International

Protesters issue 24-hour ultimatum to Thai PM
08/04/2009 05:00
Leaders of the anti-government protests in Bangkok Wednesday evening issued 24-hour ultimatum to the Prime Minister and three Privy Council members to resign unconditionally as the scheduled three-day mass rally continues, Thai News Agency reported Thursday....
British bank RBS to cut 9,000 more jobs
07/04/2009 05:00
The Royal Bank of Scotland decided Tuesday to eliminate an additional 9,000 jobs, half of them in Britain, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported. File photo taken on March 24, 2009 shows a flag of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) flying...
Sentence of Bush shoe thrower reduced to one year in prison
07/04/2009 05:00
The sentence on the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush was cut to one year instead of his earlier three-year sentence, his lawyer said Tuesday. Adel, nephew of TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi, displays a...
Fujimori sentenced to 25-year imprisonment
07/04/2009 05:00
The Special Penal Court of Peru’s Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori to 25 years in prison for “crimes against humanity.” Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori listens to his sentence during his...
Donors agree to triple Asian Development Bank capital base
07/04/2009 05:00
Donors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have in principle approved tripling the bank’s capital base to boost lending, ending months of discussion linking the increase to reforms at the multilateral...
Misery as plug pulled on Ireland’s Dell City
07/04/2009 05:00
People wait in a queue outside the Social Welfare office in Limerick, Ireland, on March 24, 2009. When US computer maker Dell moved to the Irish city of Limerick in 1991, it brought a burst of dynamism and money...
Red Cross says doctors helped CIA ‘torture’
07/04/2009 05:00
Detainees at the maximum security prison Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base, in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. Health workers violated medical ethics when they helped interrogate terrorism suspects who were...