International

75 dead in Indonesian quake, government dispatches medics, aid
30/09/2009 05:00
The Indonesian government would send six ministers to inspect the impacts of the strong quake that hit West Sumatra which so far has killed 75 people. A video grab shows a foot among the wreckage of a building following an earthquake in Padang on...
Russia launches manned spacecraft to ISS
30/09/2009 05:00
A Russian spaceship with two astronauts and one space tourist aboard blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. The Russian Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft carrying the crew of Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte , Russian...
Death toll of roadside bombing in S Afghanistan rises to 30
29/09/2009 05:00
Death toll of passengers on a civilian bus struck by roadside bomb in Taliban stronghold Kandahar in south Afghanistan Tuesday has soared to 30 including children. A wounded Afghan boy lies on a hospital bed in Kandahar September 29, 2009....
Panasonic wins conditional EU approval to buy Sanyo
29/09/2009 05:00
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic won approval on Tuesday from the European Union (EU) to buy its rival Sanyo Electric on condition that it sells certain battery production facilities in Europe. The European Commission, the EU’s competition...
Typhoon "Ondoy" destroys nearly 200,000 tons of rice in Philippines
29/09/2009 05:00
Nearly two hundred thousand tons of paddy rice (palay) have been destroyed by tropical depression “Ondoy” (international code name: “Ketsana”) Residents transport their motorcycle and pedicab using a canoe in floodwaters brought on by typhoon...
More than 100 believed dead in Pacific tsunami
29/09/2009 05:00
More than 100 people were believed to have been killed after an earthquake triggered a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, officials said. A tsunami travel time map and table generated by the United States National Oceanographic and...
Social isolation speeds up growth of breast cancer
29/09/2009 05:00
U.S. researchers found a depressing, socially isolated environment can alter the biology of a disease and speed up the growth of breast cancer, according to media report Wednesday. The findings, published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research,...