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Regional countries to benefit from IDB initiative

Published:Wednesday | July 22, 2009 | 3:33 PM

Six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are to benefit from an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) initiative that provides funding for 30 small-scale cultural development projects, according to a report on www.cananews.net.

Factory worker commits suicide over missing iPhone prototype

Published:Wednesday | July 22, 2009 | 3:33 PM

A Chinese factory that makes iPhones said today that it has suspended several staffers after an employee committed suicide, apparently under duress when a prototype went missing, according to a report on www.edition.cnn.com.

Asia darkens under longest solar eclipse of century

Published:Wednesday | July 22, 2009 | 3:32 PM

A total solar eclipse today swept across a narrow swathe of Asia, where hundreds of millions of people watched the skies darken, though in some places thick summer clouds blocked the sun, according to a report by Sunil Kataria and Lucy Hornby on www.reut

Swine flu drug sales soar amid stockpiling

Published:Wednesday | July 22, 2009 | 3:31 PM

Sales of the flu drug Relenza shot up 1,900 per cent from a year ago as governments around the world stockpiled in preparation for a swine flu pandemic, drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said today, according to a report on www.edition.cnn.com.

Australian company to start testing for H1N1 vaccine

Published:Wednesday | July 22, 2009 | 1:50 PM

The first human tests of a vaccine for the Influenza A H1N1 virus is expected to be conducted today by an Australian company.

Japan PM dissolves parliament

Published:Wednesday | July 22, 2009 | 8:53 AM

Japan Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the country’s lower parliament yesterday as the country is expected to go to the polls at the end of next month.

Main Mumbai suspect pleads guilty

Published:Tuesday | July 21, 2009 | 12:22 PM

A Pakistani man who was arrested for last November\'s deadly attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai has pleaded guilty to his role in the attack.

Stanford case latest

Published:Tuesday | July 21, 2009 | 12:21 PM

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a federal judge to prevent the court-appointed receiver from suing investors in the Allen Stanford fraud case.

Japan PM apologises for failures

Published:Tuesday | July 21, 2009 | 12:15 PM

Japan\'s Prime Minister Taro Aso has publicly apologised for what he called his failures and for his ruling party\'s string of local election losses, according to a report on www.news.bbc.co.uk.

Global H1N1 deaths over 700

Published:Tuesday | July 21, 2009 | 10:00 AM

H1N1 swine flu has killed more than 700 people around the world since the outbreak began four months ago, says the World Health Organization (WHO), according to a report on www.news.bbc.co.uk.

Son of Chinese president on allegation of corruption

Published:Tuesday | July 21, 2009 | 9:06 AM

The son of China’s President has been linked to bribery allegations where a Namibian consultancy company tried to win a contract with a state -owned firm.

Baby delivered from H1N1 patient dies

Published:Tuesday | July 21, 2009 | 9:05 AM

An infant girl delivered prematurely from her mother, who is infected with the H1N1 virus, died in Florida yesterday.

Fujimori convicted of corruption

Published:Monday | July 20, 2009 | 6:23 PM

The former president of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, has been given a seven-and-a-half-year jail term on a corruption conviction.

EU suspends aid budgeted for Honduras

Published:Monday | July 20, 2009 | 4:42 PM

Pressure for a resolution to a political standoff in Honduras has increased after the breakdown of talks between the two sides over the weekend, according to a report on edition.cnn.com.

Beckham in confrontation with fans

Published:Monday | July 20, 2009 | 2:07 PM

Midfielder David Beckham has said \"you can\'t be liked by everybody\" after being involved in a confrontation with unhappy supporters in his first home fixture for the Los Angeles Galaxy since returning from his spell on loan with AC Milan, according to

Airlines stop H1N1 victims flying

Published:Monday | July 20, 2009 | 2:03 PM

British airlines have put into effect measures to stop people with H1N1 formerly called swine flu, boarding flights in a bid to prevent the virus from spreading further, according to an article on www.edition.cnn.com.

UK terror threat level is reduced

Published:Monday | July 20, 2009 | 2:02 PM

The UK terror threat level has been lowered from \"severe\" to \"substantial\", the Home Office has said, according to a report on news.bbc.co.uk.

Damages won in South Korea baby swap case

Published:Monday | July 20, 2009 | 1:12 PM

A South Korean mother who left hospital with the wrong baby after giving birth more than 16 years ago has won some US$56,000 ($34,000 British pounds) in damages.

Honduras Government rejects proposal to solve the country's political crisis

Published:Monday | July 20, 2009 | 1:11 PM

The Interim Government of Honduras has rejected a proposal to solve the country\'s political crisis, by effectively ending talks with the ousted president.

UN urges review of development model

Published:Monday | July 20, 2009 | 9:13 AM

A new United Nations report has urged Caribbean governments to review the development model they have followed over the past three decades.

Jakarta bombing update

Published:Friday | July 17, 2009 | 6:38 PM

Officials in Indonesia believe two of the bombers involved in the attacks on the Ritz-Carlton and the nearby J.W. Marriott in Jakarta this morning were guests at one of the hotels.

Pope breaks right wrist in fall

Published:Friday | July 17, 2009 | 4:04 PM

Pope Benedict XVI has suffered a fall and broken his right wrist while on holiday in northern Italy, according to a report on news.bbc.co.uk.

British Airways seeks emergency funding

Published:Friday | July 17, 2009 | 4:00 PM

Troubled British Airways (BA) plans to raise nearly a billion dollars of emergency cash funding as it tries to survive the current economic downturn, according to a report on www.edition.cnn.com.

Second person dies after Madonna stage collapse

Published:Friday | July 17, 2009 | 3:58 PM

A second person has died during construction for Madonna upcoming concerts in Marseilles, France, according to a report on www.edition.cnn.com.

Philanthropist repays Madoff investors

Published:Thursday | July 16, 2009 | 6:45 PM

A philanthropist from Massachusetts in the US has paid over 5 million of his own money to restore the retirement savings of 60 of his employees who lost money in the Bernard Madoff multibillion dollar scam.

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