International

Global economy to shrink in 2009 for the 1st time since WWII
08/03/2009 05:00
The World Bank said on Sunday that the global economy will shrink in 2009 for the first time since World War Two and estimated developing countries face a financing shortfall of 270-700 billion dollars this year. Pedestrians cross the street in...
U.S. condemns killing of British soldiers in Northern Ireland
08/03/2009 05:00
The U.S. government condemned on Sunday the killing of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland by republican dissident suspects. An abandoned car is seen in Randalstown, about five miles from Massereene army base after two British soldiers were...
Asia needs to spend more to limit economic slide: analysts
08/03/2009 05:00
Shoppers browse through items on sale at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last Saturday. Asian governments need to roll out fresh stimulus measures to stop their economies from sinking further as the...
Prince Charles’ love letters for sale on eBay
08/03/2009 05:00
Six love letters written by a young Prince Charles to a woman in Canada three decades ago have been put up for sale on Internet auction site eBay, the seller said Friday. Britain’s Prince Charles gestures as he talks to employees during a visit...
CeBit ends with fewer visitors amid world economic crisis
08/03/2009 05:00
Affected by the world economic crisis, CeBit 2009, one of the world’s largest exhibition of IT industry, closed on Sunday in Hanover, Germany with a nearly-20-percent drop of registered visitors compared with the previous year. Intel Chairman...
Anthrax hoaxes cost United States dearly: report
08/03/2009 05:00
A flood of anthrax hoaxes and false alarms have prompted the United States to spend more in bolstering biological defenses, it was reported on Sunday. A Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) police officer (C) is washed down after a simulated...
DPRK top leader elected to parliament
08/03/2009 05:00
Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been unanimously elected to a seat in the parliament, state media said Monday. Photo released by Korean Central News Agency on March 8, 2009 shows Kim Jong Il, top...