International

Two killed in blast near Georgia’s rebel region of Abkhazia
25/10/2008 05:00
Georgias’ President Saakashvili(R) attends a meeting in Tbilisi on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. Two were killed and another was seriously injured Saturday in an explosion in a village near Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, Russia’s Interfax news agency...
China to launch satellite on Saturday
25/10/2008 05:00
China will project a satellite coded as the 03 Group of the Shijian-6 serial research satellites sometime on Saturday, according to an official with the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province. A Long March-4B rocket carrying...
Report: Livni to call for snap elections
25/10/2008 05:00
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Tzipi Livni will announce on Sunday her decision to call for an early general election, Israeli news service Ynet reported Saturday night. Israel’s Foreign Minister and Prime Minister-designate Tzipi Livni (L) and Speaker of...
Asia eyes mid-2009 launch for $80 billion emergency reserve
24/10/2008 05:00
East Asian nations Friday committed to form an US$80 billion multilateral swap scheme by mid-2009 to shield the region from financial turmoil and agreed to aggressively pursue a regional surveillance agency. Thirteen Asian countries, comprising the...
Asian, Euro leaders start summit in Beijing with financial crisis topping agenda
24/10/2008 05:00
Leaders from 45 Asian and European nations and organizations began their summit in Beijing on Friday afternoon, with agenda to be dominated by tackling the global financial crisis. The seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) opens at the Great Hall of the People...
OPEC members divided over oil output cut
23/10/2008 05:00
Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) were divided over oil output cut on Thursday, one day ahead of an OPEC “extraordinary meeting,” to be held in Vienna to address oil price on Friday. Iran’s Oil Minister Gholam Hossein...
Cambodian, Thai border committees ink agreement to ease border tension
23/10/2008 05:00
Regional border committees of Cambodia and Thailand here on Friday signed an agreement to ease their months-long tension along the border near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear Temple. Lt-Gen. Wiboonsak Neeparn (L), Thailand’s Second Army Region commander, shakes...