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Lloyds TSB to pay $350 mn fine in sanctions probe

Sunday 11 January '09

Lloyds TSB Bank has agreed to pay a 350-million dollar penalty to settle a probe that it illegally handled financial...
Bangladesh salvage honour in Test defeat

Thursday 1 January '09

BANGLADESH put on one of their best batting performances before suffering a 107-run defeat in the opening Test against Sri Lanka today...
SL eye victory despite Ashraful defiance

Wednesday 31 December '08

Muttiah Muralitharan took three wickets to strengthen Sri Lanka’s chances of winning the opening Test against Bangladesh...
Britain faces 600,000 job cuts in 2009, says study

Tuesday 30 December '08

Some 600,000 British workers will lose their jobs in 2009 and a million could go before the worst is over...
Super Gayle eliminates Kiwis

Saturday 27 December '08

A Chris Gayle blast in a special “eliminator over” broke the deadlock between the West Indies and New Zealand...
China tries yuan as settlement currency

Friday 26 December '08

China will use the yuan in transactions with neighbouring economies on a trial basis...
As prices tumble, China fills largest oil reserves

Friday 26 December '08

China has started filling tanks at its largest oil reserve, taking advantage of tumbling world crude prices...
China cuts rates in new growth effort

Tuesday 23 December '08

The number of people unemployed throughout the world could rise by up to 25 million by 2010 because of the global financial and economic crisis...
Gayle ton gives Windies hope

Tuesday 23 December '08

West Indies captain Chris Gayle made a timely return to the century ranks on Monday to ensure a final day showdown in the second cricket Test...
Severed cables bring down phone lines linking Europe, Asia

Sunday 21 December '08

Internet and telephone communications between Europe, the Middle East and Asia were severely disrupted after three undersea cables...
Powell, Edwards hit back

Sunday 14 December '08

The West Indies won third day honours in the rain-hit first cricket Test, taking New Zealand’s last six wickets for 139 runs to dismiss the hosts for 365.
Arun Sarin for Yahoo top job?

Wednesday 10 December '08

Yahoo’s board of directors is moving closer to choosing a new chief executive and the former head of Vodafone Group PLC is among those being considered, The Wall Street Journal reported.
EU launches navy mission to take on Somali pirates

Monday 8 December '08

The European Union launches its first-ever naval operation on Monday, with six warships and three surveillance planes patrolling pirate...
Breath-testing for Oz politicians

Friday 5 December '08

Bad behaviour by Australian parliamentarians led to suggestions on Thursday that they should be breath-tested for drunkenness before voting on legislation.
Starry line-up for Chennai Open

Tuesday 2 December '08

World number five Nikolay Davydenko (picture right) of Russia leads a strong field for the season-opening ATP Chennai Open from January 5-11, organisers said.
Bush’s mother hospitalised

Thursday 27 November '08

President George W Bush’s mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, was taken to a Houston hospital to undergo tests after feeling some pain...
Thai airport closure is a huge blow for tourism: experts

Thursday 27 November '08

The political strife that shut down Thailand’s main international airport could devastate the kingdom’s massive tourism industry...
German doctor, son with Down’s Syndrome allowed to stay in Australia

Thursday 27 November '08

Australia on Wednesday granted a German doctor and his family permanent residency...
Siddique, Rahim rescue Bangladesh

Thursday 27 November '08

Junaid Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim hit half-centuries to lead a spirited Bangladesh batting effort on the first day of the second and final Test against South Africa...
Liverpool bank on Gerrard

Wednesday 26 November '08

Liverpool will look to the return of talismanic skipper Steven Gerrard to help guide them into the knockout stages of the Champions League as they seek a victory over Marseille here on Wednesday.
Liverpool bank on Gerrard

Wednesday 26 November '08

Liverpool will look to the return of talismanic skipper Steven Gerrard to help guide them into the knockout stages of the Champions League as they seek a victory over Marseille here.
Spain are the champs

Monday 24 November '08

Fernando Verdasco won the Davis Cup for Spain here on Sunday, beating Argentina’s Jose Acasuso 6-3, 6-7 (3), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 to give his country a third title after 2000 and 2004 and deny the hosts a first.
Bush bids farewell with impassioned ‘freedom’ plea

Monday 24 November '08

US President George W Bush, bidding farewell to the international stage has offered a sweeping defence of free markets...
Unrepentant Berlusconi ‘envious’ of Obama, Campbell ‘suntan’

Monday 24 November '08

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi brushed aside international outrage from earlier this month...
Bush ‘pleased’ with Iraq outcome: reports

Monday 24 November '08

US President George W Bush believes the Iraq war was a success and is “very pleased” with what is happening there...
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