Last month, I said it was smart when Cincinnati-based Kroger placed broad terms on its bid to pick up some of the economic stimulus money that's showing up in shoppers' hands this week. While Sears/Kmart offered a 10 percent bonus only if you handed them your whole stimulus check, Kroger...
Archbishop Makarios deposed Archbishop Makarios, President of Cyprus since independence in 1960, was deposed in a coup by Greek officers of the Cyprus National Guard. He resumed the presidency in December...
DETROIT, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Novelis Inc. has been selected by BMW to supply aluminum sheet for the lightweight hoods of its all-new X6 crossover SUV. Novelis is the world's leading supplier of high performance aluminum sheet for use in automotive applications. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070809/NOVELISLOGO ) ...
World News IN BRIEF *ANKARA A Turkish court has indicted 86 people for plotting to overthrow the Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Some opponents of the government say the case is in revenge for moves to outlaw the ruling AK Party and ban Mr Erdogan and President...
LOS ANGELES -- Jack's back, at least for a two-hour real-time movie. 24: Exile, Nov. 23, tees up Season 7 in January. Kiefer Sutherland and the cast returned from Africa last month and immediately went back to work on the series. Producers scrapped plans to film part of...
Product line-up continues to expand with exciting new looks and colors WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Piloti, a leader in footwear design, offering products for drivers and enthusiasts, has introduced six new styles featuring new fashion-oriented, fully functional models that provide everyday comfort and driving...
NEWSPAPERS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT For years his warnings about Afghanistan were ignored, now his books are an indispensable reference. By Kim Sengupta Ahmed Rashid's first contact with the media came when he was fighting alongside Balochi guerrillas in Pakistan. He had left the frontline...
Middle Eastern overtures deliver diplomatic coups at summit A gargantuan summit of European and Middle Eastern leaders in Paris has produced a series of breakthroughs and diplomatic coups for the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy. Israel agreed to release prisoners to smooth the way for...
Forterra Environmental Corp. (TSX VENTURE: FTE), an emerging leader in the production and sale of premium organic soil-enrichment products based on worm castings, today announced the appointment of Randy Pilon to its Board of Directors. "We expect that Randy Pilon's experience as an entrepreneur, angel investor and in senior management...
ISTANBUL AFP — A top prosecutor announced a long-awaited indictment Monday against 86 people suspected of involvement in a coup plot against Turkey's Islamist-rooted government. The document is the first to emerge from a year-long investigation into an alleged ultra-nationalist network dubbed "Ergenekon". The ruling Justice...
DAR ES SALAAM AFP — The African Union on Monday warned of "widespread anarchy" in Sudan if the International Criminal Court indicted President Omar el-Beshir, echoing concern expressed by other world leaders. But rebel groups in Sudan and several human rights groups welcomed ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's request...
BEIRUT AFP — A minister in the rump anti-Syrian cabinet overtaken by a May power-sharing agreement with the pro-Syrian opposition on Saturday hailed the opening of diplomatic relations between Beirut and Damascus as a victory. Ahmed Fatfat, youth and sports minister in the former government, said the agreement...
ROME AFP — AC Milan are on the brink of completing their purchase of Barcelona's Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho, the Italian press reported on Saturday. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport an agreement has been reached between AC Milan's vice-president Adriano Galliano and Barcelona president Joan Laporta for a...
KINROSS, Scotland AFP — Scotland's biggest music festival kicked off Friday with more than 85,000 revellers expected to gather on a airfield for T in the Park. REM, Amy Winehouse, The Verve, Rage Against the Machine, Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy are among the acts performing at the...
Theatre SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF ANAUTHOR Minerva Theatre CHICHESTER **** There are more layers and coups de thetre that you can shake a gold-topped cane at; the smell of artful red herrings is pungent; and towards the end there's a suspect accumulation...
*SWIMMING The former United States team director, Dennis Pursley, has been appointed as the new national head coach of British Swimming in a significant development for the sport. Pursley starts in October and will be charged with guiding the swimming programme to the 2012...
BANGKOK AFP — Thailand put billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra on trial for corruption on Tuesday, almost two years after he was toppled from power in a military coup. Thaksin and his wife Pojaman -- loved by the poor and loathed by the Bangkok elite -- were not...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine or possibly the entire company. The unexpected...
BANGKOK AFP — Nearly two years after he was deposed by a military coup, former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra went on trial Tuesday on corruption charges in the first of many cases against his family and aides. When royalist generals toppled his government in September 2006, they accused...
CAR collector Jay Leno got to test drive a couple of classics at the new Simeone Foundation Museum (6825 Norwitch) of antique race cars while visiting Saturday. The Southwest Philly destination contains one of the world's greatest collections of racing sports cars and Leno, who on Saturday played Caesars...
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