China has now taken the number three spot in the World Bank after its members decided to increase China’s voting power next only to the United States and Japan in the international lending body. This is a new level of recognition for China indicating its growing influence on the global economy. In an important election [...]
On Tuesday, the leader of the interim authorities said, the ousted president of Kyrgyzstan is charged with organizing mass killings in the deadly uprising that forced him out of his office in this central Asian country. Azimbek Beknazarov, a vice-premier of the opposition forces that claimed provisional control of the country said that Kurmanbek Bakiyev, [...]
Iran continues to show interest over the nuclear fuel swap, even though there had been minimal progress on the proposal.Iran’s foreign minister expressed such views, during his meet with the director of International Atomic Energy Agency ,Yukiya Amano. According to the media sources of Iran, Manouchehr Mottaki is supposed to have said “The nuclear fuel [...]
In Geneva , An American woman and a man from a Morocco , both were attending a prestigious Swiss boarding school have died after they fell several hundred feet down a cliff, Swiss Police said. According to the local police in the Vaud , the bodies of pair were found Saturday at the foot of [...]
There have been frequent rejections by Netanyahu regarding suspension of settlements. The Palestinian president,Mahmoud Abbas, has exhorted Brack Obama, to impose a peace deal. He strongly opposed the idea of state establishment within temporary borders. Mahmoud Abbas has said “Since you, Mr. President and you, the members of the American administration, believe in this, it [...]
Washington – The International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss Kahn on Sunday said that the IMF will imminently reach a finance agreement with Greek government before Greece goes for borrowing billions to relief itself from its debts. Mr. Strauss Kahn said in a statement after his meeting with the Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou [...]
London – The Indian born British-based steel icon Lakshmi Mittal once again topped the Britain’s richest people in the country, according to the annual Sunday Times Rich List survey. The survey has revealed how the economic conditions of the country have improved over the last 12 months as there was an economic downturn last year [...]
A Muslim woman driver wearing an Islamic face veil has been fined by the French police on Friday. The fine was small, but it is of big concern for the democratic country like France. The president pushes to outlaw the ban of veils nationwide. French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered legislation that would ban Muslim [...]
According to the Swedish Royal Court, Princess Madeleine has broken off her engagement with fiancé Jonas Bergstrom. On Saturday, in a statement from Royal court, this royal couple is described as ‘’ Going separate ways ‘’ And this decision was set together and they decided that it is best for both of them. The Princess [...]
One person was killed and another injured by security personnel in Shopian district, J & K who suspected them to be militants. Army men fired against a group of three people in which the one killed was a timber smuggler. This incident sparked violent protest in the region. A large crowd of local residents gathered [...]
