International News
Coast Guard rescues 3 people near Key West; boat adrift for 4 days, no injuries
The Coast Guard rescued three people who were adrift for four days aboard a homemade wooden boat that launched from Hollywood, Florida. The Key West Citizen newspaper reported that no one was injured. The rescue happened 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) sou...
25-07-2008 - 21:43
Police say one person killed in string of explosions in southern Indian city of Bangalore
A series of synchronized small bombs shook India's high-tech hub Friday, killing one person and wounding at least six others, police said. Bangalore Police Commissioner Shankar Bidri said it appeared there were seven blasts that went off within several...
25-07-2008 - 21:42
Euro up on dollar after US home sales decline
The euro was a little higher against the dollar on Friday after a report showed that U.S. home sales declined in June. The 15-nation currency bought US$1.5695 in midday European trading, up from the US$1.5681 late Thursday in New York. The National Ass...
25-07-2008 - 21:41
Germany's Daimler in talks about acquiring stake in Russian truck maker Kamaz
Daimler AG said Friday it is considering buying a 42 percent stake in Russian truck maker OAO Kamaz in a bid to increase its presence in Europe's biggest truck manufacturer. The Stuttgart-based company said it is looking at several options for Russia, ...
25-07-2008 - 21:41
Beating at upstate N.Y. bar strains relations between US, Serbia; victim's parents speak out
It started as a bar fight in a college town in upstate New York. Police say a hulking basketball player from Serbia beat a fellow college student to a bloody pulp and fled to his home country, setting off a diplomatic crisis. U.S. senators have interve...
25-07-2008 - 21:39
London's FTSE-100 index down 57.16 points at 5,305.1
Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were lower at midday Friday. At noon, the FTSE-100 share index was down 57.16 points at 5,305.1.
25-07-2008 - 21:37
Beijing says measures have led to 20 percent drop in pollutants ahead of Olympics
Temporary measures targeting Beijing's notorious traffic and pollution ahead of the Olympics have led to a 20 percent drop in major pollutants, a city environmental official said Friday. Although it has yet to translate into blue skies, Du Shaozhong, d...
25-07-2008 - 21:36
Hong Kong stocks drop sharply after Wall Street's weakness; energy stocks hit hard
Hong Kong stocks dropped sharply Friday, tracking Wall Street lower as investors sold energy-related stocks. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index lost 347.01, or 1.5 percent, to 22,740.71 points. It erased some of its losses as traders bought or covered short...
25-07-2008 - 21:34
EUROPE NEWS AT 1100GMT
TOP STORIES: FRANCE-OBAMA PARIS _ Barack Obama meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the second leg of his European trip. The U.S. Democratic presidential candidate is guaranteed another warm welcome, a day after drawing 200,000 people to a sp...
25-07-2008 - 21:32
Netflix 2nd-quarter profit increases, as subscriptions rise 25 percent year-over-year
Netflix says its second-quarter profit rose 4 percent, helped by a 25 percent increase in subscriptions and the introduction of a device that allows customers to stream video directly to their TVs. The Los Gatos, California-based company says net incom...
25-07-2008 - 21:32
Top News Photos
Eager fans swarmed and in some cases scuffled as they lined up at sales windows to get the final batch of tickets for next month's Olympics.
Forbes magazine has come out with its list of the ten Highest Paid Actors in Hollywood
A look at the Virgin Mobile pie eating competition at Harry's Cafe de Wheels in Sydney, Australia.
Men from the "400 Pueblos" group, comprising of poor farmers, staged one of their trademark protests wearing only shoes, in Mexico City.
Check out the latest cars at the 2008 British International Motor Show which will run from July 23 to August 3 in London.
A view of fishes in Okinawan sea on display on a 200-inch screen in Sony Building in Tokyo.
