Asian markets resume slide amid mounting US financial woes
reflecting widespread gloom about US economic troubles and another bad day on Wall Street. Japan's key Nikkei 225 Stock Average plummeted nearly 7 per cent, ending the day below the 8,000 level. Traders said the sell-off was the result of mounting
Getting up to Olympic speed
I had always dreamed of winning a medal at the Olympic Games -- and I felt that sailing seemed like a good sport to target.
Pirates to have new foe -- Russian ships
Russia will send additional ships to the Horn of Africa in an effort to crack down on the recent wave of hijackings by Somalia-based pirates, its navy chief said Thursday.
New runways open at nation's busiest airports
Brand new runways are opening at three major airports Thursday, giving the aviation community something to cheer about in a year of dismal economic and travel news.
China issues broad rules to improve dairy safety
Struggling to contain the fallout from a milk contamination scandal, the central government issued edicts it said would cover all aspects of the industry, from breeding to packaging and sales.
In Ecuador, Mass Mobilizations Against Mining Confront President Correa
Photo by Ximena WarnaarIn Ecuador, thousands of indigenous, campesinos, Afro-descendants and environmentalists took to the streets on Monday, protesting the pending mining law and government failure to fully apply a mining mandate passed by the National
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