Sunday, May 19, 2013   

Lenovo scraps plans for Polish plant
04-09 19:12 (Business)
Information technology group Lenovo said it has halted plans for a plant in Poland, blaming construction headaches rather than the global economic crisis. ...
Summit crunch looms for Thai PM
04-09 18:54 (World)
Protesters paralyzed traffic in parts of Thailand's capital and threatened to shift their massive anti-government rally to the seaside East Asia Summit, as aut...
Obama to overhaul immigration system
04-09 18:43 (World)
US President Barack Obama aims to draft legislation this year allowing illegal immigrants to become legal citizens as part of a major overhaul of the immigrati...
Yudhoyono leads in early Indonesian vote count
04-09 18:33 (World)
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party is leading the vote count in today's parliamentary elections, according to early unofficial ...
Five killed in Afghan blast
04-09 18:20 (World)
A suicide bomber on foot attacked a police drug eradication unit in southern Afghanistan, killing four officers and a child and wounding seven other officers. ...
Chopper crash brings home tragedy to Arroyo
04-09 17:16 (World)
All eight people on a helicopter carrying key aides of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were killed when it crashed in a mountain forest on Tuesday in the no...
New Malaysian PM cuts ties with past
04-09 16:27 (World)
Malaysia's new prime minister Najib Razak has unveiled a new-look Cabinet, retaining his control on the finance portfolio and ejecting figures seen as loyal to ...
Hang Seng closes on 15,000 mark at end of day
04-09 16:12 (Business)
Hong Kong share prices closed up 2.97 percent, tracking gains on regional bourses. The Hang Seng Index rose 429.58 points to 14,904.44. The benchma...
British police chief resigns over terror raids blunder
04-09 15:55 (World)
Britain's top anti-terror police chief has tendered his resignation following a security blunder, London mayor Boris Johnson said. Johnson told BBC r...
Two Uygurs executed over deadly attack
04-09 15:43 (China)
China has executed two Uygurs in the restive northwestern Xinjiang region for a ''terrorist'' attack on border police that took place before August's Olympic ...
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