• Android phones gain pace in the U.S. with new model, application

    Android phones gain pace in the U.S. with new model, application

    28/10/2009 05:00

    Smartphone war intensifies in the United States as Verizon Wireless formally unveiled its first handset powered by Google’s Android operating system with new features such as GPS-style navigation. Motorola co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha shows...

  • Car Bomb blast kills 90 in NW Pakistan’s Peshawar

    Car Bomb blast kills 90 in NW Pakistan’s Peshawar

    28/10/2009 05:00

    A huge car bomb explosion killed at least 90 people in a crowded market in northwest Pakistan’s city of Peshawar on Wednesday, a senior official said. Rescue workers move an injured person at the site of an explosion in northwest Pakistan’s...

  • NASA tests next-generation rocket for first time

    NASA tests next-generation rocket for first time

    28/10/2009 05:00

    NASA on Wednesday launched the Ares I-X rocket in Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It’s the first flight test for the agency’s next-generation spacecraft and launch vehicle system. The Ares 1-X test rocket lifts off on a six-minute suborbital...

  • Thai police may issue 4 arrest warrants for stock market rumors

    28/10/2009 05:00

    Thai police may “soon” issue arrest warrants for four people suspected of spreading rumors that led to the stock market’s biggest two-day decline in a year, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said. “The police probably have...

  • Ace’s CEO says insurance ‘cowboys’ lose discipline

    28/10/2009 05:00

    The insurance industry has underpriced its policies, with “cowboys” setting unreasonable rates for coverage, Ace Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Evan Greenberg said. Ace’s third-quarter premium revenue fell 6 percent to US$3.39...

  • India may import rice, fueling ‘panic,’ IRRI says

    India may import rice, fueling ‘panic,’ IRRI says

    28/10/2009 05:00

    India, the world’s second-largest rice grower, may become a net importer for the first time in 21 years in 2010, potentially sparking the kind of “panic” that sent prices to records in 2008, a...

  • Hundreds of schools closed as A/H1N1 flu cases multiple in U.S.

    Hundreds of schools closed as A/H1N1 flu cases multiple in U.S.

    28/10/2009 05:00

    Across the United States more and more schools have closed their gates due to the rapid widespread of A/H1N1 influenza outbreak nationwide. Six-year-old Genevieve DiGiovanni, held by her mother Stephanie, reacts as she receives a swine flu...

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