International

GM in ‘intense’ preparations for bankruptcy: source
07/04/2009 05:00
General Motors Corp is in “intense” and “earnest” preparations for a possible bankruptcy filing, a source familiar with the company’s plans told Reuters on Tuesday. A plan to split the corporation into a “new” company made up of the most successful...
Aftershocks rattle L’Aquila as toll hits 200
07/04/2009 05:00
Rescue workers operate on a building in the center of the Abruzzo capital L’Aquila. Earthquake aftershocks rocked the Italian city of L’Aquila on Tuesday, raining fresh lumps of debris as rescuers pulled out...
Poland to boost military presence in Afghanistan
07/04/2009 05:00
Visiting Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Wednesday promised to send more troops to Afghanistan. Polish President Lech Kaczynski (L) shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a joint news conference in Kabul, capital of...
Obama pays surprise visit to Iraq
07/04/2009 05:00
U.S. President Barack Obama paid a four-hour surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday, during which he told the U.S. troops to make sure Iraq is stable before their withdrawal and said the Iraqis need to take responsibility for their own country. U.S....
Spain’s PM reshuffles cabinet amid economic crisis
07/04/2009 05:00
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced Tuesday changes in the ministerial cabinet in an effort to tackle the ongoing global financial crisis. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced Tuesday changes in...
âParalyzedâ Irish to rescue banks from property debt
07/04/2009 05:00
People in a bar watch Brian Lenihan, Ireland’s minister of finance, present the supplementary budget in Dublin, Ireland, on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. The Irish government may be about to become a landlord in...
Over 100 dead, some 1,500 injured in Italy earthquake
06/04/2009 05:00
Buildings of L’aquila University are seriously damaged triggered by the earthquake in L’aquila, Italy, April 6, 2009. The strong earthquake that hit central Italy on Monday has killed more than 100 people, injured some 1,500 and left around 70,000...