• Snow storm blankets middle U.S., killing 21

    Snow storm blankets middle U.S., killing 21

    28/01/2009 05:00

    A snow storm has been blanketing the midsection of the United States from Oklahoma to Maryland since Monday, claiming at least 21 lives and leaving nearly a million in the dark, authorities said on Wednesday. A man walks under an umbrella in...

  • Businesses risk $1 trillion losses from data theft: study

    28/01/2009 05:00

    Businesses risk losing over $1 trillion from loss or theft of data and other cybercrime, according to a study released on Thursday by security technology firm McAfee Inc. The California-based company launched the survey after detecting a rapid...

  • US draft law would ban most trading in credit swaps

    28/01/2009 05:00

    Draft legislation that would change how over-the-counter derivatives are regulated might prohibit most trading in the $29 trillion credit-default swap market. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of...

  • CIA Algeria station chief faces sex assault probe

    CIA Algeria station chief faces sex assault probe

    28/01/2009 05:00

    Federal investigators have launched a probe of the CIA’s former station chief in Algeria, the State Department said after US media reported allegations that he drugged and raped two women....

  • British scientists look to space for ways of curbing global warming

    British scientists look to space for ways of curbing global warming

    27/01/2009 05:00

    Scientists will seek ways to reduce global warming with help from two new satellites that will measure CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere. Global warming increases the rate of “ocean acidification” and is damaging some of the most important living...

  • Honda to further cut output in Japan, North America

    Honda to further cut output in Japan, North America

    27/01/2009 05:00

    Honda Motor Co. announced Tuesday it will further slash auto production by some 50,000 units in Japan and North America by the end of March due to shrinking demand for vehicles worldwide amid global financial meltdown. The logo of Honda Motor Co,...

  • Israeli warplane strikes on southern Gaza, one killed

    Israeli warplane strikes on southern Gaza, one killed

    27/01/2009 05:00

    A Palestinian militant was killed as an Israeli warplane struck on Tuesday the motorcycle he was driving east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, medics and witnesses said. A homeless Palestinian boy shifts through wreckage by a...

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