International

Geithner postpones unveiling financial bailout plan to Tuesday
08/02/2009 05:00
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has postponed unveiling the Obama administration’s new financial bailout plan to Tuesday as the Senate failed to pass its version of economic stimulus package Friday. U.S. President Barack Obama (1st R)...
Death toll of Australia’s worst bushfire stands at 131
08/02/2009 05:00
Australian police said the death toll from Victoria’s bushfires by Monday afternoon reached 131 and could top 200 as authorities sift through the piles of ash that were once entire communities. The remains of a properties destroyed by bushfires are...
High resting heart rate raises risk of heart attack in women: study
08/02/2009 05:00
A higher resting heart rate can raise the chances of a heart attack in middle-aged women and exercise can be the best antidote, according to a new study available here on Sunday. In the study, researchers at the George Washington University used...
Unnatural selection: How far will parents go?
08/02/2009 05:00
Picture this: prospective parents excitedly clicking through an online catalogue, ticking off the optimal mix of traits for their yet-to-be-conceived child. Will they opt for blue eyes...
Analysts see earlier lightening of global economic gloom
08/02/2009 05:00
Job applicants stand in line waiting for a job interview while attending a career fair last Friday in McLean, Virginia. Even as economic indicators point to an increasingly brutal recession, some analysts see...
Over 30 shot dead by presidential commandos in Madagascar
07/02/2009 05:00
More then 30 anti-government demonstrators, including a journalist from the local Radio Television Analamanga, were shot dead shortly after lunch time on Saturday by foreign commandos who were guarding the presidential palace in downtown area of Madagascar’s...
Biden says U.S. willing to talk to Iran conditionally
07/02/2009 05:00
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States is willing to talk to Iran conditionally, and would try to avoid the last resort to war with the Gulf country. U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden gives a speech at the 45th Conference...