International

Russia sends aircraft for bus crash tourists to return home
15/03/2009 05:00
Vietnam’s Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu talks with a person injured in the accident Russia sent an aircraft to Vietnam Sunday to fly back Russian tourists involved in a bus accident that killed nine of their...
Bernanke says recession could end in 2009
15/03/2009 05:00
U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said on Sunday that the U.S. recession could come to an end “probably this year.” U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington...
Man shoots four dead in Miami
15/03/2009 05:00
A man shot four people dead at a house in Miami, Florida shortly after midnight Sunday, then he drove home and killed himself, police said. A Miami police crime scene investigator writes notes at the house where a man shot himself and set the...
Madagascan president rejects opposition demand to resign
15/03/2009 05:00
Madagascan President Ravalomanana categorically rejected on Sunday the opposition demand for him to resign, saying that he would win the on-going struggle against his rival Andry Rajoelina. Madagascar’s opposition leader Andry Rajoelina greets...
Left-wing party candidate wins El Salvador’s presidential election
15/03/2009 05:00
Left-wing opposition candidate Mauricio Funes won El Salvador’s presidential election on Sunday, figures released by the country’s election commission showed. Mauricio Funes (L Front) from the left-wing opposition party Farabundo Marti Front for...
U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifts off, delivering solar array wings to ISS
15/03/2009 05:00
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifted off on Sunday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission of delivering the International Space Station’s (ISS) fourth and final set of solar array wings, completing the station’s truss, or backbone. Space...
Cheney: Obama policy hurts anti-terror efforts
15/03/2009 05:00
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney claimed on Sunday that the Obama administration has opened the country to further terror attacks by reversing Bush administration policies. File photo shows former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in the...