Wednesday, June 19, 2013   

British PM faces fresh test in Scotland by-election
07-24 23:51 (World)
Voters in Scotland have gone to the polls in a by-election, potentially holding the fate of their fellow Scot, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in their hands....
Mandelson shrugs off French threat at WTO talks
07-24 23:42 (World)
European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson shrugged off French President Nicolas Sarkozy's threat to reject a WTO trade accord as it stood, saying th...
40 injured in Thai political clashes
07-24 23:25 (World)
About 40 political protesters were injured in violent clashes in Thailand's northeastern province of Udon Thani, police said. At least three protester...
Sastre and Evans gear up for 'race of truth'
07-24 23:19 (Sports)
German Marcus Burghardt of Team Columbia won the 18th stage of the Tour de France as the cycling marathon headed for a climactic finish on Sunday in Pa...
India's Tata Motors exploring electric car launch
07-24 23:11 (Business)
Indian truck and car-maker Tata Motors is looking to launch an electric and other fuel efficient cars, its chairman Ratan Tata said at the company's annual g...
Wall Street pauses to digest gains
07-24 22:59 (Business)
US shares drifted lower at the open with investors pausing after two days of gains to digest the latest earnings reports and a stepped-up transformation plan f...
China passes US as biggest web user
07-24 22:41 (China)
The mainland passed the United States to become the world's biggest internet market with 253 million web users at the end of June. According to the stat...
China claims success against terrorist group
07-24 22:33 (China)
Shanghai police have broken up an international terrorist group that had planned to attack an Olympic football preliminary match in the city, state news agency X...
New World censured for unfair disclosure
07-24 22:24 (Business)
New World Development (0017), the Hong Kong developer controlled by billionaire Cheng Yu-tung, has been censured by the stock exchange for breaching its disc...
Reliance Q1 net up 13.2pc
07-24 22:15 (Business)
Indian oil and petrochemical giant Reliance Industries reported that first-quarter net profit rose by 13.2 percent on strong refining margins. The larg...
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