International

Imprisoned American citizen released by Myanmar
15/08/2009 05:00
American citizen John William Yettaw, who was recently sentenced by a Myanmar district court to serve seven years’ rigorous imprisonment, was released and deported by the government Sunday. American John Yettaw arrives in Thailand’s military airbase...
Typhoon Morakot kills 124, injures 45 in Taiwan
15/08/2009 05:00
Typhoon Morakot has killed at least 124 people and left 56 missing in Taiwan as of 10 p.m. Saturday, according to local disaster response authorities. A farmer looks over a damaged banana plantation in Kaohsiung, southeast China’s Taiwan Province,...
Westerners read faces differently from Asians
14/08/2009 05:00
Westerners “read” facial expressions differently from Asians, paying more attention to the mouth than their eastern counterparts who focus heavily on the eyes, a new study has suggested. And the oriental “neglect” of the mouth can lead to more...
CIT must give fed capital, liquidity, credit plans
14/08/2009 05:00
Pedestrians walk outside CIT headquarters in New York, US, on July 10, 2009. CIT Group Inc., the 101-year-old lender fighting to avoid collapse, reached an agreement with the Federal Reserve to submit proposals...
China may boost energy, mining acquisitions by half
14/08/2009 05:00
An undated company photograph shows coal stockpiling at Felix Resources Ltd. facilities in Ashton, Australia. China will boost spending on oil and mining acquisitions by at least half this year to take...
Russian, German leaders discuss closer economic ties
14/08/2009 05:00
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Friday to boost bilateral economic ties amid the global economic crisis. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and German Chancellor Angela...
Rafah gun-battle goes on, 16 killed, 120 wounded
14/08/2009 05:00
After eight-hour armed fighting between Gaza ruling Hamas security forces and militants of a pro-al-Qaida group in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on Friday, Members of a group called Jund Ansar Allah surround their leader Abdel-Latif Moussa...