International

Bodies, debris from Yemeni crashed flight found off Comoros
30/06/2009 05:00
Bodies and debris from a Yemeni flight, which crashed about 8 to 12 km off Comoros early on Tuesday morning, have reportedly been found. Relatives and friends of passengers aboard the Airbus flight A310-300 from Yemen arrive at a crisis center at...
Apple CEO Steve Jobs returns to work
29/06/2009 05:00
Steve Jobs, Apple Inc’s chief executive officer (CEO), is back to work after taking a medical leave for nearly six months, U.S. media reported on Monday. Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs displays a redesigned iPod Nano at Apple’s “Let’s Rock” media event...
Cathay, Singapore Air get âsilver liningâ from jet fuelâs surge
29/06/2009 05:00
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Air China Ltd. and Singapore Airlines Ltd. can take some solace from the 43 percent surge in the price of jet fuel this year â“ theyâll curb losses from their hedges. The rise in jet fuel price this year may help...
Mumbai bridge raises hopes for new Indian infrastructure
29/06/2009 05:00
Workers clean the cable-stayed bridge on the Bandra Worli Sea Link in Mumbai After years of delays and legal wrangling, Indiaâs first âsea bridgeâ opens to traffic this week, aiming to ease chronic...
Madoff gets 150 years for massive investment fraud
29/06/2009 05:00
Accused swindler Bernard Madoff enters the Manhattan federal court house in New York in this March 12, 2009 file photo. Bernard Madoff was sentenced on Monday to 150 years in prison - the maximum penalty the...
Honduras isolated over coup, protests turn violent
29/06/2009 05:00
Honduras’ ousted President Manuel Zelaya (2nd-L) stands with Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega (L), Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa (R) and Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez (2nd-R) before a joint meeting in Managua June...
Yemenia says 153 people on board crashed plane
29/06/2009 05:00
A total of 153 people were on board a Yemen Airways aircraft that crashed in the waters of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on Tuesday, an airline official said. “Not yet,” the...