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Reported by FT.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:55:01 +0000 India's failure to prove that all Commonwealth Games' venues and the athletes village are safe to operate could jeopardise the event.
Reported by The Age Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:55:01 +0000 Opposition BJP accused "govt of losing grip over governance as bills had to be withdrawn and ministers were found fighting the ruling Congress party leaders in the House" in its summation of the Monsoon session of Parliament that ended on Tuesday.
Reported by IndiaTimes Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:55:01 +0000 To help the little man know everything about the candidates he is supposed to elect, the SC had directed contestants to file details about their educational qualification, assets and criminal antecedents.
Reported by IndiaTimes Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:55:01 +0000 Sonia Gandhi is all set to be elected Congress president for the fourth consecutive term. She will give her consent for filing of nomination for the top party post after which she will be declared elected unopposed on the following day.
Reported by IndiaTimes Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:55:01 +0000 In a case of "conditional" support offered, but not accepted, the govt thought it could do without enlisting the services of BSP during monsoon session of Parliament even on key legislation like the contentious civil liability for nuclear damage bill.
Reported by IndiaTimes Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:55:01 +0000 A radical environmentalist took three men hostage in a dramatic siege at the headquarters of a US television channel on Wednesday before being shot and killed by police.
All the hostages were unharmed after the four-hour standoff at the Discovery Channel in which suspected explosives strapped to the gunman's body apparently detonated in a cloud of smoke.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:55:01 +0000 Stephen Farrell talks with Iraqi citizens on growing frustrations as the United States brings an end to its combat mission.
Reported by NYTimes.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:55:01 +0000 One person is dead after a car hit a bridge near the small settlement of Peria in the Far North today.Ambulance staff were called to the crash at Oruru Rd, Peria, about 15km north of Kaitaia, but the person was dead.The body...
Reported by New Zealand Herald Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:45:45 +0000 Why are we waiting? Independents baiting Parties remonstrating Why are we waiting Greens celebrating Coalition agitating Democracy re-arranging Why are we waiting? So bloody long . . . Why are we waiting so bloody long . . .
Reported by Brisbane Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:45:34 +0000 The Australian dollar opened one US cent stronger thanks to a good run economic data from United States, China and Australia.
Reported by Sydney Morning Herald Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:45:34 +0000 BHP Billiton says it has revised its offer to take over Canadian fertiliser producer Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, although the changes are not material.
Reported by Sydney Morning Herald Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:45:34 +0000 Wall Street posted its best day in eight weeks on Wednesday as investor mood improved after better-than-expected factory data from the United States and China.
Reported by Sydney Morning Herald Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:45:34 +0000 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank has increased funding to help Pakistan cope with catastrophic flooding by $100 million, to a total of $1 billion, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday.
Reported by Reuters India Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:42:38 +0000 SYDNEY'S prestige property market has woken from its hibernation with the reputed $52 million record sale of a Point Piper harbourfront property, Villa Veneto.
Reported by The Age Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:42:38 +0000 The National Tertiary Education Union is concerned about a big fall in the number of international students wanting to study in Australia.
Reported by ABC News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 The Australian Institute of Directors says the number of women in power at the country's top companies has reached a "landmark" level.
Reported by ABC News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 Additional sessions judge Hemant Mahajan awarded life imprisonment to a 38-year-old woman on Wednesday for murdering her husband, who posed a hurdle in her illicit relationship with another man.
Reported by Indian Express Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 The Pune police have launnched a search for a man who is suspected to have fled after allegedly cheating about a thousand persons from different parts of the country...
Reported by Indian Express Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 BHP Billiton says it has revised its offer to take over Canadian fertiliser producer Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, although the changes are not material.
Reported by The Age Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 Wall Street posted its best day in eight weeks on Wednesday as investor mood improved after better-than-expected factory data from the United States and China.
Reported by The Age Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 TOKYO: A closely watched race for the presidency of Japan's ruling party officially kicked off yesterday with Prime Minister Naoto Kan pitted against political kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 SEOUL: South Korea yesterday braced itself for Typhoon Kompasu, which could be the worst storm to lash the country in about a decade.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 LAHORE: Three suicide bomb attacks ripped through a Shi'ite Muslim religious procession in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore yesterday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 140, police said.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 BEIJING: China's controversial government-owned enterprises have launched an unprecedented global search for top-rank talent to improve their poor performances.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 BEIJING: North Korea vowed to strengthen military ties with China yesterday, days after the North's leader Kim Jong Il finished a visit aimed at bolstering the bond with his isolated country's major supporter.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 BEIJING: China yesterday began recording the identification of anyone buying a new mobile phone number, in what it says is a bid to stamp out rampant junk text messages.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said late last night that simmering tensions with neighbouring Malaysia must be resolved quickly for the sake of national interest.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 TANAH KARO (INDONESIA): Like other volcanoes along the Sumatra fault line, Mount Sinabung has the potential to be very destructive, according to experts.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 A PRIME site in Bedok New Town slated for a retail and residential development has drawn a bumper bid from two units of South-east Asia's biggest developer.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 BEDOK Town Centre will receive a complete facelift in the next four years, with the building of a new integrated public transport hub and private homes.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 AS THE economy once again picks up steam, deposits for certificate of entitlement (COE) bids will revert to the original rate of $10,000 from next month - from the $5,000 granted as a one-year relief for businesses.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 MAID agencies may soon have another source to draw domestic help from, as the Association of Employment Agencies Singapore (AEAS) looks to introducing more Bangladeshi maids to the market.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 DENGUE victims here tend to be older than those in developing countries, so Singapore needs to figure out how to treat them, said a dengue specialist yesterday.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 SENIOR immigration officer Dong Ching Jit was staring at a 11/2-year jail term - the result of allegedly extending the social visit passes (SVPs) of foreign nationals for bribes amounting to more than $10,000.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 POLICE arrested 14 Chinese nationals working as singers at a pub in Bukit Timah Road after they allegedly attacked a man yesterday morning.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000