Ministers scrap plan to widen motorways Plans to widen more than 220 miles of Britain’s overcrowded motorways have been abandoned by ministers in a 5bn...
Brown warns of tough year ahead Gordon Brown has warned 2009 “won’t be easy” for Britain as it deals with the global economic crisis. In...
GMAC Announces Consummation of Its Notes Exchange Offers NEW YORK, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire/ — GMAC Financial Services today announced that it has consummated its separate private exchange...
AEGON Completes Acquisition of Polish Pension Company THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, December 31 /PRNewswire/ – AEGON has completed its acquisition of the Polish pension company PTE...
Israeli warplanes hit Gaza City for fifth day (URGENT) Israeli warplanes hit Gaza City early Wednesday causing destruction in the densely populated areas. Hamas government buildings including office...
Cash bailout for US auto industry is expanded THE BUSH administration has expanded its bailout of the US auto industry, saying it was buying $5 billion (€3.5...
Nigeria: Jos Crisis – We Won’t Spare Sacred Cows, Say Reps Committee The investigative panel set up by the House of Representatives to investigate the recent bloodbath in Jos, the capital...
ANALYSIS / Key Arab states hope for weakened Hamas The war in the Gaza Strip spilled over into Egypt Sunday when dozens of Gaza residents crossed the border...
FACTBOX-Facts about Palestinian group Hamas 28 Dec 2008 19:43:23 GMT Source: Reuters (Adds details on Hamas’s limited defence against air power) Dec 28 (Reuters)...
Almost 300 killed in Gaza, as Israeli airstrikes continue Israel has kept up its bombing campaign in Gaza for a second day, with the death toll there now...
Zimbabwe to prosecute 140 white farmers ZIMBABWE will prosecute 140 white landowners on charges of failing to vacate their farms under the country’s controversial 2000...
Israel air strikes on Gaza kill more than 270 in ‘one of the bloodiest days in 60 years’ Israel has killed more than 270 people in the Gaza Strip in one of the bloodiest days in 60...
Israel warns of ground offensive Israeli television says the army has started concentrating ground forces near the tiny Palestinian enclave, where medics have said...
Global crisis cast shadow on Indian leaders The raging credit crunch saw many Indian-origin heads of global Inc embarking on a cost-cutting spree. 2008 has literally...
SA move to send aid to Zim slammed The move by the government to channel aid to Zimbabwe, despite assurances that South African taxpayers’ money would never...
Tense Indo-Pak relations hit Pak film business While the tension has left Pak distributors and cinema owners worried, film-goers are disappointed that the release of ‘Rab...
Nations unite to deal with piracy/Gulf Times editorial Doha, December 27 (QNA) – The English language daily /Gulf Times/ has editorially said ”” Three Chinese naval ships...
U.S. stocks rose after GMAC bank bid approved Wall Street rose moderately on Friday as GMAC Financial Services, the financing arm of General Motors, was approved to...