| McCain reveals $58,358 disability pension General Mccain has said he receives a pension of about $58,000. He suffered extensive injuries when his plane was shot down and he was tortured as a prisoner of...
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| Mbeki visits Mugabe for more talks on election crisis General ... a top party official said on Thursday, after reports of escalating violence deepened a post-election crisis. The Movement for Change believes its leader Morgan Tsvangirai won the outright majority...
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| Bank head says greed behind food price rises General ... amp; - have ignited fury and a rash of after exporters curbed supplies to tame domestic inflation. &Prices have peaked and forced buyers to hold back on orders. Now Gulf News'...
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| NA deputies debate adjustments to tax rates Business Collaboration Services National Assembly deputies on discussed two important revised bills on value added tax and corporate income tax. They weighed up the pros and cons of any adjustments, which will directly affect...
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| Economic institute releases target forecasts Business Collaboration Services The national gross domestic product is forecast to increase by just 6.6 percent or maximum 7.6 percent this year, the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) announced on in...
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| US Citizen Faces Terror Charges in Vietnam CNS News ... a name=&Search& content=&yes&> a name=&Date& content=&20080509&> a name=&Keywords& content=&CyberCast News Service&> a name=&Topic& content=&none&> a name=&Generator& content=&Page Builder...
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| Has war worn itself out in Kashmir General ... today while backing the right to self-determination for Kashmiris. Pakistan wants fruitful and result-oriented talks on Kashmir with India. We hope that the political and composite dialogue...
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| India unlikely to soften on farming in WTO talks Business Collaboration Services India is unlikely to soften its stance on agriculture at global trade talks and may even gamble on the negotiations stretching into next year when a new U.S. administration is in place, analysts say.
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| PCB suffered Rs 84 cr loss due to postponement of Oz tour General ... today announced that Australia will tour Pakistan in April/to play only five One-day Dawn'...
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| Indian Bhangra competition enlivens Tacoma for charity General Canada When: 6 p.m. Saturday Where: Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway, Tacoma Related event: Official after-party with Bhangra DJs at 10 p.m. at Varsity Grill, 1114 Broadway, Tacoma; $15 at door...
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| gov'ts act on rice prices - General Hong KONG: Rationing, subsidies, price-fixing cartels, export curbs—you name it, governments across the world are trying it out as they seek to shield their populations from the soaring prices of...
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| Senior trade official says rice abundant Bvom A senior trade official said Vietnam will not be short of rice supply as the country plans to export just 3.2 million tonnes of rice by the end of the third quarter.
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| Ministry investigates cement stockpiling Viet Nam News Ha Tien 1 Cement Co in HCM City. An investigation into cement production, supply and trading in HCM City and neighbouring provinces is following allegations that companies are stockpiling...
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| Vietnam may decriminalize drug use Earth Times Hanoi - Vietnam's National Assembly is considering decriminalizing drug use, downgrading the personal use of illegal narcotics from a criminal offense to an administrative violation, a Vietnamese...
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| Power plants way behind schedule Viet Nam News Land clearance has also created problems. Some households refuse to accept compensation, causing Mong Duong 1 thermo-power plant and Ban Chat, Huoi Quang and Song Tranh hydro-power plants to be...
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| Work starts on second oil refinery Viet Nam News The project has a total investment capital of US$6.2 billion for the first stage, and should reach a refinery capacity of 10 million tonnes of crude oil per year once put into operation in 2013....
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| US drops garment dumping claims Viet Nam News Workers at the Dong Nai Garment Co make garments for export. The US Department of Commerce has cleared garment makers of dumping charges but will continue monitoring for another six-month...
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| Solid Vietnamese standards at Ballard The Seattle Times The Nguyen family, who operated the Viet Chi restaurant in downtown Seattle for 15 years, has opened a restaurant in Ballard, joining the spate of neighborhood eateries boasting influences from...
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| Vietnam bird flu vaccine has ABC Australia Vietnam says it has had good results with the first stage of human testing of its locally developed bird flu vaccine. The vaccine, produced by the health ministry's vaccine and biotechnology...
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| Myanmar cyclone kills at least 351 General ... razing thousands of buildings and smashing up streets, officials said Sunday. Residents awoke on Sunday to scenes of devastation after the cyclone bore through swathes of southern Myanmar late...
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| Zimbabwe opposition says post-election violence soars General Zimbabwe -- The opposition candidate who bested Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in the March presidential balloting is in no hurry to announce whether he will participate in a...
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| China to meet Dalai Lama aides amid Tibet tension General The move comes after concerted pressure from the West on China to talk to the Dalai Lama and marks the first serious step to defuse tensions aside from coming down hard...
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| Illegal immigrants 'social time bomb' General Malaysia plans better border controls will not build new detention camps for illegal to ease overcrowding, but plans to tighten border Dawn'...
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| U.S. slams adoption system General Vietnam, where growing numbers of Americans have turned to adopt a baby, announced it would stop processing new adoption applications from U.S. citizens in July following allegations of...
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| Landmark report launched on maximising China's tourism poten General Games the has produced a landmark report on how the country's tourism potential can be maximised. Endorsed by the China National Tourism Administration, and sponsored by Visa, 'Realising...
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| Protesters greet Olympic flame in Japan General Dozens of protesters surrounded by hundreds of riot police marched through the city, which hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, carrying Tibetan flags and banners saying &Stop the Torch& as the flame...
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