U.S. and Russian military chiefs on Tuesdaymet for the first time since Russian forces crushed government troops ofAmerica's ally Georgia in a war that has strained relations between the twocountries, Reuters reported.The U.S. embassy in Helsinki said NavyAdmiral Mike Mullen,

The world is well prepared to beat back any major influenzapandemic with 148 countries having made contingency plans to deal with thedisease, the United Nations and the World Bank said Tuesday, accordign to dpa. "Considering that pandemic preparedness was largelyunaddressed

Oil prices have slumped back below US$71 a barrel as a stronger dollar overshadowedexpectations of a sizable OPECoutput cut and led investors to shed commodities bought as an inflation hedge, AP reported.Light, sweet crude for November deliveryfell US$3.36 to settle

The U.N. Security Council has sought an immediate ceasefireby armed groups in eastern Congo to quell fighting that it said could renew awider conflict in central Africa, according to AP.The 15-nation council's members share "grave concernat the resurgence of violence"

United Airlines parent UAL said Tuesday it lost 779 milliondollars in the third quarter amid high jet fuel costs, dpa reported. The losses at the second-largest US airline compared toprofits of 334 million dollars in the year-earlier period, the Chicago-basedcompany

Wall Street has pulled back as investors worry that companies' forecasts signallittle easing of the weaknessgripping the economy. After logging sharp gains in the previous session, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 2.5 percent, while the Nasdaq compositeindex lost more

Sanjay B. Jumaani, the renowned numerologist, when predicted AmitabhBachchan's 'stomach-trouble', and that too on his Birthday, albeitunfortunate was not surprised when his prophecy came true!! On his D- day, Mr.Bachchan was reportedly hospitalized owing to stomach trouble, validatingSanjay's forecast which

If there is one producer who is popular for his looks beyond a reason forbeing an actor, then it's JD Majethia of Hats Off Production. The man issporting a new look these days after having finally chopped off his longhair

Wondering what we are talking about? Well, it's what he is associated withand a complete fan he is himself, and that's classic movies. Friday eveningsaw Farhan Akhtar walk into the famous bookstore at Crossword inJuhu along with famed writer Bhawna

Source:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com MUMBAI: Potential home buyers who have been deferring their purchase decisions, may have to wait till April-May to get a good deal. The ripples of the ongoing financial crunch, coupled with mounting pressure from various other circles, will peak

Source: http://networkcomputing.in An affiliate of AIG Global Real Estate has announced an investment in Velankani Tech Park, a part of the Bangalore-based Velankani Group. Velankani is developing a notified Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Sriperumbudur, located approximately 50km from Chennai.

Source: http://www.livemint.com Pipal trainers come, for the most part, not from construction but from other teaching fields, and the company brought professional teachers from Germany and Australia to train the trainers Hyderabad: On one hot morning last month, on a

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was today found guilty of corruption and sentenced to two years jail by the country's Supreme Court.

Last week, while questioning the utility of India's unmanned mission to the moon, I promised to write an unapologetically positive post about the country in which I live. That was not hard; while there are plenty of things about India

Rumbling trucks of fruit, honey and maize today made history as Kashmiris traded goods rather than gunfire when a new business route opened between India and Pakistan.

Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan refused to say today whether the broadcaster paid a £150,000 ransom for the release of a kidnapped documentary maker.

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Tokyo, Oct 21, 2008 - (ACN Newswire) - Kenan Institute Asia (K.I.Asia) and The Population and Community Development Association (PDA) reconfirms their support for the seventh annual Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSR) being held at the Grand Copthorne

Electricity sales to large-lot industrial users by Japan's 10 major power suppliers hit a half-year record high in the six months to September, an industry group said Tuesday. Sales in the first half of fiscal 2008 grew 2.7 pct from