Archive for April 22nd, 2008

GE partners local firm to build "green" living communities in Philippines

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

General Electric (GE) and Philippine real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. on Tuesday announced their partnership to build a massive ecologically-sustainable land project in the southern suburban of the Philippine capital of Metro Manila. ...

Hamas official says ceasefire deal not reached yet

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

A spokesman for Islamic Hamas movement in Gaza said Tuesday that a deal on a ceasefire between Palestinian militant groups and Israel, through Egypt, hasn't been reached yet. The Egyptian Al-Ahram Daily had earlier reported that Egy ...

Iraq neighbors’ meeting opens in Kuwait with Maliki’s call for help

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

A ministerial conference on Iraq opened here Tuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged the neighbors to help stabilize his war-torn country. The neighboring countries, especially the Gulf neighbors should help stabilize Iraq by ...

Two U.S. soldiers killed in bomb attack in Iraq

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Two American soldiers were killed and two others injured in a roadside bomb attack in Salahudin province, north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. According to a military statement, the attack occurred on Monday when the soldier ...

PM Brown, Shakira support world poorest kids’ education

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Grammy-winning, Colombian singer Shakira praised each other for working to help provide an education for the world's poorest children, media reported on Tuesday. Brown joined a telephone co ...

Suicide bomber hits police checkpoint, wounds 30 in W Iraq

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

A suicide car bomb targeting a police checkpoint outside Ramadi City, capital of the western Anbar province, wounded 30 people, including policemen, a provincial police source said Tuesday. The suicide bomber blew up his explosive-l ...

DPRK atomic victims demand Japanese apology, compensation

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Atomic bomb victims in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday demanded an apology and compensation from the Japanese government for their suffering in World War II. The Japanese government has offered the DPRK v ...

No nationalization of mines, says Ecuador

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Ecuador's Oil Minister Galo Chiriboga on Monday denied reports of any government plans to nationalize the country's mines. Ecuador's Congress passed a decree last Friday announcing the revoking of 80 percent of unexploited mining fr ...