Church trashed as India religious riots spread
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Hindu mobs ransacked a church and clashed with Christian villagers in eastern India on Thursday, police said, as Italy said it would summon India's ambassador to demand "incisive action" to prevent more attacks.
Nations:India Italy France Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-28
China bid for supremacy revives East-West duel
BEIJING (Reuters) - After nearly ending the U.S. hegemony over the Olympic medal table in Athens four years ago, China could overtake their sporting superpower rivals in the race for global supremacy in Beijing.
Nations:Russia India People:Xu Haifeng Li Ning Michael Phelps Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics 1984 L.A. Olympics Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-04
Kin search among dead from Indian temple stampede
ANANDPUR SAHIB, India - Family members moved through row after row of bodies overnight in a grim search for their loved ones among the 145 people killed in a deadly stampede at a remote mountaintop Hindu temple.
Nations:India Source:(AP)
2008-08-04
WTO talks close to collapse amid farm stand-off
GENEVA (Reuters) - Talks to rescue a world trade deal were close to collapse on Tuesday over measures intended to help poor countries protect their farmers, trade officials said.
Nations:U.S. France China India Uruguay Paraguay Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-29
Islamic group claims India blasts that killed 45
AHMADABAD, India - An obscure Islamic militant group warning of "the terror of Death" claimed responsibility for bombings that killed at least 45 people and authorities stepped up security Sunday after India's second series of blasts in two days.
Nations:India Activities:Islamic Terrorists Source:(AP)
2008-07-27
2 killed in synchronized bomb explosions in India
BANGALORE, India - Seven synchronized small bombs shook India's high-tech hub Friday, killing two people and wounding at least five others, officials said.
Nations:India Source:(AP)
2008-07-25
Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks
PITTSBURGH - The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.
Nations:France India Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
Freddie Mac mulling $10 billion share offer
New York - Mortgage giant Freddie Mac is considering raising capital by selling as much as $10 billion in new shares to investors, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Nations:India Activities:2007 Global Credit Crunch Source:(Wall Street Journal)
2008-07-18
Lehman CEO mulls ways to take bank private
New York - Lehman Brothers (LEH.N) Chief Executive Richard Fuld is considering ways to take the Wall Street investment bank private, the New York Post reported on Tuesday.
Nations:India Activities:2007 Global Credit Crunch U.S. Markets Source:(New York Post)
2008-07-15
Pre-Olympics security sweep nets foreigners, Chinese alike
BEIJING — When Dechen Pemba , a British citizen, walked out of her Beijing apartment at 8:55 one morning this week, she found seven to eight security agents milling about waiting for her.
Nations:China U.K. India People:Dalai Lama Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(McClatchy)
2008-07-09
Developing economies don't back G-8 climate goal
TOYAKO, Japan - A joint gathering of major developed and developing nations on Wednesday agreed that climate change was "one of the great global challenges of our time" and pledged to back a United Nations effort to conclude new climate pact by 2009. The major economies said they supported longterm and midterm goals for greenhouse-gas reductions, but endorsed no targets.
Nations:India Japan China Germany Italy Russia People:Ban Ki-moon George W. Bush Source:(AP)
2008-07-09
Bush: 'Significant progress' on climate change
TOYAKO, Japan - President Bush on Wednesday hailed the move by G-8 leaders to coalesce behind a broad climate-change strategy, saying in a valedictory to summitry that "significant progress" has been made on global warming.
Nations:India Russia Japan Denmark Zimbabwe Brazil People:Dmitry Medvedev Hu Jintao Activities:Group of Eight
2008-07-09
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