Asia

Georgia says Russia at 'war'

ft.com     25 mins ago   936 related          

By Charles Clover in Moscow and Harvey Morris in New York International diplomats were scrambling last night to avert a wider regional crisis after the Russian military clashed with Georgian government forces in South Ossetia...                    

Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2008 Operating Results

euroinvestor.co.uk     1 hr ago   718 related          

Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. (OTCBB:FCCG) reported a net loss of $4.4 million or $0.55 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2008, compared to a net loss of $3.4 million or $0.43 per share for the second quarter of...                    

Western powers study more Iran sanctions

reuters.co.uk     3 hrs ago   83 related          

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, France, Germany and the United States are considering imposing additional sanctions on Iran over its nuclear work, possibly in the energy, reinsurance or financial sectors, a senior British official...                    

U.S. bus crash kills at least 13

rian.ru     7 hrs ago   263 related          

WASHINGTON, August 8 (RIA Novosti) - At least 13 people were killed in a bus crash in the U.S. state of Texas on Friday, a police spokesman said. The charter bus carrying 55 people crashed in the city of Sherman, north of...                    

Pakistan army to ask Pervez Musharraf to resign

telegraph.co.uk     4 hrs ago   356 related          

Pakistan's all-powerful army chief will ask President Pervez Musharraf to resign from office within a week, a senior government official claimed today. By Isambard Wilkinson in Islamabad The claim was supported by a former...                    

Oil keeps slipping amid supply fears

thisismoney.co.uk     7 hrs ago   1,007 related          

Robert Lea, Evening Standard In London, Brent crude traded down $2.04 at $115.82, its latest sizeable one-day reverse. Four weeks ago US light crude hit an all-time high of $147.27. Today it was off $2.06 to $117.96. In equity...                    

Banking on the Games may be an Olympic error

ft.com     2 hrs ago   700 related          

By John Authers, Investment Editor The Olympics are following a 20-year cycle. As in 1968 and 1988, the Games are providing a grand coming-out party for a vast city in the emerging world. The parallels are too close for...                    

Six dead in Czech rail crash

timesonline.co.uk     9 hrs ago   71 related          

Six people were killed and 31 injured when a train crashed into a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic. The international EuroCity train was travelling from the Polish city of Krakow to Prague, the Czech capital, at about 90...                    

Google fears AOL financial blow

bbc.co.uk     11 hrs ago   79 related          

Google's investment was strategic but may come at a financial cost Google has acknowledged that its stake in rival internet firm AOL may now be worth less than the $1bn (£519m) that it paid for it two years ago. In a statement...                    

Russia is asking for trouble in Georgia

ft.com     3 hrs ago   67 related          

Mighty Russia, population 150m, and tiny Georgia, population 4.6m, its former colony and now fiercely independent neighbour, are in terrible danger of blundering into a bloody and pointless conflict in the Caucasus. It would...                    

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