International

Official: 38 killed suicide attack on hotel in Pakistan’s capital
21/09/2008 05:00
Pakistan’s Interior Ministry has said that 38 persons including two foreigners have been killed in a suicide attack on a five-star hotel in the capital. Pakistani volunteers carry a body of a blast victim outside the burning facade of The Marriott Hotel...
Seven U.S. troops killed in Iraq helicopter crash
21/09/2008 05:00
Map locates Basra, Iraq, near where five U.S. soldiers were killed in helicopter landing Seven U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in southern Iraq on Thursday, the U.S. military said. A...
China vows clean-up as baby milk scare spreads
21/09/2008 05:00
Workers remove all brands of baby milk powders suspected to be contaminated from a storeroom in a Wuhan supermarket, central China. China’s mounting toxic milk scandal, in which three infants have died and more than...
Wall St dealmaking intensifies as markets tumble
21/09/2008 05:00
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange watch the Federal Reserve decision on interest rates, September 16, 2008. Wall Street dealmaking reached fever pitch, with Morgan Stanley holding preliminary sale talks,...
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley to become bank holding companies
21/09/2008 05:00
The Federal Reserve said Sunday it has approved a request by two U.S. major investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to become bank holding companies. The exterior of the world headquarters for Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated is seen in New York,...
Aso poised to win ruling LDP presidential election
21/09/2008 05:00
Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal democratic Party (LDP), is almost certain to win the LDP presidential election scheduled to be held later Monday. Taro Aso, one of the five candidates for Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential...
Diamond found in Lesotho among largest ever
21/09/2008 05:00
Gem Diamonds, a London-listed mining firm, said on Sunday it had recovered a 478-carat diamond from its mine in Lesotho: the 20th largest rough diamond ever found. A model holds a white diamond weighing nearly 500 carats in this undated handout photograph...