International

Court issues arrest warrant for Lindsay Lohan
14/03/2009 05:00
An arrest warrant has been issued for actress Lindsay Lohan, possibly in connection with a 2007 drunken driving arrest after she crashed her Mercedes-Benz into a tree, police said Saturday. Actress Lindsay Lohan (R) talks to DJ Samantha Ronson before...
Pakistan’s Sharif leads demonstration to capital, defying detention order
14/03/2009 05:00
Former Pakistani prime minister and opposition party chief Nawaz Sharif on Sunday began to lead the “long march” procession from his residence in Lahore to capital Islamabad, defying the detention order from the government. Former Pakistani Prime...
Japanese PM orders third stimulus to ease recession
13/03/2009 05:00
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso ordered a third spendingplant aimed at easing a recession tha may be the nationâs worst since World War II. âThere is a risk of further economic downturn,â Aso said at a news conference in Tokyo Friday....
Asian giants eye new spending as G20 rifts emerge
13/03/2009 05:00
Japan and China, the world’s second and third biggest economies, said Friday they were ready to boost spending to fight a worsening downturn as a rift widened over the global response to the crisis. Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso...
US drops ’enemy combatant’ detention status
13/03/2009 05:00
President Barack Obama’s administration dropped the “enemy combatant” designation for terror suspects and vowed to draw on international law for its detention policy at Guantanamo Bay prison. Detainees at the naval base of Guantanamo in southern...
Japan, ASEAN defence officials to discuss security
13/03/2009 05:00
Japan will host the first security meeting for senior defence ministers from Japan and 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries on Mar. 17 to discuss “nontraditional” security issues, Kyodo News cited the Defence Ministry as saying....
Obama says he supports free-market economic system
12/03/2009 05:00
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he supports the free market economic system, a move to seek support for his efforts to revive the ailing economy. A man walks past the New York State Department of Labor in Bronx of New York,...