Archive for March 12th, 2008

Big-time carriers wooing small-time developers

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

My how times have changed. Just a few years ago, carriers rarely acknowledged small-time cellphone developers even existed because cellphones had few mobile application and operators were concentrating on delivering calls. But now th ...

Tokyo stocks gain for 2nd day

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Tokyo stocks closed sharply higher Wednesday. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 202.85 points, or 1.60 percent, from Tuesday to 12,861.13. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ...

Israeli troops kill Jihad militant in West Bank

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Israeli troops on Wednesday killed an Islamic Jihad (Holy War) commander during an operation near the West Bank town of Tulkarem, the movement said. In a press statement, Jihad said that Saleh Karkour, a 22-year-old activist, was ki ...

U.S. soldier killed in bomb attack in southern Iraq

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

An American soldier was killed by a roadside bomb attack near the city of Diwaniya, the U.S. military said on Wednesday. The soldier died of wounds sustained by the blast which hit his combat patrol on Tuesday near the predominantly ...

Suicide car attack hits NATO troops in S. Afghanistan

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

A suicide attacker blew himself up near the convoy of Canadian troops Wednesday morning in southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing one civilian and wounding three others, officials said. Fraser Clark, the spokesman of Canadian Pro ...

Cambodian Supreme Court upholds verdict for trio of terrorism suspects

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

The Cambodian Supreme Court decided Wednesday to maintain the verdict for three men charged with attempted murders of western diplomats. Haji Chiming Abdulazi, 42, and Muhammady Alaludim Mading, 46, both from Thailand, as well as C ...

8 killed in tractor accident in Nepal

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

At least eight people were killed in a tractor accident along the Karnali Highway in mid-western Nepal Tuesday evening, the National News Agency RSS reported Wednesday. The tractor was bound for Surkhet from Jumla, some 380 km west ...

Boeing protests Air Force tanker contract award

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

The Boeing Company on Tuesday submitted a formal protest to the Government Accountability Office(GAO) against a 35-billion-dollar Air Force tanker contract it lost, citing unfair competition and flawed evaluation of bids. The contra ...