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The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown, Kuwait’s daily A
Embattled US carmaker Ford said it will sell a 20 percent stake in its Japanese partner Mazda for 540 million dollars to raise cash.
Iran, OPEC’s number two oil producer, favours a cut in crude production of 1.0 to 1.5 million barrels per day when the oil cartel meets in Cairo later
A sailor has been charged for setting off the fire extinguishing system on the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa, causing 20 people to be gassed to deat
A broad group of world finance chiefs aimed to forge a consensus today on boosting the role of emerging economic powers...
Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang said on Wednesday that Microsoft should buy his pioneering Internet firm despite failed takeover talks between the co
World giants in the auto, airline and technology industries ordered emergency action Friday in response to the financial crisis
French President Nicolas Sarkozy backed the creation of sovereign wealth funds in Europe that, when coordinated, could provide an 'industrial response
Left-hander Mehrab Hossain capped his return to international cricket with a maiden half-century to help Bangladesh recover in the opening Test agains
Afghanistan clinched the World Cricket League Tier Four title on Saturday and claimed they are good enough to play alongside...
The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that the global economy was sinking in a maelstrom of financial turmoil...
AIG executives escaped to a pricey California beach resort to unwind just days after the insurance giant was rescued by an unprecedented $85-billion U
The UK government said on Wednesday it would pump £50 billion into the country’s main banks as part of an emergency bailout package...
Cuba’s young boxers looked ahead to the next Olympics after their rollercoaster ride ground to a halt without a single gold.
Maria Sharapova’s dresses may never make an appearance, nor the Williams sisters’ bling...
Chelsea midfielder Deco believes Luiz Felipe Scolari’s ruthless streak will help wrestle the Premier League title from Manchester United.
China’s Yang Wei continued the host nation’s gymnastics gold rush at the Beijing Olympics...
Top seed Roger Federer and Venus and Serena Williams all went crashing out of the Olympic Games quarter-finals...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the nation would be safe under a Barack Obama presidency and that she is ruling out a shot at the vice pre
Air China’s Japan office received an email threat to bomb its aircraft and crash planes into the site of the Beijing Olympics...
Sport is filled with bitter country rivalries which add extra spice and in athletics it is Ethiopia and Kenya fighting to be the pride of East Africa.
Number two Rafael Nadal and third-ranked Novak Djokovic were smelling blood...
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili expressed optimism on Friday that weekend talks attended for the first time by the United States...
Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone during the Indian Premier League...
Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu has labelled Zimbabwe’s embattled President Robert Mugabe a “Frankenstein” figure...
