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Print - 2009-04-20
Vettori shines as Delhi win shortened game

Vettori shines as Delhi win shortened game

New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori took three for 15 as the Delhi Daredevils won a rain-shortened Indian Premier League match against Kings XI Punjab by ten wickets at Newlands Sunday. Vettori's bowling was mainly responsible for restricting the
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Barca beat Getafe, Real win at Recreativo

Barca beat Getafe, Real win at Recreativo

A clinical finish from defender Marcelo gave Real Madrid a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Recreativo Huelva in the Primera Liga on Saturday and trimmed the gap to leaders Barcelona back to six points.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Spurs send Newcastle closer to relegation

Spurs send Newcastle closer to relegation

Tottenham Hotspur maintained their late-season drive for European soccer and pushed Newcastle United further towards relegation when they won a one-sided Premier League match 1-0 at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Nadal beats Djokovic to clinch fifth Monte Carlo title

Nadal beats Djokovic to clinch fifth Monte Carlo title

World number one Rafael Nadal survived a battling Novak Djokovic to clinch a fifth successive Monte Carlo Masters title on Sunday and equal a century-old record at the Country Club. Nadal turned on the afterburners at the start of the third set, winning a
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Ferguson gambles on reserves in FA Cup semi-final

Ferguson gambles on reserves in FA Cup semi-final

Teenage striker Federico Macheda made his first start for Manchester United as manager Alex Ferguson gambled on a largely reserve side to beat Everton in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Sunday.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Strange wins China Open by one stroke

Strange wins China Open by one stroke

Scott Strange shot a final round four-under-par 68 to win the $2.2 million China Open by a single stroke on Sunday. The 32-year-old Australian overcame the damp conditions at the CBD International Golf Club to finish eight-under for the tournament, claimi
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Hiddink hoping for perfect Chelsea finale

Hiddink hoping for perfect Chelsea finale

Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink said he hoped to be popping the champagne corks at the end of May after steering the Londoners to the FA Cup final with a 2-1 defeat of Arsenal on Saturday.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Australia's Clarke happy to play Pakistan 'after all'

Australia's Clarke happy to play Pakistan 'after all'

Australian captain Michael Clarke said Sunday his team was looking forward to facing Pakistan in the forthcoming limited over series, to be played in the United Arab Emirates for security concerns. "All of us are very happy to be playing Pakistan," Clarke
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Pakistan mulls series switch to New Zealand

Pakistan mulls series switch to New Zealand

Pakistan are considering whether to switch a home series to New Zealand after the Black Caps refused to tour the troubled country, a cricket official said Sunday. New Zealand were scheduled to tour Pakistan in November-December for a three-Test and five-m
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Porterfield, Johnston star as Ireland crush Canada

Porterfield, Johnston star as Ireland crush Canada

William Porterfield and Trent Johnston shone as Ireland crushed Canada by nine wickets in the 2011 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament final on Sunday. Opener and skipper Porterfield finished unbeaten on 104 after a 164-minute stand at Centurion Park a
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Brazilian Castroneves back on track after tax trial

Brazilian Castroneves back on track after tax trial

Brazilian Helio Castroneves jumped back in an Indy car to race for the first time in six months on Saturday after a seven-week tax trial. Castroneves, acquitted of six US tax evasion charges on Friday, showed little sign of being rusty and finished sevent
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Vettel masters the rain for Red Bull's first win in Chinese Grand Prix

Vettel masters the rain for Red Bull's first win in Chinese Grand Prix

German Sebastian Vettel gave Red Bull their first Formula One win with a pole to chequered flag victory ahead of team mate Mark Webber in the rain-soaked Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. The 21-year-old claimed the second victory of his career, with Australi
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Tokyo's 2016 bid 'professional', says IOC

Tokyo's 2016 bid 'professional', says IOC

Inspectors from the International Olympic Committee Sunday ended their tour of Tokyo, saying they were impressed by the city's "highly professional" bid to host the 2016 Games. "We have been most impressed to find what Tokyo could offer the Olympic Games,
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Islamic banks relatively strong: IIRA

Islamic banks relatively strong: IIRA

Islamic banks could weather the financial storm better than conventional lenders, but real estate exposure could be their one weakness, an Islamic International Ratings Agency (IIRA) executive said on April 14.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
As revenue dips, Cathay asks staff to take leave

As revenue dips, Cathay asks staff to take leave

Cathay Pacific said on April 17 it will slash flights and ask staff to take unpaid leave as the Hong Kong airline reels from a crisis it says has hit harder than the SARS outbreak and the September 11 attacks.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
As revenue dips, Cathay asks staff to take leave

As revenue dips, Cathay asks staff to take leave

Cathay Pacific said on April 17 it will slash flights and ask staff to take unpaid leave as the Hong Kong airline reels from a crisis it says has hit harder than the SARS outbreak and the September 11 attacks.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Hyundai sees no recovery sign yet

Hyundai sees no recovery sign yet

The global car industry is showing no convincing signs of recovery yet as sluggishness in developed economies has deeply dented demand, a Hyundai Motor Group vice chairman said on April 15.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Infosys profit dip on global slowdown

Infosys profit dip on global slowdown

India's Infosys Technologies said its consolidated net profit for the fiscal fourth-quarter rose 29 percent from a year earlier, but fell sequentially due to the global slowdown. The outsourcing giant's net profit in the January-March period rose to 16.13
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Infosys profit dip on global slowdown

Infosys profit dip on global slowdown

India's Infosys Technologies said its consolidated net profit for the fiscal fourth-quarter rose 29 percent from a year earlier, but fell sequentially due to the global slowdown. The outsourcing giant's net profit in the January-March period rose to 16.13
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
More cost-cutting at New York Times, reorganisation at Wpost

More cost-cutting at New York Times, reorganisation at Wpost

The New York Times unveiled plans on April 16 to eliminate several weekly sections of the newspaper in the latest cost-cutting move at the prestigious but financially troubled daily. The Washington Post, meanwhile, announced a sweeping editorial re
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Hyundai sees no recovery sign yet

Hyundai sees no recovery sign yet

The global car industry is showing no convincing signs of recovery yet as sluggishness in developed economies has deeply dented demand, a Hyundai Motor Group vice chairman said on April 15.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Boeing plans bids for $2 billion India defence deals

Boeing plans bids for $2 billion India defence deals

US aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co plans to bid for two defence projects in India worth $2 billion in the next few months, the company's country head said. Boeing is looking to supply India with 22 attack helicopters and at least a dozen heavy-lift choppe
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Roche's first quarter sales increase

Roche's first quarter sales increase

Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, said it was confident it would meet full year targets after reporting an 8 per cent growth in sales in the first-quarter. Last month Roche bought for 46.8 billion dollars the remaining 44 percent stake in the US biot
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Roche's first quarter sales increase

Roche's first quarter sales increase

Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, said it was confident it would meet full year targets after reporting an 8 per cent growth in sales in the first-quarter. Last month Roche bought for 46.8 billion dollars the remaining 44 percent stake in the US biot
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Piracy boosting insurance, business costs

Piracy boosting insurance, business costs

Pirate raids on shipping off East Africa have already pushed up insurance and business costs and threaten greater harm to trade if the tactics are copied elsewhere, Munich Re said on April 17. "The Somalis have discovered a more efficient model," said Die
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
YouTube Symphony holds first rehearsal

YouTube Symphony holds first rehearsal

The YouTube Symphony Orchestra, made up of 90 outstanding musicians chosen via online audition videos they posted on YouTube.com, held its first rehearsal Monday in New York ahead of its official debut Wednesday night at New York's Carnegie Hall.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Yahoo! preparing new round of layoffs: papers

Yahoo! preparing new round of layoffs: papers

Yahoo! is preparing a new round of layoffs and several hundred employees could be affected, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported late on April 14.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Twitter fights off computer worm

Twitter fights off computer worm

Micro-blogging service Twitter was targeted by a wave of attacks by a computer worm over Easter weekend, a co-founder of the Web messaging company said. "On a weekend normally reserved for bunnies, a worm took center stage," Biz Stone said in a post on th
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Mobile fair: Panasonic, NEC unveil nine Linux phones

Mobile fair: Panasonic, NEC unveil nine Linux phones

NEC and Panasonic will unveil on April 20 nine new cellphone models running the open-source LiMo operating system, wireless Linux foundation LiMo said at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Microsoft unveils test version of new e-mail server

Microsoft unveils test version of new e-mail server

Microsoft Corp said launched a test version of its Exchange Server on April 15, marking the latest development in the technology used by 65 percent of businesses world-wide to run their e-mail systems.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
OpenX launches new ad server for small websites

OpenX launches new ad server for small websites

Technology start-up OpenX launched an online ad marketplace for smaller Web publishers on Thursday designed to be an alternative to offerings from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Internet used by more than half in US election

Internet used by more than half in US election

More than half of US adults used the Internet to participate in the 2008 election - the first time that threshold has been crossed, according to a study released on April 15. Some 55 percent searched for political news online, researched candidate positio
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
AT&T wants to extend iPhone deal until 2011: WSJ

AT&T wants to extend iPhone deal until 2011: WSJ

US telecom giant AT&T Inc is seeking to extend until 2011 the deal with Apple making it the exclusive service provider for the iPhone in the United States, The Wall Street Journal said on April 15. The newspaper, citing "people familiar with the matter,"
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Technology magazines help readers make most of gadgets

Technology magazines help readers make most of gadgets

Technology magazines are turning their attention to helping readers make the most of gadgets they already own as consumers' ability to splash out on the latest electronics is cramped by the downturn.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Facebook top social network in Europe: comScore

Facebook top social network in Europe: comScore

Spectacular growth over the past year has made Facebook the top social network in Europe, digital research firm comScore reported on April 15. "Facebook has very quickly taken a leading position across most of the European social networking market despite
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
New venture to help US newspapers make money on Web

New venture to help US newspapers make money on Web

Three veteran US media executives teamed up on Tuesday and launched a company designed to help ailing US newspapers and other publications make money on the Web by charging readers for news.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Verizon plans Apple mart for Hub Web phone

Verizon plans Apple mart for Hub Web phone

The Verizon Hub, a new kind of home phone with some Web add-ons like weather and traffic reports, will soon come with an applications market, following a trend among cellphone makers such as Apple to open up to third-party apps.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Experts identify compound that may fight bird flu

Experts identify compound that may fight bird flu

Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have identified a synthetic compound which appears to be able to stop the replication of influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu virus. The search for such new "inhibitors" has grown more urgent in rece
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
New imaging tool may improve cancer diagnosis

New imaging tool may improve cancer diagnosis

A new imaging technique that uses tiny, dye-containing particles to "fingerprint" proteins within a single cell may lead to better ways to diagnose and treat cancer, US researchers said. If the technique succeeds on a larger scale, it could improve the ab
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Asthma plus traffic equals poor lung function

Asthma plus traffic equals poor lung function

The results of a new study appear to expand the link between traffic exposure and poor lung function among people with asthma. In a study of 176 adults with asthma or rhinitis, Dr John R. Balmes, of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleag
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Transplants help Type 1 diabetics skip insulin

Transplants help Type 1 diabetics skip insulin

People with type 1 diabetes who got stem cell transplants were able to go as long as four years without needing insulin treatments, US researchers said on April 14. They said the process, which involves injecting people with stem cells made from their bon
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Horse stem-cell technique to be tested in people

Horse stem-cell technique to be tested in people

A stem-cell repair technique that has already been used to fix hundreds of injured race horses is to be tested for the first time in people with damaged Achilles tendons. Privately owned British biotech firm MedCell Bioscience Ltd said on April 15 it woul
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
US greenhouse emissions rise 1.4 percent in 2007

US greenhouse emissions rise 1.4 percent in 2007

US greenhouse gas emissions rose 1.4 percent in 2007, compared to the previous year, the US Environmental Protection Agency reported on April 15. The report also indicates that US emissions of climate-warming gases such as carbon dioxide and methane rose
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Carbon deal seen key to Amazon preservation

Carbon deal seen key to Amazon preservation

Deforestation in Brazil's huge Amazonas state could fall to zero by 2020 if a global climate summit in Copenhagen in December adopts measures to put an economic value on preserving forests, its governor said.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Birds face migrations due to climate change

Birds face migrations due to climate change

Some European birds will have to fly further as global warming shifts their breeding grounds northwards in the biggest challenge to the tiny migrants since the Ice Age,, scientists said on April 15.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
17 rebels dead in clashes to clear road: Sri Lanka

17 rebels dead in clashes to clear road: Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan soldiers killed 17 Tamil Tiger separatists in fighting to clear a road that would give the military access to remaining rebel territory where thousands of civilians are trapped, the Defence Ministry said Sunday. More than 2,800 civilians were a
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Iraq MPs elect Muslim brother as speaker

Iraq MPs elect Muslim brother as speaker

Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday elected Iyad al-Samarrai, a Muslim brother and prominent Sunni politician, as speaker of parliament after the position remained unfilled for nearly four months. Samarrai, the head of the parliamentary delegation of the National C
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
UAE arrests suspect in Lebanon's Hariri murder: TV

UAE arrests suspect in Lebanon's Hariri murder: TV

A main suspect in the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates, an Arab television station said on Sunday. UAE-based Al Arabiya said Mohammed Zuhair al-Siddiq was
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
11 confirmed dead in Indonesia's plane crash

11 confirmed dead in Indonesia's plane crash

Eleven people were killed when their light plane crashed in Indonesia's mountainous Papua province, an airfield official said Sunday. Timika Air Base commander Easter Haryanto, who is co-ordinating search efforts, said rescue teams have reached the wrecka
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Asian militants get more sophisticated online: study

Asian militants get more sophisticated online: study

Southeast Asian militants have grown more sophisticated in using the Internet to spread radical ideas, recruit and train supporters, according to a new study urging governments to take action. The Internet's role as a training and recruitment tool is like
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
US company envisions chameleon camouflage

US company envisions chameleon camouflage

Imagine a uniform that changes color like a chameleon to match the surrounding environment, allowing a soldier to remain camouflaged while moving from the desert to the sea. Sandia National Laboratories researchers have demonstrated that, in theory, they
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Father tried to sell 'Slumdog Millionaire' girl

Father tried to sell 'Slumdog Millionaire' girl

The father of "Slumdog Millionaire" child actress Rubina Ali tried to sell his nine-year-old daughter for adoption in a bid to escape the Mumbai slums, a British newspaper said Sunday. News of the World alleged that Rafiq Qureshi wanted 20 million rupees
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Thailand extends state of emergency

Thailand extends state of emergency

Authorities on Sunday extended a state of emergency in Thailand's capital, saying efforts to restore security were still incomplete after anti-government rioting last week and a brazen attack on a protest leader. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva met with
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Nato forces foil attack on Norwegian tanker

Nato forces foil attack on Norwegian tanker

Nato forces foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian oil tanker, and briefly detained seven gunmen after hunting them down under cover of darkness, Nato officials said on Sunday.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Bangladesh arrests 31 suspected militants

Bangladesh arrests 31 suspected militants

Police in Bangladesh have arrested 31 men suspected of plotting a terrorist attack, an officer said Saturday. Police chief Masudul Haque Nuruzzaman, from Kushtia district 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of the capital Dhaka, told AFP the men were members o
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
US vastly expands its DNA databases: report

US vastly expands its DNA databases: report

US federal and state law enforcement agencies are dramatically expanding their collection of DNA, including in their databases not only people convicted of crimes but also those simply arrested or detained, The New York Times reported Saturday. The newspa
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Your rupee last week

Your rupee last week

Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last week. (April 13 to 18 2009).

Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Sunday (April 19, 2009) and the forecast for Monday (April 20, 2009).

Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Anti-terror fight: Holbrooke for more support for Pakistan

Anti-terror fight: Holbrooke for more support for Pakistan

The United States on Sunday called for more international economic resources to help Pakistan overcome Taliban insurgency as part of a broader security and stability effort in its tribal areas along the restive Afghan border.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Five Pakistan Navy personnel killed in accident

Five Pakistan Navy personnel killed in accident

Five officials of Pakistan Navy were killed in Ormara along Balochistan coast here on Sunday. According to details, a vehicle of Pakistan Navy carrying Navy personnel overturned near Ormara Naval Base, some 280 kilometre from Karachi on Sunday. As a resul
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Five Pakistan Navy personnel killed in accident

Five Pakistan Navy personnel killed in accident

Five officials of Pakistan Navy were killed in Ormara along Balochistan coast here on Sunday. According to details, a vehicle of Pakistan Navy carrying Navy personnel overturned near Ormara Naval Base, some 280 kilometre from Karachi on Sunday. As a resul
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Anti-terror fight: Holbrooke for more support for Pakistan

Anti-terror fight: Holbrooke for more support for Pakistan

The United States on Sunday called for more international economic resources to help Pakistan overcome Taliban insurgency as part of a broader security and stability effort in its tribal areas along the restive Afghan border.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Iraq arrests children recruited by al Qaeda

Iraq arrests children recruited by al Qaeda

Iraqi security forces have arrested four children who were recruited by al Qaeda to carry out suicide attacks in and around the northern city of Kirkuk, an army general told AFP on Sunday. "Special forces units have arrested an organisation of children co
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Iraq arrests children recruited by al Qaeda

Iraq arrests children recruited by al Qaeda

Iraqi security forces have arrested four children who were recruited by al Qaeda to carry out suicide attacks in and around the northern city of Kirkuk, an army general told AFP on Sunday. "Special forces units have arrested an organisation of children co
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
World lags on poverty goals, food security key: G8

World lags on poverty goals, food security key: G8

Lack of progress in tackling poverty and problems in balancing supply and demand mean fears over how to feed the developing world will persist, a draft G8 farm ministers' paper said on Sunday. "The Millennium Declaration aimed to halve the proportion of t
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
IMF to cut global forecast, sees recovery in 2010

IMF to cut global forecast, sees recovery in 2010

The International Monetary Fund''s (IMF''s) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was quoted on Sunday as saying the IMF would cut its global economic forecasts in the coming week and that he expected a recovery to start in the first half of next year.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
IMF to cut global forecast, sees recovery in 2010

IMF to cut global forecast, sees recovery in 2010

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was quoted on Sunday as saying the IMF would cut its global economic forecasts in the coming week and that he expected a recovery to start in the first half of next year.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
IMF to cut global forecast, sees recovery in 2010

IMF to cut global forecast, sees recovery in 2010

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was quoted on Sunday as saying the IMF would cut its global economic forecasts in the coming week and that he expected a recovery to start in the first half of next year.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
World lags on poverty goals, food security key: G8

World lags on poverty goals, food security key: G8

Lack of progress in tackling poverty and problems in balancing supply and demand mean fears over how to feed the developing world will persist, a draft G8 farm ministers'' paper said on Sunday. "The Millennium Declaration aimed to halve the proportion of
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
World lags on poverty goals, food security key: G8

World lags on poverty goals, food security key: G8

Lack of progress in tackling poverty and problems in balancing supply and demand mean fears over how to feed the developing world will persist, a draft G8 farm ministers' paper said on Sunday. "The Millennium Declaration aimed to halve the proportion of t
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
''No bank bailout money goes into black hole''

''No bank bailout money goes into black hole''

President Barack Obama says he''ll make sure taxpayer money is not being sent into a black hole through the financial bailout. At news conference at the conclusion of the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, he was asked if the outcome of tests the adminis
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
'No bank bailout money goes into black hole'

'No bank bailout money goes into black hole'

President Barack Obama says he'll make sure taxpayer money is not being sent into a black hole through the financial bailout. At news conference at the conclusion of the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, he was asked if the outcome of tests the administ
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
'No bank bailout money goes into black hole'

'No bank bailout money goes into black hole'

President Barack Obama says he'll make sure taxpayer money is not being sent into a black hole through the financial bailout. At news conference at the conclusion of the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, he was asked if the outcome of tests the administ
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
'US will invade Fata if attacked like 9/11'

'US will invade Fata if attacked like 9/11'

While Pakistan, a major non-Nato ally of the United States in its war against terrorism, pressing its mentors in Washington for stopping the counter-productive drone attacks inside its territory, a majority of defence analysts in Pentagon believe that US
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Pakistan must do more to fight Taliban: US commander

Pakistan must do more to fight Taliban: US commander

Pakistan must do more to "erase" Taliban bases inside its territory, which are destabilising the entire region, the US commander of Western troops in neighbouring Afghanistan said on Sunday. US President Barack Obama's administration has pledged 21,000 mo
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Pakistan must do more to fight Taliban: US commander

Pakistan must do more to fight Taliban: US commander

Pakistan must do more to "erase" Taliban bases inside its territory, which are destabilising the entire region, the US commander of Western troops in neighbouring Afghanistan said on Sunday. US President Barack Obama's administration has pledged 21,000 mo
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Aptma seeks market access to main trading partners

Aptma seeks market access to main trading partners

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has said that Pakistan''s textile exports have gone down by 40 percent since 2006 on account of multifarious bottlenecks, including market access vis-à-vis main trading partners.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Aptma seeks market access to main trading partners

Aptma seeks market access to main trading partners

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has said that Pakistan's textile exports have gone down by 40 percent since 2006 on account of multifarious bottlenecks, including market access vis-à-vis main trading partners.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Aptma seeks market access to main trading partners

Aptma seeks market access to main trading partners

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has said that Pakistan's textile exports have gone down by 40 percent since 2006 on account of multifarious bottlenecks, including market access vis-à-vis main trading partners.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Exxon Mobil overtakes Wal-Mart to top Fortune 500

Exxon Mobil overtakes Wal-Mart to top Fortune 500

Exxon Mobil Corp unseated Wal-Mart Stores Inc in the 2009 Fortune 500 list, shrugging off the oil price bubble and weathering what the magazine called the worst year ever for the country''s largest publicly traded companies. Fortune''s closely watched lis
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Exxon Mobil overtakes Wal-Mart to top Fortune 500

Exxon Mobil overtakes Wal-Mart to top Fortune 500

Exxon Mobil Corp unseated Wal-Mart Stores Inc in the 2009 Fortune 500 list, shrugging off the oil price bubble and weathering what the magazine called the worst year ever for the country's largest publicly traded companies. Fortune's closely watched list,
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Exxon Mobil overtakes Wal-Mart to top Fortune 500

Exxon Mobil overtakes Wal-Mart to top Fortune 500

Exxon Mobil Corp unseated Wal-Mart Stores Inc in the 2009 Fortune 500 list, shrugging off the oil price bubble and weathering what the magazine called the worst year ever for the country's largest publicly traded companies. Fortune's closely watched list,
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Manmohan says Pakistan's nuclear in safe hands

Manmohan says Pakistan's nuclear in safe hands

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that nuclear assets of Pakistan are in safe hands. "We have been assured that their nuclear assets are in safe hands and I do not want to disbelieve that assurance," Singh said when asked by newsmen in A
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Discord over Cuba prevents consensus summit statement

Discord over Cuba prevents consensus summit statement

Several countries refused Sunday to sign a final declaration at the Summit of the Americas, apparently sticking to an earlier vow that they would not endorse the document in solidarity with Cuba, which was excluded from the meeting.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Discord over Cuba prevents consensus summit statement

Discord over Cuba prevents consensus summit statement

Several countries refused Sunday to sign a final declaration at the Summit of the Americas, apparently sticking to an earlier vow that they would not endorse the document in solidarity with Cuba, which was excluded from the meeting.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Sufi declares highest judiciary un-Islamic

Sufi declares highest judiciary un-Islamic

Sufi Muhammad, chief of the banned Tehrik Nifaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM), on Sunday called the highest judiciary as un-Islamic and called for the withdrawal of all judges from Malakand by April 23. Addressing a huge rally at Grassy Ground Sufi Muhammad
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Sufi declares highest judiciary un-Islamic

Sufi declares highest judiciary un-Islamic

Sufi Muhammad, chief of the banned Tehrik Nifaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM), on Sunday called the highest judiciary as un-Islamic and called for the withdrawal of all judges from Malakand by April 23. Addressing a huge rally at Grassy Ground Sufi Muhammad
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Suspected US missiles kill three

Suspected US missiles kill three

Suspected US missiles levelled a Taliban compound in north-west on Sunday, officials said, killing three people despite militant threats of a wave of suicide bombings if the strikes don't end. Sunday's suspected strike occurred in South Waziristan region.
Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am
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