But did they check under the cushions of the palatial sofa? The US Department of Defense has a budget in the hundreds of billions, and a hefty chunk of that, funds tied to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, have disappeared. The Pentagon says more than $100 million cash that was supposed to be at Hussein’s [...]
In a setback to former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, the high court today dismissed his two petitions praying for quashing of summons issued to him by a lower court in connection with alleged land scams. Justice Anand Byrareddy dismissed the petitions after hearing the arguments of petitioner and advocate Sirajin Basha on whose private complaints [...]
French firm Dassault has won a multi-billion dollar contract to provide 126 fighter jets to the Indian military, a government source in New Delhi said on Tuesday. Dassault will sell its Rafale multi-role jet to India after beating the Eurofighter consortium to secure the long-awaited contract, which is estimated to be worth $12 billion. “You can [...]
Thailand’s weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday is considering an additional budget of 800 million-900 million baht (26-29 million U.S. dollars) requested by the responsible committee for procuring 300,000 more tablet PCs for school children. The tablet policy management committee last week agreed to increase the distribution of tablets for the primary school students in the [...]
Myanmar Ministry of Hotels and Tourism will introduce online electronic e-visa system in February on pilot run aimed at facilitating the foreign travelers who want to visit Myanmar and promoting the number of tourists arrival in the country, local media reported Tuesday. The ministry has started to install internet lines at the Information Departments of [...]
If you are an intending visitor or current tourist in Fiji, do not worry as the weather office has confirmed that even though there is a possibility of a cyclone forming near Vanuatu and moving to threaten the island nation, it will not directly affect the Fiji group this week. Meteorology Director Alipate Waqaicelua said [...]
South Korea’s top nuclear negotiator will visit Russia next week for talks over reopening stalled six-party talks aimed at dismantling the Democratic People’ s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s nuclear program, local media reported Tuesday. Lim Sung-nam, Seoul’s envoy to the six-party talks, will meet with his Russian counterpart and deputy foreign minister Igor Morgulov, according [...]
Japan’s jobless rate rose to 4.6 percent in December 2011, up 0.1 percentage point from the previous month, the government said Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted figure marked the first deterioration in two months. For 2011, the country’s unemployment rate, excluding prefectures hit by the twin disasters in March, declined to an average 4.5 percent, down [...]
Iraq has again delayed an auction for a dozen oil and gas exploration blocks, because of changes in contract terms, a top official said on Tuesday. The bidding round had initially been scheduled for January, but theoil ministry delayed the auction to early March, then to April. “It will be held from May 30-31, due to [...]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday officially launchedIran’s latest foreign-language news channel, a 24-hour satellite broadcaster aimed at Spanish speakers worldwide. “Viva España, viva America Latina,” he said in Spanish at the end of a televised speech to dignitaries attending the launch ceremony in Tehran. The state-funded channel, HispanTV, has already been test-broadcasting since mid-November from its offices [...]
