International

Israel’s Netanyahu backs demilitarized Palestinian state
14/06/2009 05:00
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday evening declared that he was prepared to see the establishment of a Palestinian state, so long as the international community could guarantee it did not have any military capabilities. Israeli...
Ahmadinejad defends election victory amid rival’s protest
14/06/2009 05:00
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended his re-election in the country’s “most glorious” presidential election on Sunday, but his major challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi demanded the election result to be annulled. Iranian President Mahmoud...
OPEC unlikely to raise oil output in September, Qatar says
14/06/2009 05:00
Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, Angola’s oil minister and OPEC president (L) and Abdalla El-Badri, OPEC secretary-general, arrive for a news conference in Vienna, Austria, last month OPEC, the supplier of 40...
Shape up and investors will ship in, Africa told
14/06/2009 05:00
A pedestrian walks past the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Johannesburg, South Africa Africa, one of few places in the world still experiencing positive growth, holds huge potential for investors seeking new and...
EU employment sees steepest drop in first quarter
14/06/2009 05:00
More than 1.9 million jobs were lost in the first quarter of this year in the 27-nation European Union, the steepest fall on record, official figures showed on Monday. The number of people hired in the EU dropped by 0.8 percent in the first...
Cheney almost wants U.S. attacked, says CIA head
14/06/2009 05:00
Former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney’s criticism of the Obama administration’s approach to terrorism almost suggests he wants the United States to be attacked to prove he is right, CIA chief Leon Panetta said. Former U.S. Vice President Dick...
Lady Thatcher spends night in hospital after arm break
13/06/2009 05:00
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher spent Friday night in a London hospital after breaking her arm in a fall. A spokeswoman from her office said the 83-year-old lady had tripped and fallen at home on Friday morning, snapping a bone...