International

German, French scientists win Nobel Prize for medicine
06/10/2008 05:00
Harald zur Hausen of Germany and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France on Monday won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of two viruses causing severe human diseases. A combination photograph shows (L-R) French...
Hungarian transport minister, railway chief resign
06/10/2008 05:00
Hungarian Transport Minister Pal Szabo and MAV Hungarian Railways Board Chairman Miklos Kamaras resigned following Monday’s passenger train crash, the Hungarian government spokesman said. Hungarian emergency workers rescue an injured passenger from a train...
New York Mayor: Finanical crisis to go far and wide
06/10/2008 05:00
The months ahead are going to be awfully difficult as they come to terms with a financial system that spun out of control, and the pain is going to spread far and wide, visiting New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said in a lecture here Monday. Mayor of New...
Wall Street bounces from earlier deep losses amid global sell-off
06/10/2008 05:00
Wall Street rebounded Monday afternoon from early deep losses as investors hunted for bargain after the major indexes plunging more than 7 percent. However, the Dow Jones industrial average was down more than 300 points to settle below 10,000 points, the...
Obama widens leading margins over McCain in national polls
06/10/2008 05:00
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is moving further ahead in all national polls Monday in the wake of economic downturn and financial crisis U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain (L) and U.S. Democratic presidential candidate...
Russian "chess queen" grabs 1st gold at World Mind Games
05/10/2008 05:00
Russia’s ace chess player Alexandra Kosteniuk clinched the first gold medal of the World Mind Games here on Sunday as the newly crowned queen came from behind to beat former world champion Stefanova Antoaneta of Bulgaria 2-1 in the women’s blitz chess....
Google, Yahoo delay ad partnership due to federal investigations
05/10/2008 05:00
Internet giants Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. have agreed to delay implementing an advertising partnership to give the United States’ Department of Justice time to finish investigating the proposed deal, said the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday. In a...