Letters to the Editor | The left doesn't care about one's religion | Editor, Times-Dispatch: | Your editorial, "Bashing Mormons," accuses the left of Mormon-bashing. This confused the heck out of me. The left doesn't care about a ca... Oil well in Cuba comes up dry, raises questions about future exploration | Cuba’s dreams of an oil bonanza suffered a tough but possibly temporary setback Friday when the Spanish Repsol company confirmed it hit a dry hole when it drilled a well off the island’s northwe... Canada pleased with Chinese smuggler's sentence | BEIJING (AP) — The Canadian government says it is pleased that a high-profile Chinese smuggler who had been extradited from Canada has received a life sentence, and not the death penalty. | Foreign Affairs ... Obama welcomes newcomer Hollande to the world's most exclusive club... but he still has time ... | Barack Obama managed to keep grinning as he welcomed every one of the G8 national leaders to a summit at Camp David last night - and he even squeezed out a few jokes for his high-powered guests. | He ribbed F... World briefs: 5/19/12 Protests roil key Syrian city | BEIRUT -- Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sentiment in the country's biggest c... World powers forge joint approach to Iran talks | WASHINGTON -- The United States and five other countries have agreed to offer a joint proposal to Iran at a high-level meeting next week in an effort to open a path for negotiations to curtail Tehran's d... Letters to the business editor 05/19/12 | Overseas labor scene an issue | When I was contacted for "Behind the Label," a May 17 article on the work of Charles Kernaghan and Barbara Briggs at the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, I explain... Business news briefs for 05/19/12 | Education Management announces layoffs of dozens | Education Management Corpor. announced it will be laying off 70 people who work in the company's Downtown corporate headquarters. Jacquelyn P. Muller, c... U.S.-China trade tensions worsen amid solar energy row | BEIJING -- China's government on Friday rejected a U.S. anti-dumping ruling against its makers of solar power equipment, and Chinese manufacturers warned possible higher tariffs might hurt efforts to pro... Iran‚ Syria among top for G-8 and NATO | Added At: 2012-05-19 9:40 AM | Last Updated At: 2012-05-19 9:40 AM | The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) | The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) | To V... Defending Scott Robertson girls champion scorches RCC | Moriya Jutanugarn has played golf courses all over the world. That said, one can rest assured the 17-year-old Thailand native rates Roanoke Country Club as one of her favorite places to tee it up. | Continuin... FINCH EYES McDOWELL SCALP | For the world's 218th-ranked golfer to be in the 24-man field at the Volvo World Match Play Championship was some feat in itself. | But England's Richard Finch was not content with that. He knocked out top se... Facebook fails to inspire US markets | FIONA REDDAN | FACEBOOK'S FLOTATION on Nasdaq may have been the main story in the US yesterday, but in Europe markets continued to be held hostage by ongoing euro zone volatility, as most markets closed down.... Spanish Supercup likely to be held in China for four straight years beginning 2013 - report Chinese media are reporting La Liga's season precursor could be played in the Middle Kingdom from 2013, following on from the Italian Supercup's lead | By Christian Rizzitelli | More On : 0 Comments ... UN urges massive support for Afghan forces | The United Nations has been urging participants at this weekend's NATO summit to provide "predictable, massive, long-term support" for Afghanistan's security forces to promote stability and ensure that the co... Olympic torch arrives in UK | BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Sparks flew as the Olympic torch arrived in England Friday and was lit for its very own welcoming ceremony. Next up is a 70-day torch relay spanning 8,000 miles across the UK an... US president Obama meets with French Hollande before G8 summit | BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhuanet) -- US President Barack Obama has met with French President Francois Hollande in Washington for the first time. He announced that this week's G8 summit will target ways to promote g... IAEA chief to visit Tehran for talks | BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano is travelling to Tehran on Sunday for talks with senior Iranian officials. | This surprise development comes as ... Japan launches 1st foreign commercial payload for S. Korea | BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Japan has finally launched its first foreign commercial payload, after sending South Korea's KOMPSAT Arirang-3 satellite into orbit. The satellite is designed to monitor the env... Canada pleased with Chinese smuggler's sentence | BEIJING (AP) — The Canadian government says it is pleased that a high-profile Chinese smuggler who had been extradited from Canada has received a life sentence, and not the death penalty. | Foreign Affairs ... Repsol: Exploratory oil well off Cuba comes up dry | An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and abandoned, Spanish company Repsol said Friday, a disappointment for a cash-strapped nation hoping for an econ... 2 arrested in killings of Chinese students in L.A. | LOS ANGELES, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Two suspects have been arrested in the killings of two Chinese graduate students studying at the University of Southern California (USC), the Los Angeles Police Department anno... UPDATE 1-Colombia says will increase natgas flow to Venezuela | * Currently exports 200 mcf to Venezuela | * Supply set to rise to 300 mcf in September | CARACAS May 18 (Reuters) - Colombia said on Friday it would send 50 percent more natural gas this year to neighboring ... Facebook stock closes nearly flat in debut | It was barely a "like" and definitely not a "love" from Facebook investors as the online social network's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut Friday. | One of the most anticipated IPOs in... China embassy in US cold-shoulders Tiananmen leader | AFP - One of the exiled leaders of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 got the cold shoulder from the Chinese embassy in Washington when he tried to turn himself in to return home. | Wu'er Kaixi, 44, who no...
China's nuclear industry reeling Xinhua| By Liu Yiyu | BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Japan's nuclear emergency of last year has left a mark on Chine...
Japan eye women's voleyball Olympic berth Yahoo Daily News| Hosts Japan are hoping home advantage in the final Olympic women's volleyball qualifying tournament starting...
