Friday 21 November '08
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 Al-Seyassah.Wednesday 19 November '08
Embattled US carmaker Ford said it will sell a 20 percent stake in its Japanese partner Mazda for 540 million dollars to raise cash.Sunday
16 November '08Iran, 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 this month...Friday
14 November '08A sailor has been charged for setting off the fire extinguishing system on the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa, causing 20 people to be gassed to death, investigators told.Monday
10 November '08A broad group of world finance chiefs aimed to forge a consensus today on boosting the role of emerging economic powers...Friday
7 November '08Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang said on Wednesday that Microsoft should buy his pioneering Internet firm despite failed takeover talks between the companies earlier this year.Saturday
25 October '08World giants in the auto, airline and technology industries ordered emergency action Friday in response to the financial crisisWednesday
22 October '08French President Nicolas Sarkozy backed the creation of sovereign wealth funds in Europe that, when coordinated, could provide an 'industrial response' to the financial crisis.Saturday
18 October '08Left-hander Mehrab Hossain capped his return to international cricket with a maiden half-century to help Bangladesh recover in the opening Test against New Zealand...Monday
13 October '08Afghanistan clinched the World Cricket League Tier Four title on Saturday and claimed they are good enough to play alongside...Thursday
9 October '08The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that the global economy was sinking in a maelstrom of financial turmoil...Thursday
9 October '08AIG executives escaped to a pricey California beach resort to unwind just days after the insurance giant was rescued by an unprecedented $85-billion US government loan...Thursday
9 October '08The UK government said on Wednesday it would pump £50 billion into the country’s main banks as part of an emergency bailout package...Monday
25 August '08Cuba’s young boxers looked ahead to the next Olympics after their rollercoaster ride ground to a halt without a single gold.Saturday
23 August '08Maria Sharapova’s dresses may never make an appearance, nor the Williams sisters’ bling...Saturday
16 August '08Chelsea midfielder Deco believes Luiz Felipe Scolari’s ruthless streak will help wrestle the Premier League title from Manchester United.Friday
15 August '08China’s Yang Wei continued the host nation’s gymnastics gold rush at the Beijing Olympics...Friday
15 August '08Top seed Roger Federer and Venus and Serena Williams all went crashing out of the Olympic Games quarter-finals...Saturday
9 August '08US 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 presidency...Saturday
9 August '08Air China’s Japan office received an email threat to bomb its aircraft and crash planes into the site of the Beijing Olympics...Saturday
9 August '08Sport 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.Sunday
27 July '08A Uighur separatist group has taken credit for a deadly bus bombing in Shanghai in May and warned of new attacks in China during the Olympics...Saturday
26 July '08Number two Rafael Nadal and third-ranked Novak Djokovic were smelling blood...Saturday
19 July '08Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili expressed optimism on Friday that weekend talks attended for the first time by the United States...Saturday
19 July '08Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone during the Indian Premier League...
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