01 March 2011
UK researchers have demonstrated the highest-resolution optical microscope ever - aided by tiny glass beads. The microscope imaged objects down to just 50 billionths of a metre to yield a never-before-seen, direct glimpse into the "nanoscopic" world.
01 March 2011
His yacht will cost nearly three times what his country spends on health and education for its impoverished citizens each year. But Teodorin Obiang is the son of a dictator and the chances are that such considerations won’t unduly trouble him
01 March 2011
Britain, France and the United States have dispatched hundreds of military advisors to Libya to set up military bases in the country's oil-rich east, reports say.
01 March 2011
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is "delusional" and "unfit to lead", the US ambassador to the UN has said. Susan Rice was speaking after the embattled Colonel Gaddafi was interviewed by the BBC and others.
01 March 2011
The US has put China's top search engine Baidu on a list of "notorious markets" for counterfeit and pirated goods. The US Trade Representative (USTR) accused Baidu of steering consumers to third-party websites where pirated material is hosted.
28 February 2011
Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff said in a magazine interview published Sunday that new regulatory reform enacted after the recent national financial crisis is laughable and that the federal government is a Ponzi scheme
28 February 2011
The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Saturday arrested a notorious rhino poacher who killed more than 15 rhinos in Chitwan for the past few years.
28 February 2011
HSBC cut its profitability targets due to the cost of tougher banking regulations, joining rivals such as Barclays, and disappointed investors with below forecast 2010 earnings
28 February 2011
A small aircraft has crashed at the Al-Ain International Airport in the west of the United Arab Emirates, leaving at least four people dead, the country's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) says
28 February 2011
The civil aviation industry, which was hit hard by the global financial meltdown and high fuel cost, saw a strong recovery in 2010 with the domestic passenger traffic rising 19 per cent to 51.53 million, the Economic Survey said today
28 February 2011
The Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has revoked a woman pilots licence alleging that she used forged papers to get her airline transport pilot licence (ATPL),which is mandatory for an aircraft captain.
24 February 2011
A private jet that flew four international businessmen to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where they are being held on gold-smuggling allegations was provided by CAMAC International, a Houston oil-trading company owned by one of the city's richest men and a brother of one of the passengers.
24 February 2011
The Libyan capital was a ghost town Thursday morning, witnesses said, as anti-government protesters declared victory elsewhere after reportedly seizing control of the third largest city, Misrata is now in the hands of the opposition, who have driven out the mercenaries, according to witnesses and multiple media reports
23 February 2011
Palestinian local councils boycott American officials, journalists; Fayyad says he would give up any aid that is dependent on political conditions; Fatah calls for Hamas to join effort.
22 February 2011
A US man held in Pakistan over the shootings of two men in Lahore was secretly working for the CIA at the time, reports quoting unnamed US officials state.
22 February 2011
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared on state television on Tuesday signaling his defiance in the face of a mounting revolt against his 41-year rule. It was his first televised appearance since protests to topple him started last week.
19 February 2011
Russia urged the United States on Friday not to establish "long-term" military bases in Afghanistan, suggesting even discussing such deployments could undermine peacemaking efforts and anger neighbors.
19 February 2011
The United States has vetoed a UN resolution that would have condemned "illegal" settlements on the occupied Palestinian territories.
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