of other  more ...

US financial shares drop over bank failures - Dt( 2008-07-15 00:00:00 )
US banking customers were left with many questions over the weekend after the assets of California-based US mortgage bank IndyMac were seized Friday by US federal regulators. The Federal Deposit In  more ...

IAEA Board to consider India inspection agreement on Aug 1 - Dt( 2008-07-15 00:00:00 )
The 35 member states of the IAEA Board of Governors are currently reviewing the draft of the so-called Safeguards Agreement that would give the Agency's inspectors access to Indian civilian nuclear re  more ...

Bush appreciates Manmohan Singh's commitment to n-deal - Dt( 2008-07-11 00:00:00 )
Washington, July 11 (IANS) The White House has expressed appreciation for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's commitment to and willingness to move forward with the "historic" India-US civil nuclear deal  more ...

Beatles' Sgt. Pepper drum auctioned for half million pounds - Dt( 2008-07-11 00:00:00 )
The drum skin used on the cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper Album fetched more than half a million pounds at the London auction, nearly four times the estimated price. John Lennon's lyrics for "Giv  more ...

US critics ask world leaders to block n-deal - Dt( 2008-07-11 00:00:00 )
Washington, July 11 (IANS) Saying that the Indian nuclear deal is a "non-proliferation disaster", two critics of the India-US civil nuclear deal want "world leaders serious about ending the arms race"  more ...

Canada rebuts racism charges in handling Kanishka bombing - Dt( 2008-07-11 00:00:00 )
Toronto, July 11 (IANS) The Canadian government has denied charges of racial bias in its response to the 1985 bombing of Air India flight 182 that killed all 329 people on board. The issue was rais  more ...

Pope's visit a fillip for Australia's flagging faith - Dt( 2008-07-11 00:00:00 )
Sydney, July 11 (DPA) At Australian funerals these days mourners are more likely to hear the pop song "Stairway to Heaven" than the hymn "Abide with Me". Only two picks from the hymnbook made it in  more ...

Food price protests might prolong Bangladesh emergency - Dt( 2008-07-11 00:00:00 )
Dhaka, July 11 (DPA) Simmering anger over mounting food prices threatened to spark renewed protests in impoverished Bangladesh that might force its caretaker government to delay lifting emergency rule  more ...

US stocks rise on Dow acquisition, Bernanke testimony - Dt( 2008-07-11 00:00:00 )
The stock gains came despite a $5 leap in the price of crude oil. Increases in metals prices spurred on producers. Mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued a week of steep share declin  more ...

Record investment in Africa spearheaded by China: World Bank - Dt( 2008-07-11 00:00:00 )
India and some Middle Eastern countries have also contributed to a record number of infrastructure projects being financed in southern Africa, an area of the globe that has long been neglected by inte  more ...

US vows to defend allies following Iranian missile tests - Dt( 2008-07-11 00:00:00 )
Iran fired more medium-and long-range missile during exercises in the Gulf, a day after similar missions designed to send a signal to what the Islamic state called its "enemies." The Shahab-3 missiles  more ...

Nine killed in Chile plane crash - Dt( 2008-07-11 00:00:00 )
The accident happened minutes after the plane - a Beechcraft 99A - took off from La Paloma airstrip, headed for Melinka island. The plane crashed and caught fire on barren land, some 500 metres off a  more ...

Sarkozy calls for G8 expansion - Dt( 2008-07-07 00:00:00 )
In an interview with Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, Sarkozy expressed support for enlarging the summit membership to include China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa. "G8 needs to adapt to  more ...

14 killed, 20 injured in Mexico bus-truck collision - Dt( 2008-07-07 00:00:00 )
The accident occurred Saturday evening when a passenger bus hit a truck head-on near the town of Tantoyuca in Veracruz, a state on Mexico's southern Gulf Coast. According to officials, most of the  more ...

Israel-Hezbollah prisoner swap set for this week: report - Dt( 2008-07-07 00:00:00 )
There was no official confirmation of the report from any other source. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech last week that he expected the swap to start "around July 15 or shortly after  more ...

Confidence and optimism return to Baghdad and Basra - Dt( 2008-07-05 00:00:00 )
Baghdad, July 5 (DPA) Six months ago, anyone driving a truck at night on the highway linking Baghdad and Iraq's most southerly city of Basra would have needed nerves of steel or had to be suicidal. No  more ...

Japan is spending and primping before big G8 event - Dt( 2008-07-05 00:00:00 )
National flags of participating states are flying along the main road connecting Sapporo and Rusutsu to welcome diplomats from the G8 and outreach nations, while local residents and shop-owners plante  more ...