Archive for the 'World' Category

India Financial Blog - Money Blog for Indians

Check out the Money Blog about investing in India markets - It is a Financial Blog with good tips and articles about stocks, share market, mutual funds, investments, insurance, loans, credit cards, the focus being Indian market.

Pictures of Moscow 24/7 Traffic Jam

“The accent of these photos is on enormous Moscow traffic. The situation on road like on this pictures was without any difference during all the day today - both in the daytime and late at night.”

read more | digg story

Al-Jazeera English Channel 24/7 on Nov 15

When it hits the airwaves at noon on Nov. 15, the network will broadcast 24 hours, with 12 daily hours of live news accompanied by another 12 hours of interview programs, features and analysis, the network said in a prepared release.

read more | digg story

Iran plans ‘firm response’ to sanctions

TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that Iran would make an “appropriate and firm response” to any sanctions imposed by the U.N. Security Council because of the country’s nuclear program. “The Iranian nation will respond to restrictive activities with an appropriate and firm response,” Ahmadinejad said without elaboration.

read more | digg story

Audit : 14,030 US Weapons in Iraq Missing

The Defense Department cannot account for 14,030 weapons — almost 4% of the semiautomatic pistols, assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and other weapons it began supplying to Iraq since the end of 2003, according to a report from the office of the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction.

read more | digg story

Zawahiri Was Target in U.S. Attack on Religious School in Pakistan

Ayman al Zawahiri was the target of a Predator missile attack this morning on a religious school in Pakistan, according to Pakistani intelligence sources. ABC News has learned the raid was launched after U.S. intelligence received tips and examined Predator reconnaissance indicating that al Qaeda’s No. 2 man may have been staying at the school.

read more | digg story

Commuters Burnt Alive in Surge of Sudan Massacres

A SERIES of massacres in the south of Sudan over the past two weeks has left at least 58 civilians dead, exposing the impotence of the region’s United Nations peacekeeping mandate.

read more | digg story

Somalia faces ‘all-out war’ as neighbours intervene

An “all-out war” between Somalia’s government and Islamists is brewing due to the presence of thousands of foreign troops, according to the UN. A confidential report obtained by the AP says that Ethiopia, Uganda and Yemen are supporting the government, while Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Gulf states are supporting the Islamic movement.

read more | digg story

World’s tallest tower rising in Dubai

With two stories added every week, Burj Dubai is taking shape as the centerpiece of a 20-billion-dollar venture featuring the construction of a new district, “Downtown Burj Dubai,” that will house 30,000 apartments and the world’s largest shopping mall. Burj Dubai already has 79 stories, taking its height to more than 200 meters (656 feet).

read more | digg story

Next Page »