Tuesday, December 2, 2008
World News
Rice plays piano for Queen
Outgoing US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice played the piano for Britain's Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace yesterday as a farewell...
Canada opposition signs deal to defeat government
The leaders of Canada's three opposition parties on Monday signed a historic deal to bring down the minority Conservative government and then form...
Bomb kills one at Thai airport
A grenade killed an anti-government protester at Bangkok's blockaded Don Muang airport on Tuesday, hours before a vote fraud case that could...
Monday, October 13, 2008
Stories from The Times
European leaders hatch aid plan for banks in crisis
European leaders, rushing to craft a credible response before fearful world markets reopen, pledged yesterday to pump public money into banks...
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai warns on power-sharing deal
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC will walk away from a power-sharing deal if new mediation efforts fail to break a deadlock over Cabinet posts, the...
Israel introduces smart step-on scanner
Israel has introduced a step-on scanner that spares airline travellers the nuisance of having to remove their shoes so they can be X-rayed for...
N. Korea taken off terrorism blacklist over nuclear deal
North Korea said yesterday it would resume taking apart its plutonium-producing nuclear plant and allow in inspectors in response to a US decision...
Barack Obama opens six-point lead over John McCain - poll
Republican rival John McCain in the US presidential race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released yesterday.
Mr Obama leads Mr McCain...
UK banks set to unveil bailout plans today
Major British banks are likely to announce their plans to recapitalise early today, a person familiar with the matter said, a move which could see...
Mystery African disease may be rodent borne
A disease that has killed three people in South Africa and forced others into isolation wards may be rodent borne, a health official said...
US justices seem split over Navy sonar whales case
The Supreme Court seemed closely split on whether President George W. Bush can exempt the Navy from federal environmental laws, a case pitting...
Evidence of global warming growing
Evidence is mounting day by day that mankind is to blame for climate change, and the financial crisis is a temporary setback in the hunt for...
World Briefs
A victim of superstition on her Indian Ocean island home, 29-year-old Zaely never knew her twin sister, who was raised by somebody else. They were...
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