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- Thai FM hands in resignation as protesters refuse to budge
- BANGKOK AFP — Thailand's foreign minister handed in his resignation Wednesday a day after the prime minister clamped emergency rule on Bangkok following deadly clashes and days of protests against his rule. An aide to Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who would not be named, told AFP that Foreign Minister...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- Turmoil puts Afghanistan at epicenter of White House campaign
- WASHINGTON AFP — Fresh carnage in Kabul and a rising death toll among US troops are thrusting once-forgotten Afghanistan into the thick of the intensifying White House showdown between John McCain and Barack Obama. Democratic presumptive nominee Obama is promising to redeploy large numbers of US combat troops from...
- Research articles 2008-07-07
- Seven Yemeni policemen wounded in grenade attack
- SANAA AFP — Seven Yemeni policemen were wounded on Wednesday in a hand grenade attack at a checkpoint in the southern province of Lahij, the scene of unrest for over a week, a security official said. The policemen were wounded at around 6:00 am (0300 GMT) when a man...
- Research articles 2008-04-09
- 10 police among 21 hurt in Yemen clashes: witnesses
- SANAA AFP — At least 21 people, 10 of them policemen, were injured in southern Yemen on Monday during renewed clashes between security forces and thousands of protesters, witnesses said. The clashes broke out in the provinces of Lahij and Dhaleh, which have been the scene of demonstrations and...
- Research articles 2008-04-07
- Turmoil raises fears of deep recession
- WASHINGTON -- It's been almost an article of faith: Any recession this year will be mild and brief. Now the stunning meltdown of a top Wall Street investment bank and stubbornly persistent financial-market turbulence has called that into question, raising fears that severe problems in housing and the...
- Research articles 2008-03-22
- Kenya deal 'very close', says Annan
- NAIROBI AFP — Former UN chief Kofi Annan said Friday that a deal to end Kenya's political turmoil that has caused more than 1,000 deaths was "very close" and voiced hope that the "last difficult and frightening step" would be taken next week. Annan has been leading talks between...
- Research articles 2008-02-15
- Kenya rivals sign accord but no final deal
- NAIROBI AFP — Kenya's rival parties on Thursday signed an agreement during talks to end turmoil that has left more than 1,000 people dead, but the government warned no final deal has been made. The United States is to send Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Nairobi to support...
- Research articles 2008-02-14
- Annan urges patience as Kenya deal expected next week
- NAIROBI AFP — The chief mediator in Kenya's crisis talks, Kofi Annan, urged Kenyans to be patient on Saturday with a deal to end weeks of violence expected to be finalised in the coming days. "In negotiations, a deal is not a deal until it is done," the former...
- Research articles 2008-02-09
- Annan hopes for Kenyan deal next week
- NAIROBI AFP — Kenya's political leaders on Friday agreed to negotiate a settlement to end weeks of bloodshed, with chief mediator Kofi Annan saying he hoped a deal could be reached early next week. After negotiations failed to yield a breakthrough, Annan met with President Mwai Kibaki and opposition...
- Research articles 2008-02-08
- Kenyan crisis talks continue as east Africa steps up diplomacy
- NAIROBI AFP — Kenya's political rivals pushed ahead with crunch talks, backed by the UN Security Council, to end weeks of bloodshed as east African foreign ministers arrived for a meeting Thursday to shore up peace efforts. During talks led by former UN chief Kofi Annan, negotiators for President...
- Research articles 2008-02-06
- Kenyan crisis talks continue as opposition threatens protests
- NAIROBI AFP — Kenya's political rivals on Wednesday resumed crunch talks to end weeks of bloodshed as the opposition threatened to take to the streets to protest a meeting of regional foreign ministers seen as boosting President Mwai Kibaki. Police warned it was ready to crack down on protesters,...
- Research articles 2008-02-06
- Kenya death toll tops 700 as protest rallies loom: police
- NAIROBI AFP — A prominent US-based rights group called on Kenyan authorities Sunday to lift a ban on political rallies ahead of new protests this week, as the death toll from post-election violence topped 700. Police gave the fresh death toll from violence sparked by December 27 presidential polls...
- Research articles 2008-01-13
- Kenya death toll tops 700 as protests loom
- NAIROBI AFP — A prominent US-based human rights group called Sunday for Kenya to lift a ban on opposition rallies, as the nation braced for three days of opposition protests over disputed elections. The appeal was made as the police death toll from violence in the wake of December...
- Research articles 2008-01-12
- Anatomy of a meltdown
- The subprime meltdown spilled over into other financial markets over the summer. Investors fled the private-label residential mortgage-backed securities market, shutting it down in early August. Facing margin calls, falling asset values, no buyers for non-agency bonds and no buyers for mortgages originated for the private-label market, mortgage companies large...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Facing weaker economy, Wall Street eyes Fed rescue
- NEW YORK AFP — Bruised Wall Street investors, facing a suddenly weaker economic outlook, pinned their hopes on a Federal Reserve rescue, even as some analysts warn of considerable uncertainty ahead. The stock market was punished over the past week as investors were hit with news that US job...
- Research articles 2007-09-08
- Taliban links to Pakistan blasts probed
- ISLAMABAD AFP — Pakistan on Wednesday probed suspected links between pro-Taliban militants and the twin suicide blasts that killed 31 people and heightened the crisis facing President Pervez Musharraf. The bombings on Tuesday in Rawalpindi, a city near Islamabad where the army is based, added to insecurity in the...
- Research articles 2007-09-04
- Dallas airport executives' salaries get frozen.
- By Bryon Okada, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--D/FW AIRPORT -- For the third time since the 9-11 terrorist attacks, a salary freeze has been imposed on Dallas/Fort Worth Airport's top brass, but officials said D/FW is not...
- Research articles 2004-12-03
- Moyes hopeful Rooney will stay at Everton
- LIVERPOOL, England AFP ? Everton boss David Moyes has declared himself hopeful that Wayne Rooney will commit himself to a new five-year deal at the Merseyside club. Rooney was due to report back to Goodison Park on Friday after a post-Euro 2004 holiday in the United States. The...
- Research articles 2004-07-21
- Squeeze Play: How much has Florida really gotten from its massive investment in baseball? (Sports Business).
- No state can compare with Florida in the depth and breadth of public investment in baseball: In the past decade, taxpayers in 19 Florida cities, 17 counties and statewide have spent more than $500 million to comfort and cajole Major League Baseball teams. Most...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
- Search for Capital Leads To Kidnap
- Juergen R. Ahlmann spent nine days in chains in a barren Kenyan home. Plywood covered the windows. He and his business partner, Jim Harrell, lived off slim rations of bread, rice and water. Ahlmann's right hand and left foot swelled because the shackles were too tight. Nearly 24 hours...
- Research articles 2001-05-14
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