International

Brazil confirms 4 more A/H1N1 flu deaths
24/07/2009 05:00
Brazil’s health authorities on Friday confirmed four new deaths of the A/H1N1 flu, bringing the death toll to 33, twice more than in the past five days. A man with a suspected case of H1N1 influenza virus waits next to security guards outside...
17 killed in plane crash in northeast Iran
24/07/2009 05:00
At least 17 people were killed when a passenger plane caught fire during its landing in northeastern Iran on Friday, the state IRNA news agency reported. The wreckage of a passenger airplane is seen at the international airport in the northeastern...
Microsoft sees plunge in quarterly sales, profit
23/07/2009 05:00
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday posted drops of quarterly sales and profit that both missed expectations. Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates speaks during a news conference in Tokyo May 7, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) The software giant said it...
Wall Street rallies on positive earnings, home sales
23/07/2009 05:00
Traders work on the trading floor in the New York Stock Exchange in New York July 23, 2009. Wall Street rallied on Thursday on better-than-expected earnings and data on home sales with all major indexes jumping more than 2 percent. The Dow Jones...
Mayors, legislators, clergy nabbed in New Jersey corruption probe
23/07/2009 05:00
More than 40 people, including three mayors, other elected and appointed officials and Jewish clergy were arrested in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York on Thursday in an investigation into public corruption, international money laundering and human organ...
East Asian economies may have âV-shapedâ recovery, ADB says
23/07/2009 05:00
A man walks past an advertising billboard for new housing developments in Beijing, China East Asiaâs rebound from the global economic crisis may be âV-shapedâ and central bankers must retain expansionary...
Porsche, VW feud escalates to âkingmakerâ showdown
23/07/2009 05:00
A couple inspects a Volkswagen Passat automobile at a dealership in Nuremberg, Germany When Ferry Porsche designed the automakerâs first sports car in 1948, he based it on the Beetle his father built for...