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Colombo - Months after ending a 26-year civil war in Sri Lanka that claimed over 100,000 lives, fresh hopes have been raised about building ethnic unity, although scars rem...
Flying above the Atlantic Ocean in October I couldn't help but think of Henry Hudson sailing home exactly 400 years before. I was on my way from New York to the Old Country, too, to reconnect with relatives and, in my own small, personal way, strengthen a link between two nations. I figured a quadricentennial was as good a time to go as any.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in India trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are from the last close, unless stated otherwise.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Australian customs officials intercepted the third boat carrying suspected asylum seekers this week, as the government erected tents at its offshore immigration detention center to increase capacity.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s defeat of terrorism with its victory over Tamil Tiger rebels shows the country will uphold human rights, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Most urban bookstores have a local writers section, though “local” can cover a vague, regional set of boundaries. That’s not the case at Metropolis Books: At the small, independent bookstore in the Old Bank District, local means, quite specifically, Downtown Los Angeles.
Stock prices in most international markets have risen faster than in the U.S. this year, with the biggest numbers in emerging markets. Here's a look at year-to-date gains for some key market indexes, and details on the countries that make up each index:
Records will show no winner for 2000 Sydney Games
It's time to rewrite the Olympic record books: There was no gold medal winner in the women's 100 meters at the 2000 Sydney Games.
As we mark Human Rights Day this month―the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights―we are distressed to note that human rights and human rights defenders are under attack around the world.
BURKA, BEKELE, SALADINO NIJMEGEN (NED): Gelete Burka, the Ethiopian title defender from Valencia 2008 (after disqualification of Russian runners) at 1500 m is aiming to repeat the success at World Indoor Championships in Doha. She also wants to do some indoor races before, informs Global Sports Communication, the Dutch based agency headed by Jos Hermens.
New Delhi - At least four people were killed and 17 injured when a powerful blast ripped through a busy market in India's north- eastern state of Assam on Thursday, news reports said. The blast took place in the market near an army cantonment in Misa...
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Aurubis AG , Europe’s biggest copper refiner, aims to double its recycling of computers to recover more precious metals as gold rises to a record.
A former senior I.B.M. executive denied being involved in a sprawling hedge fund insider trading case and asked a court on Wednesday to dismiss civil charges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission , Reuters reported.
New Delhi - At least four people were killed when a powerful blast ripped through a market in India's north-eastern state of Assam on Thursday, news reports said. The blast took place in the market near an army cantonment in Misamari in the Sonitpur ...
(RTTNews) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has withheld the women's 100m gold medal at the Sydney Games in 2000, which was stripped from disgraced American sprinter Marion Jones two years ago. However, her 200m gold and long jump bronze were reallocated.
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