McMaster opposes Rex's cigarettes plan The State | A leading Republican candidate for governor said Monday he would not support raising South Carolina's cigarette tax - the nation's lowest - under any conditions. | Attorney General Henry McMaster, spurred by a weekend of back-and-forth discussion on the issue with Democratic gubernatorial candidat...
Explore India's investment opportunities: Tharoor The Siasat Daily | Dubai, February 09: Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has asked the businesses in Oman to make best use of the “huge investment opportunity” available in India. | Addressing the Omani Indian Joint Business Council at the OCCI on Monday, Mr. Tharoor said that a $1.5 billion ...
US government plans new climate service Zeenews Washington: US President Barack Obama's administration announced plans Monday for a new office handling climate change, aiming to help businesses chart future plans as the nation shifts to a greener economy. | The first practical effect was the creat...
Sri Lanka's ex-Army chief Fonseka to face court martial Zeenews Colombo: Sri Lanka former army commander General Sarath Fonseka, who spearheaded the final phase of military operations against Tamil rebels, was arrested with officials accusing him of conspiring to topple the government. | News of the arrest was fi...
Afghan war: Brown stands firm as British toll touches 256 Zeenews London: Britain vowed to stand firm in Afghanistan after the death toll passed the number killed in the 1982 Falklands war -- amid warnings of a new surge in casualties as a new offensive is launched. | The politically symbolic figure was passed as P...
Fortune tellers: Year of Tiger isn't Tiger's year The Miami Herald | HONG KONG -- It's the Year of the Tiger, but Chinese fortune tellers say it'll be a rough patch for the world's most famous one: disgraced golfer Tiger Woods. | Other predictions: trying times for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, turmoil in the ...
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Students must strive for social change: Meira Kumar The Hindu | Special Correspondent | Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar conferring an honorary degree of Doctor in Science on ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan (left) at the convocation of SRM Univer...
Deve Gowda warns of 'jail bharo' The Hindu | J. Balaji | Not against Expressway, but why injustice to poor farmers? | Land has been acquired at places far away from peripheral road | One lakh people hit by decision to trans...
Yanukovych wins Ukraine run-off The Hindu | Vladimir Radyuhin | Beats Tymoshenko who may challenge verdict | - PHOTO: AP | Dear leader: A supporter of Ukrainian President-elect Viktor Yanukovych kisses his portrait in Kiev...
Fortune tellers: Year of Tiger isn't Tiger's year Newsvine HONG KONG — It's the Year of the Tiger, but Chinese fortune tellers say it'll be a rough patch for the world's most famous one: disgraced golfer Tiger Woods. | Other predictions: trying times for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, turmoil in t...
Senator Prodded Fed to Aid Ailing Lender Wall Street Journal By DAMIAN PALETTA | WASHINGTON—Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey urged the Federal Reserve last July to approve an acquisition to save a struggling bank in his state. He didn't mention that the bank's chairman and vice chairman were big contri...
Colorful Philippine election season kicks off Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines- The Philippine election season kicked off on Tuesday with the world's best boxer and the defiant wife of a dead dictator among the dizzying array of characters hoping to grab a share of power. | The Southeast Asian nation's cha...
Investment Column: On a wing and a prayer, buy Aer Lingus The Independent | Aer Lingus | Our view: Buy | Share price: Euro0.67 (unchanged) | Aer Lingus is a tricky call. Yesterday's announcement about passenger numbers is a case in point. Overall traffic climbed by a modest 0.6 per cent, compared with January 2009. But the devil is in the detail. | Although short-haul traffic grew by a respectable 3.6 per cent, to 608,00...
'The Nanny' Star Recast As Diplomat, Politico, and TV Talk Host? ABC News By DEVIN DWYER | Feb. 8, 2010 | She's known worldwide for her nasal voice, New York accent, and starring role in the sitcom "The Nanny," but now actress has recast herself as a high-profile, fierce political candidate and potential TV talk show host. The actress and cancer survivor puts her celebrity to a good cause. | Drescher, 52, a cancer and ra...
