11 May 2012 - 2:38pm
CIJERUK: Indonesian searchers scaled a steep volcano Friday to retrieve at least 45 bodies from the jungly terrain where a Russian jet crashed, as questions mounted over how a new plane with a veteran pilot flew into a mountain.
Crews were using climbing equipment including ropes to ascend the near-vertical face of Mount Salak and were believed...
10 May 2012 - 5:03pm
ATHENS: Greece's jobless rate rose to 21.7 per cent in February with over a million people unemployed, official data showed on Thursday as the country struggled to form a government after indecisive elections.
The state statistics agency said over 1.07 million people were unemployed February, with over 19,000 losing their jobs in a month and over...
10 May 2012 - 3:31pm
DAMASCUS: Two powerful blasts rocked this city, killing and wounding dozens of people during morning rush hour Thursday, state television said, as UN leader Ban Ki-moon warned of a looming civil war in Syria.
"Two explosions caused by terrorists took place on the freeway in the south of Damascus," the television said, adding that the blasts...
9 May 2012 - 5:03pm
ATHENS: Athens raised the prospects Wednesday of renegotiating a hard-earned rescue package after an election in which voters roundly rejected austerity measures, raising fresh doubts over Greece's eurozone membership.
The head of the radical left-wing Syriza party charged with forming a government is planning to write Wednesday to the highly...
9 May 2012 - 3:04pm
WASHINGTON: It was once known as the "Murder Capital of the World," a city beset by a crack epidemic, no-go areas and resulting crime which triggered decades of white flight to the suburbs.
Decades on from its darkest days, however, Washington DC is experiencing an economic boom that has reversed its long-declining population and is shaking up...
9 May 2012 - 2:39pm
ISLAMABAD: The grisly murder of a Red Cross worker and a video showing an American hostage pleading for his life highlight a perilous security situation in Pakistan that aid groups say is endangering their work.Humanitarian organisations are reviewing operations in Pakistan after the killing of Khalil Dale, whose decapitated body was found on...
8 May 2012 - 2:16pm
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund said Monday that Myanmar could be Asia's next boom economy if the country sticks to its new path of political and economic reforms.
In its first-ever "Article IV" review of the economy, the IMF praised the initial moves to free up its currency in recent months and encouraged the...
7 May 2012 - 4:33pm
ATHENS: Greece faced an uncertain future Monday after a stunning election shake-up by parties opposed to further vital austerity cuts, sending shockwaves through markets on fears of renewed eurozone turmoil.
The two mainstream parties fell short of an absolute majority in parliament with their share of the vote at just 32.1 per cent, more than...
7 May 2012 - 3:19pm
BRUSSELS: After slamming Europe's austerity fix for the debt crisis, Francois Hollande's crusade for growth picked up support even before his win, but can he bring the sceptics and the markets around?
One of only a handful of Socialist leaders at the European Union table, the freshly-elected French president said his victory marked "a new...
7 May 2012 - 2:23pm
BEIJING: Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng will escape Chinese persecution if he leaves for the United States, but will find life tough, and may struggle to make an impact abroad, current exiles said.
Beijing has indicated it will allow Chen to leave the country to study in the United States, under a tentative deal with Washington announced...
