HONG KONG, April 16 - Fitch cut its sovereign ratings on Thailand by one notch to 'BBB' and its local currency ratings by one notch to 'A-' on Thursday citing the political turmoil afflicting the...
Feb 9 - Here are some details of protests linked to the global financial crisis: * BOSNIA: -- Workers of Bosnia's only alumina producer Birac protested on Monday in Banja Luka, demanding payments and government...
PORT HARCOURT, Feb 7 - Nigerian militants attacked a gas plant operated by Royal Dutch Shell in the Niger Delta on Saturday and warned of more...
PORT HARCOURT, Feb 7 - Nigerian militants attacked a gas plant operated by Royal Dutch Shell in the Niger Delta on Saturday and warned of more strikes to come, but the army said it had...
NIGERIAN MILITANT GROUP MEND SAYS IT CARRIED OUT ATTACK ON SHELL <RDSa.L> GAS PLANT IN NIGER DELTA...
BAGHDAD, Feb 7 - A collapse in oil prices will set back Iraq's ability to rebuild, train and equip its maturing security forces as U.S. troops withdraw, the U.S. general in charge of efforts to...
MUMBAI, Feb 2 - India's western Maharashtra state has ordered a Dow Chemical research centre be built at a new location after villager protests over pollution concerns, a newspaper report said, the latest in a...
BELEM, Brazil, Feb 1 - The world's biggest gathering of leftist activists ended on Sunday, after six days of discussions and protests that participants said showed there was an alternative to a crumbling global capitalist...
Feb 1 - Here are some details of protests and developments as a result of the global financial crisis: * FRANCE -- Hundreds of thousands of strikers marched in French cities on Thursday to demand...
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 - President Barack Obama said on Sunday that a substantial number of U.S. troops will have returned from Iraq within a year and predicted his economic stimulus package will pick up more...