International

Swiss to reveal some UBS accounts, other banks eyed
19/08/2009 05:00
Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. Switzerland has agreed to reveal the names of about 4,450 wealthy American clients of UBS AG to US authorities in a tax dispute settlement that pierces Swiss...
Canadian PM vows more resources to assert Arctic sovereignty
19/08/2009 05:00
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday vowed to provide more military resources to strengthen Arctic sovereignty. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (C), Defence Minister Peter McKay (R) and Chief of Defence Staff General W.J....
Afghan presidential, provincial council polls to prove epoch-making
19/08/2009 05:00
Turning out to the polling stations to elect their new president, the Afghan people has embarked upon a crucial exercise that possibly play an effective role in shaping their future. An Afghan policeman searches a car at a vehicle checkpoint in...
Mexico seeks 400 mln dollars in anti-flu funds from World Bank
19/08/2009 05:00
The Mexican government was seeking to borrow 400 million U.S. dollars from the World Bank to finance anti-A/H1N1 flu measures for the winter, a Health Ministry official told media on Wednesday. A statue of Edgar Hernandez Hernandez, a boy who is...
Putin says aircraft industry, space exploration as priority
18/08/2009 05:00
Russia gives priority to the development of aerospace industry and will continue to invest in the sector, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delievers a speech during the opening of the MAKS-2009...
GM to boost output due to clunkers incentives
18/08/2009 05:00
U.S. automaker General Motors Co. (GM) plans to boost production at several factories due to higher sales from the federal “cash for clunkers” program, the company said Tuesday. GM spokesman Chris Lee said Gm’s Orion plant in Michigan, which makes...
S Korea’s space rocket launch suspended, launch unlikely Wednesday
18/08/2009 05:00
File photograph taken on Aug. 17, 2009 shows the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) is moved to its launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, 450 km south of Seoul, capital of South Korea. South Korea’s rocket launch was suspended 7 minutes...