Port of Spain, November 28 - A major international conference on Afghanistan, to be held in London in January, will aim to set the conditions for a gradual transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan control, Britain said on Saturday.British Pri
LONDON - Business leaders gather here on Monday for an annual conference expected to focus on how companies can recover from the country's longest recession on record. The Confederation of British Industry , the nation's biggest employers' body, ha
The World Cup of 2010 is already taking shape, with twenty-four of the 32 teams on offer having already staked a claim towards a tournament berth.The teams who have already qualified: South Africa (CAF - as hosts)
US pressure groups joined forces Monday to urge authorities to spend more to improve Americans' health and cut greenhouse gas emissions. But it was neither health care reform nor cap-and-trade that they were talking about, but a call for state and l
After a landmark win in the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed. On a 220-215 vote, including the support of
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida headed toward oil and gas facilities in the central Gulf of Mexico on Monday on a path to the U.S. Gulf Coast after killing 124 people in El Salvador following floods and mudslides. U.S. oil companies were shut
In July 2007, China Development Bank, a large state-owned policy lender, pledged $9.8bn in an attempt to join the biggest bank merger in history and put itself on a path to commercialisation and reform.Ultimately, the Barclays bank-led bid for ABN A
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Seven years ago, a little-known group called Jundallah emerged in Iran with claims to fight for the rights of minority Sunnis in the unruly tribal areas near the border with Pakistan. But just last week, Iranian leaders say, th
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