Sunday, November 22, 2009

World News

Gunmen ambush N. Irish police - Today, 11:24 - Reuters
Gunmen ambushed and shot at police in Northern Ireland overnight and officers returned fire in a further incident of increasing violence in the...

Pirates hijack Greek-owned bulk carrier - Today, 11:25
Pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier on Thursday in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen, a Kenyan maritime official said today. "Red Sea Spirit...

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Stories from The Times

US bailout rejected, fear grips markets - Reuters
US lawmakers rejected a $700 billion (€483 billion) bailout plan for the financial industry in a shock vote that sent global markets sliding...

Fifteen days of financial turmoil - Reuters
The past two weeks have seen unprecedented global market turmoil. Here is a day by day chronology of events. Sunday, September 14 •...

'Belarus election short of standards' - Reuters
Western monitors said yesterday a parliamentary election in ex-Soviet Belarus that produced no seats for the opposition fell short of...

Cadbury withdraws 11 chocolate products on melamine concern - Reuters
British confectionery group Cadbury Plc said yesterday it was withdrawing all of its 11 chocolate products made in Beijing on concern over the...

EU monitors fully deployed in Georgia - Matt Robinson, Reuters
An EU mission to monitor the ceasefire in Georgia is fully deployed and has met Russian forces to discuss their pullback from positions deep...

Mediterranean drier, north ever wetter - Alister Doyle, Reuters
Europe is warming faster than the world average and governments need to invest to adapt to a changing climate set to turn the Mediterranean region...

World Briefs - Reuters
Four illegal migrants were killed when they wandered into a minefield in northeast Greece after crossing the border from Turkey on a popular...