RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - At least 30 people were killed Friday when suicide bombers stormed a packed mosque in Pakistan's garrison city Rawalpindi, with gunfire and explosions rocking the area, officials said. The brazen raid by at least two attacker
India’s strong run of share offerings in 2009 is expected to weather the shock from the Dubai crisis, bankers and analysts say.The country’s initial public offering deal pipeline includes a planned $796m listing by the Dubai-Indian property joint ve
Ireland's Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy hold a three-stroke lead after the first-round fourballs at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup in Shenzhen.The Irish pair had 12 birdies and an eagle in a brillaint 58 and are 14 under par, three ahead of Ar
Internet security and climate change had a surprising run-in last week, as thousands of emails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit wound up on climate-skeptic web sites. The University says it is cooperating with police and la
TANJUNG BALAI, Indonesia - Rescuers scoured the Malacca Strait in Indonesia for a third day Tuesday as hopes faded that any more survivors of a deadly ferry sinking would be found, officials said. Officials said there was little chance of finding a
Brazil's official explanation that a storm caused a massive blackout this week affecting 70 million people was challenged on Thursday by the state satellite monitoring agency. The low level of lightning recorded by the agency on Tuesday, the night o
Tropical Storm Ida bore down on the US Gulf coast on Tuesday, with weakened force after cutting a swath of destruction that left 136 dead in Central America. Ida was 60 miles (95 kilometers) southwest of Mobile, Alabama at 0900 Tuesday, moving north
Ida weakened to a tropical storm on Monday and hurricane watches and warnings were lifted for the US coastline between Louisiana and Florida, US forecasters said. The storm's maximum sustained winds continue to decrease and are now near 110 kilomet
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