Archive for April 11th, 2008

EU rules against Deutsche Telekom over price fixing case

Friday, April 11th, 2008

A European Union (EU) court ruled Thursday against Deutsche Telekom, which was charged with overturning a price-fixing fine imposed by the European Commission in 2003. The Luxembourg-based European Court of First Instance said Deuts ...

ArcelorMittal wins EU approval to form joint venture

Friday, April 11th, 2008

ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, won approval from the European Union (EU) on Thursday to form a flat carbon steel joint venture with Swedish company BE Sverige. "The proposed transaction would not impede effective com ...

2 U.S. states have 4.3 bln barrels of oil underground

Friday, April 11th, 2008

The U.S. government said Thursday that as much as 4.3 billion barrels of oil can be taken from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana using current technology. The U.S. Geological Survey called it the largest continuous oil ...

EC announces new aid package to cyclone-affected people in Bangladesh

Friday, April 11th, 2008

The European Commission (EC) has announced a new 12 million euro humanitarian aid package to provide assistance to the Bangladeshi people affected by the cyclone Sidr in November last year. The air package will focus on providing fo ...

U.S. woman lives with hundreds of rats, snakes

Friday, April 11th, 2008

A woman has been found living with hundreds of rats and four snakes in a home outside Rochester, according to media Friday quoting animal control officials. Conditions inside the home in the rural area were "probably the worst I've ...

U.S. serviceman denies killing taxi driver with intent

Friday, April 11th, 2008

U.S. Navy serviceman Olatunboson Ugbogu on Friday denied killing or robbing a taxi driver with intent at a court hearing, said reports from the southeast Japanese port city of Yokohama. The suspect, however, confessed to stabbing a ...

Peruvian police seize counterfeit cash worth over $7 mln

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Peruvian police seized more than 20 million nuevo sols (7.37 million U.S. dollars) in counterfeit currencies in a raid on a house here early Thursday. The police also confiscated note printing machines, templates, cutters, drying fu ...

U.S. marine wanted for slaying pregnant colleague arrested

Friday, April 11th, 2008

A U.S. marine suspected of brutally slaying his pregnant colleague who had accused him of rape was arrested Thursday night in Mexico, according to media reports. Magdalena Guzman, a spokeswoman for Michoacan, Mexico, state prosecuto ...