Archive for May 4th, 2008

Microsoft, Yahoo meet to avert hostile takeover

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Representatives from Microsoft and Yahoo met on Friday to avert a hostile takeover, sources close to the meeting said. The talks were confidential and were conducted in a serious atmosphere, said the sources who refused to be named. ...

ADB to provide fiscal support to help Asia-Pacific countries feed poor

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced Saturday it would provide immediate budgetary support to some Asia-Pacific countries hit hardest by rising food prices. High and rising food prices "threaten to undermine Asia's effort to f ...

Japan to provide soft loan to Pakistan

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Japan will provide a soft loan of 479 million U.S. dollars to Pakistan to develop the country's irrigation system, laying of electric transmission lines, establishment of grid stations and improvement of road network, officials said Saturda ...

Pyongyang to host spring int’l trade fair in mid-May

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

The 11th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will open on May 12, the official news agency KCNA reported Saturday. Companies from the DPRK, China, Russia, the Netherlands, G ...

4 Palestinians injured during Israeli incursion in S Gaza

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Three Hamas militants and a Palestinian civilian were wounded early Sunday during an Israeli incursion in southeast Gaza Strip, witnesses and security sources said. Witnesses said the Hamas fighters were wounded when an Israeli airc ...

One dies, 13 injured after train derails in Thai south

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

One passenger died and 13 others were injured after a train derailed in Thailand's southern province of Songkhla, while suspended train service in the deep south is expected to resume Sunday evening, officials of the State Railway of Thaila ...

Bangladesh wants closer relations with Iraq

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Bangladesh Sunday said it wants to establish the closest possible relationship with Iraq and supports her territorial integrity and sovereignty. Bangladeshi caretaker government Foreign Affairs Advisor Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury m ...

At least 2 killed by large wave in S Korea

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

At least two people were killed in South Korea's western coast on Sunday after being swept away by a sudden large wave, local media said. Thirteen other tourists were brought to a nearby hospital after being drawn into waters by wav ...