set: Typhoon Parma slammed into the already storm-battered Philippines on Saturday afternoon, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes for safer shelter.


set: Dan Mavraides hit four free throws in the last 28 seconds in leading Princeton to a 59-56 victory over Penn as each team ended its season.

set: Mavraides' free throws lead Princeton to victory


set: Pakistan is a strong nation and could face all difficulties with unity and courage, said Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan while talking to a delegation of the students from University of Sindh, Jamshoro that called him at the Governor's House on Thursday.

set: 'Pakistan can face all difficulties with unity, courage'


set: China says no progress was made at recent Tibet talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama.

set: China says no progress made in Tibet talks


set: A clumsy robber in Croatia set himself on fire when trying to rob an exchange office.


set: The President of Kazakhstan opened the monument to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Astana, Kazakhstan Today agency reports.

set: President opened monument to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Astana


set: Jordan Baker had 15 points and seven rebounds to lead Pepperdine to a 63-56 victory against Hawaii on Saturday night.

set: Baker has 15 points to lead Pepperdine to 63-56 victory against Hawaii


set: A former Water Supervisor for Nadroga/Navosa charged with false pretense and abuse of office has been acquitted by the Sigatoka Magistrates Court.


set: ICM has signed Aubrey Graham, otherwise known as Drake, the fast-rising, Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist whose ``Best I Ever Had'' single hit No. 1 on the Billboard Rap Charts and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 -- all without having been signed to a label.


set: Iraqi security forces imposed intense security measures in Baghdad on Tuesday to protect polling centers days ahead of elections on March 7.


set: 13 March 2013 Kiwis Pay Significantly More than Aussies in Default Fees New Zealand customers pay substantially more than their Aussie counterparts for bank default fees.

set: Kiwis pay Significantly more than Aussies in default fees


set: Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday that president Zardari steps proved devastating for the country.

set: Zardari's steps proved devastating for the country:


set: Teachers and friends rallied behind a Coconut Creek High School student facing a deportation dilemma.

set: Teachers and friends rally behind student facing deportation


set: George Lopez has apologized to Kirstie Alley for comparing her to a pig in a recent ``Lopez Tonight'' bit.

set: George Lopez sorry he compared Kirstie Alley to a pig


set: Gov. Chris Christie fired state education commissioner Bret Schundler this morning after Schundler refused to resign in the wake of the controversy over the state's loss of up to $400 million in federal school funding, an official briefed on the situation said.

set: Gov. Chris Christie fires nj schools chief Bret Schundler


set: St. Vincent de Paul will be distributing fans on Wednesday and Thursday as part of its Summer Fan and Air Conditioner Drive.


set: Former Bafana Bafana star Bryce Moon has been found guilty of culpable homicide in the Randburg Magistrate's Court, it was reported on Friday.


set: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak yesterday said Israel is ready to cede Arab areas in eastern Jerusalem to a future Palestinian state.


set: The European executive threw its weight behind empowering new watchdogs to rein in financial speculators on Monday, and dealt a blow to French and German hopes of a permanent EU-wide ban on some forms of trading.


set: He was a baby-faced 14-year-old when he became one fifth of boy band N'Sync but has gone on to have an amazing pop career since he went solo in 2002 and he's just returned to the charts for the first time in five years with 'Suit & Tie' featuring Jay-Z. Today, Justin Timberlake turns 32 years old and we take a look at some of the best music videos from his career - and here's our Top Five!


set: Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan arrived in Vienna, Austria on Thursday evening on a two-day formal visit.

set: Finance Minister Unakitan arrives in Vienna


set: SPRINTER Patrick Johnson is to appeal against his non-selection in Australia's athletics team for the Beijing Olympics.


set: British consumer price inflation rose last month at its fastest annual pace since May, propelled by fuel prices.


set: Tata Communications on Thursday said it has entered the cloud computing space by launching virtualisation solutions.

set: Tata Communications launches virtualisation solutions


set: Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee feels that LK Advani has been ``misunderstood'' and become a ``victim'' of the dichotomy between his image of a hardliner and reality.


set: National news Jury sees last living images of Tia The last images of murdered schoolgirl Tia Sharp alive have been shown to a jury, as the panel heard how she ``idolised'' her alleged killer.

set: National news jury sees last living images of Tia


set: Veterans worried about budget cuts took their concerns to US Senator Rand Paul today, pointing out that there's already a backlog of a million veterans trying to get service-connected disability pay.


set: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra - The new Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra symphony season began with an all-Slav programme, all popular works, though one does not hear the Borodin symphonies very often in South Africa.


set: New Delhi, Mar 9 Vice-President Hamid Ansari''s wife Salma Ansari, who made her maiden visit to Tihar Prisons today, said it has completely changed her idea about jails.

set: Salma Ansari makes maiden visit to Tihar


set: BP Plc has reached an estimated $7.8 billion deal with businesses suing over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the company said on Friday, but the oil giant still faces claims by the US government, Gulf states and drilling partners.


set: Hollywood actor Rhys Ifans has said that he has no regrets as far as his split from Sienna Miller is concerned, as it made him learn the valuable lesson of staying away from high profile relationships.

set: Split from Miller made Rhys Ifans learn a valuable lesson


set: A Day after the custodial death of High Court advocate SK Awasthi, agitated lawyers ransacked a courtroom, reportedly of Justice BS Chauhan who had sentenced Awasthi to one-month imprisonment in a contempt case.


set: US EPA, in a recently released report, said that hazardous emissions from 9 major industrial sectors have fallen sharply in recent years, despite rising production and value in most of those industries.


set: ``Eastern Partnership, which opens new horizons for South Caucasus countries, is one of the EU's most important initiatives,'' Serge Smessov said.

set: Eastern Partnership opens new horizons for South Caucasus


set: Greece raised 1.625 bn euros in three-month debt on Tuesday at 4.20%, a slightly lower rate than during its last comparable operation, the national debt management agency says

set: Greece raises 1.625 bn eurosat lower rate


set: Former federal cabinet minister David Emerson says natural resources, including Alberta's oilsands, will continue to drive wealth creation in Canada.

set: Former cabinet minister David Emerson says resources will drive wealth creation


set: Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor broke her hip after falling out of bed, her husband told CNN early Sunday.

set: Zsa Zsa Gabor breaks hip in fall from bed


set: Former Alliance Party Leader Sean Neeson is to stand down from the assembly at the next election.


set: A controversial window display featuring drugs paraphernalia sparked debate at last month's meeting of Forfar Community Council.


set: Supermarket giants have begun a Christmas fuel price war that will see customers spending in-store to save money at the pumps.


set: Fausto Sarli, one of Italy's leading high fashion designers, known for his artisan touch and elegant gowns, has died at 83.

set: High fashion designer fausto Sarli dies at 83


set: VENICE Women are being urged to go topless at Venice Beach Saturday as part of a supposed equal rights protest.

set: Women urged to go topless for Venice Beach protest


set: Gannett Co. shares were down 8.3% at $13.85 in early morning trading Friday, one of the biggest declines among S&P 500 companies, as investors were unmoved by second-quarter results that revealed its best newspaper advertising results in three years.


set: Chinese refinery giant Sinopec is urging the Beijing government to tighten corruption laws and ``severely punish'' lawbreaking foreign businesses.

set: China's Sinopec urges tightening of corruption laws


set: A city man admitted Wednesday he used the Internet to send obscene material to a minor.


set: Local legislators addressed senior citizens' concerns Wednesday during a rally in Lansing.


set: The New York Post is reporting that G-Dep has turned himself for a murder that he committed 17 years ago.


set: Stewart Nozette, a space scientist who was deeply involved in many of the nation's most highly classified technology programs, pleaded guilty to attempted espionage for providing classified information to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer.

set: Scientist stewart Nozette pleads guilty to attempted espionage


set: Jordan, real name Katie Price, and boyfriend Alex Reid could be hosting a new TV show together according to press reports.


set: Stories and Stitches book discussion group will meet at 10 am March 25 in the community room of Bucyrus Public Library to discuss the book, ``Miss Julia's School of Beauty,'' by Ann B. Ross.


set: A fund manager whose wealth has been decimated by the credit crunch lost a bid to scrap his £11m divorce deal, in a case that was being closely followed across the City.

set: Fund manager loses bid to scrap divorce deal


set: Ranbaxy has announced that its chief executive officer and managing director Dr Atul Sobti is to step down from the positions later this month.

set: Ranbaxy chief executive officer to step down


set: Nexthink®, the leading provider of real-time: monitoring and analytics for IT Infrastructure from the end-user perspective, announced today that it is expanding its presence in Asia through the recruitment of partners in India.

set: Nexthink expands presence in Asia through partners


set: Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News Corp's British newspaper arm News International, was released on bail early on Monday after being questioned over the phone-hacking scandal, the Metropolitan police said in a statement on Monday.


set: She landed at LAX around 7:20 pm on Saturday, May 22, but was suppose to be back in Southern California on Thursday for court and Judge Marsha Revel issued an arrest warrant when she didn't show up.

set: Lindsay Lohan is back in Southern California


set: The western Australian city of Perth has been established as one of the world's top five geothermal cities, Australia's top science institution CSIRO said Tuesday.

set: Perth established as one of world's top five geothermal cities


set: The city police booked more than 300 protesting clerks for breaching law and violating section 144 here on Thursday.


set: The South Korean stock market is trading modestly higher on Tuesday with investors indulging in some hectic buying in technology and banking stocks.


set: Six Palestinian children have been hospitalized in Brussels after their evacuation from the Gaza Strip, where they were injured in the Israeli offensive, the Belgian Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

set: Six Palestinian children hospitalized in Brussels


set: Ruben Tejada hit his first major league homer and drove in five runs, Ike Davis also connected and the Mets erupted for 21 hits and pounded the Chicago Cubs 18-5 Sunday to avoid a weekend sweep.


set: Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy, in Florida for the winter meetings, collapsed early Tuesday morning and was taken to a local hospital.

set: Rockies manager Tracy collapses, taken to hospital


set: Jim Crane meets with ticket holders at Minute Maid Park, allowing them to take batting practice.


set: May 5, 2009... ilumisys reports that Dana Point Harbor, California has installed several of its LED Light tubes at Dana Warf with the help of ilumisys' channel partner IHN corp. IHN Corp also reportedly helped install ilumisys LED light tubes at Vintage Marina Partner's Embarcadero Marina.

set: Dana Point Harbor installs ilumisys LED light tubes


set: The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed midfielder Matt Watson, reuniting him with new head coach Martin Rennie.


set: Burnley boss Owen Coyle blanked the media after their 2-1 FA Cup win over MK Dons.

set: Burnley boss Coyle blanks media after Cup win


set: Four years later, mobile campaigning is here to stay.


set: A coroner has praised lifeboat crews who fought in vain to save three people who died after their boat capsized in heavy seas.


set: A light aircraft has crashed into a Volvo XC60 on an airdrome in London and the passengers of the Swedish vehicle have lived to tell the story.

set: Light aircraft crashes into Volvo XC60 on London Airport


set: McLean will host No. 6 Hayfield in a first round game this Friday night at 7:30.


set: Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, who is accused of killing Trayvon Martin, 17 after following the teen and failing to follow instructions from a 911 dispatcher, has had his $150,000 bond revoked on Friday.


set: Thai troops fired bullets and tear gas at anti-government protesters rioting near the US and Japanese embassies Friday as an army push to clear the streets sparked clashes that have killed two and turned central Bangkok into a virtual war zone.


set: Britain's manufacturers are looking beyond economic gloom to future growth, according to the manufacturers' organisation, the EEF.

set: Manufacturers look beyond the economic gloom to future growth


set: Jennifer Lopez recently opened up about her divorce from ex Marc Anthony to Katie Couric on her new show Katie, according to UsMagazine.com.

set: Jennifer Lopez opens up about divorcing Marc Anthony


set: A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians believe the country is paying too high a price in blood and treasure for its involvement in Afghanistan.

set: Majority of Canadians believe the country is paying too high a price in blood and treasure


set: Employees across corporate India are expected to get a lower average salary hike in 2012 compared to last year as companies are grappling with sluggish economic activities, says a survey.

set: Employees in India may get lower salary hike in 2012:


set: Lily Collins has revealed she can't wait to ''kick some butt'' as Snow White in the movie version of the classic fairytale but promised it won't be drastically different to the story.


set: AP-MNSmoking Ban Loophole,0169 Virginia bar raises the curtain on smoking ban loophole Eds:

set: Virginia bar raises the curtain on smoking ban loophole...


set: Volatile Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been warned he is on his last chance as an international cricketer after his latest disciplinary breach.

set: Australian all-rounder cricketer Symonds warned


set: But ESPN may find impressive viewer engagement scores for some ads now running on ESPN360.com, a site that streams live sports events.


set: The Buffalo Bills on Tuesday introduced Chan Gailey as their new head coach.

set: Bills introduce Chan Gailey as new head coach


set: Beijing, Aug 25 Two Russian men, who were arrested by Chinese police at a land border in northern China''s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in June, are facing charges for smuggling bear paws into China.

set: Two Russians to be charged for smuggling bear paws into China


set: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said that the adoption of laws by the parliament has demonstrated the existence of a parliamentary coalition.

set: Tymoshenko: adoption of laws by parliament demonstrates existence of parliamentary coalition


set: Williams joins ABC's ``Desperate Housewives'' as a regular this fall.


set: An Estherville man has been charged with 50 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after police they searched his home and found photos and videos of children engaged in sex.

set: Estherville man charged with 50 counts of sexual exploitation


set: London-based specialist short and medium-term finance company, Drawbridge Finance, is offering a second charge exclusive on short and medium-term residential and buy-to let-loans through five key partners.

set: Drawbridge Finance offers second charge exclusive


set: Lack of demand for personal computers meant Lenovo turned in a first quarter net loss of $16.01 million compared to a profit of $110.5 million in the same period a year before.


set: Networth recommended a BUY on Reliance Communications with a price target of Rs 804.

set: Networth recommends a BUY on Reliance Communications


set: A Champaign mother has been charged with helping her 13-year-old daughter fight another girl at a middle school.

set: Mother charged with helping daughter fight at school


set: Wade Phillips, head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, was fired today but he actually quit and Jerry Jones just went public first to stroke his own ego.


set: A New Forest pony has been put down after a hit and run incident in Hampshire.

set: New Forest pony put down after hit and run


set: The Huffington Post confirmed that Scott Lobdell would be writing Superman this September, confirming the rumor first leaked by Rich ``Scoopy Doo'' Johnston back in September.


set: Jennifer Lopez has splashed out $50,000 on a home gym to help her lose her baby weight.

set: Jennifer Lopez splashes out $50,000 on a home gym


set: 16:20 GMT, July 2, 2010 Yesterday the Netherlands assumed command of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2.

set: The Netherlands assumes command of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2


set: Tri-CAP is offering free walk-in tax preparation help at three different sites.


set: India has offered a USD 100 million line of credit to Syria in a bid to bolster Indian participation in the western Asian nation's development, President Pratibha Patil announced here on Saturday.


set: All eyes were on Earl Sweatshirt, who made his SXSW debut during several showcases in Austin, Texas, over the past week.


set: At least 12 people have died from swine flu in Hong Kong in less than a month, the territory's health authority said Thursday, after the latest death from the disease.

set: 12 people died from swine flu in Hong Kong within a month


set: Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel is facing new criminal charges for alleged tax fraud.

set: Philly rapper Beanie Sigel charged with tax fraud


set: Actor Robert Pattinson is reportedly not ready to fall in love again after his ex-girlfriend Kristen Stewart cheated on him with director Rupert Sanders.


set: Influential US jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, who performed alongside the likes of Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock, has died aged 80.


set: Washington, Nov 30 Researchers have found that women tend to shy away from their fathers during ovulation.

set: Women shy away from fathers during ovulation


set: Nick Clegg has said that the Welfare system in the United Kingdom is broken, and that the coalition government aims to put it right.

set: Nick Clegg - our welfare system is broken


set: US manufacturer Orbital Sciences launched its first Antares rocket Sunday, paving the way for a demonstration flight to the International Space Station within months, AFP reports.

set: Orbital Sciences launches Antares rocket


set: BRAVE lifeboat crews from Brixham rescued more than 100 people at sea last year, making the station the fourth busiest in the South West.


set: He has faced consistent mechanical issues in his HRT car but Narain Karthikeyan, the only Indian racing in Formula One, says despite problems he has proved that he has the speed to deserve a better place on the grid.

set: I have the speed to deserve a better place:


set: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be meeting up with the British police for talks over rape allegations that emerged from Sweden.

set: Wikileaks chief Julian Assange to meet police over rape allegations


set: Adventures by Disney has announced that it is expanding its catalog of travel itineraries for 2014 with new options to Europe and several tours specifically created for the teen traveler.

set: Adventures by Disney announces new options for Europe and beyond


set: India is looking to sell 500 MW of electricity to Pakistan by establishing a transmission link between the two countries.

set: India looking to sell 500 MW electricity to Pakistan


set: Daniel Day-Lewis won best actor Golden Globe on Sunday for his title role in Steven Spielberg's presidential drama ``Lincoln.''


set: Taipei, Jan. 5 Fewer Chinese tourists are expected to travel to Taiwan during the Lunar New Year, compared to last year, due to higher airfares and hotel rates, local tourism industry source said Wednesday.

set: Fewer Chinese tourists expected during Lunar New year


set: Jewish groups are consecutively roaming al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday, accompanied by Israeli police.


set: ZEN Studios today announced that they have released Rocky & Bullwinkle has been released on the Xbox LIVE Arcade.

set: Rocky & Bullwinkle released on the Xbox LIVE Arcade


set: Piper Jaffray downgrades MIPS Technologies from Buy to Neutral and lowers its price target from $8 to $3.70.

set: Piper Jaffray downgrades MIPS Technologies (MIPS) to Neutral


set: Two elderly brothers were found dead at their home after a postal worker reported their mail was piling up, police said Friday.


set: President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, convened a special security meeting with all Security Chiefs in attendance to tackle the serious security challenges posed by the menace of Boko Haram.

set: Jonathan convenes special security meeting


set: ANZ shares hit record highs as it lifted its dividend and posted a $3 billion-plus half year profit.


set: Colombo, Sep 27 India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni indicated Thursday that he would be going in with five bowlers against Australia in the crucial Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 slated for Thursday.


set: NEW South Wales police will waive fines indefinitely as they fight a State Government wage proposal that will remove protections for injured officers.


set: David Beckham last night admitted he is running out of time to win his 100th cap next month against France in Paris.

set: David Beckham admits he's running out of time to win 100th cap


set: IT major Wipro and diversified group Siemens will exit the National Stock Exchange's benchmark index Nifty on April 1.


set: DEAD BY SUNRISE, the new band fronted by LINKIN PARK's Chester Bennington, performed the song ``Crawl Back In'' on ABC-TV's ``Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' on Wednesday, October 21.

set: DEAD BY SUNRISE performs on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!';


set: WINSTON-SALEM, NC Former President Jimmy Carter is imploring Baptists to unite despite a range of theological disputes that have split the denomination.


set: All severe thunderstorm warnings in Central New York have ended.


set: The female wolf in a New Mexico-based pack was found dead earlier this month, and the pack's male wolf could not be located with radio telemetry equipment last week.


set: CEO of Premiere Global Services Inc. Boland T Jones sells 100,000 shares of PGI on 08/13/2009 at an average price of $10.01 a share.

set: Premiere Global Services Inc. (PGI) CEO Boland T Jones sells 100,000 shares


set: Visteon Corp., the Van Buren Township, Mich., auto-parts supplier, narrowed its third-quarter net loss on 18% lower sales.


set: A total solar eclipse has crossed the South Pacific, with thousands of tourists and scientists gathered on Chile's Easter Island to witness it.

set: Total solar eclipse crosses south Pacific


set: ``I don't know if he is alive or dead, only god would know if the information that I recieved about him is true. I don't think even the government knows where he lives,'' Peiris told court.


set: The Railway employees affiliated to NCR Men's Union protested at Allahabad Junction on Thursday.

set: Railway employees protest at Allahabad Junction


set: The Pope this evening encouraged Malta to continue to stand up for the indissolubility of marriage as a natural institution as well as a sacramental one.

set: Pope encourages Malta to continue to stand up for 'indissolubility of marriage'


set: Tuesday, US Bank opened its first office on the East Coast providing Small Business Administration guaranteed loans in six Mid-Atlantic states.

set: US Bank opens first office on the East Coast


set: London, Dec 9 Singer-actress Beyonce has donated her pay cheque from her latest movie to a rehab centre.

set: Beyonce donated her pay cheque to rehab centre


set: Mumbai, Jan 21 In an important judgement, the Bombay High Court has held that a couple with an adopted child can adopt a second child of the same sex and there was no provision in law which imposes restriction on this.

set: Couples can adopt second child of same sex:


set: As Christians around the country gathered yesterday to celebrate Easter, a group of islanders were reminded that for every one, including those in the most difficult of situations, there's still hope in the Lord.


set: Corruption is theft from the poor, SA Communist Party secretary general Blade Nzimande said today.


set: Two Spokane drug dealers were sentenced to prison Tuesday in Okanogan for the stabbing death of a pregnant woman at Tonasket in what prosecutors call a plot by a jealous wife.

set: Two sentenced in stabbing death at Tonasket


set: ESSENDON ruckman David Hille is recovering from minor surgery after being stung by a stingray last week.

set: Essendon ruckman David Hille has been stung by stingray


set: Mahindra Satyam, erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd., said on Friday that it had deployed a new cloud based managed services platform, 'Enlighta Deliver', to help its clients optimize service delivery performance and service levels.

set: Mahindra Satyam deploys cloud-based managed it services


set: Pensacola Museum of Art administrative manager resigns after a conflict with the museum's director.


set: Microsoft is already ratcheting up competition with Sony and Nintendo for the end-of-year holiday buying season, announcing that it is dropping prices across the board on its Xbox 360 video game consoles...and making the price of its entry level unit even lower than the Nintendo Wii.


set: Wisconsin clinched a spot in the Big Ten championship game with its 62-14 win over Indiana on Saturday.

set: Wisconsin clinches spot in Big Ten championship


set: Chelsea expect to sign Brazilian forward Robinho from Real Madrid in the next 48 hours, Sky Sports News quoted chief executive Peter Kenyon as saying on Wednesday.

set: Chelsea expect to sign Robinho within 48 hours


set: British officials urged Zimbabwe to comply with global diamond trade regulations and said most of the finest stones are being smuggled out of its rich Marange fields.

set: Uk urges Zimbabwe to comply with diamond regulations


set: THE dollar has opened stronger as the US currency weakened after a leading rating's agency downgraded the outlook for three leading American investment banks overnight.


set: The Southern Connecticut State University women's soccer team will return home to Jess Dow Field for two games this week.

set: Women's soccer returns home for two games this week


set: US retailer Michaels Stores is recalling 7,600 silver tree tealight candle holders due to a fire hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.


set: Roger Federer pulled out of the Japan Open and Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 on Friday, citing the need to rest after a physically challenging year.

set: Federer pulls out of Japan Open, Shanghai Masters


set: WROCLAW, Poland -Injured Czech captain Tomas Rosicky is set to resume full training and be available for the Czech Republic's opening game at the European Championship.

set: Czech captain Rosicky to resume training


set: US tycoon Warren Buffett announced he has early-stage prostate cancer, and indicated he had no intention of stepping down as head of his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway.


set: ACCC revokes interim approval as coal companies miss deadline The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided to revoke interim authorisation which was granted in July to allow the applicants to phase in the implementation of a long term solution to ongoing capacity constraints in the Hunter Valley coal chain.


set: UK SMEs are failing to take advantage of available funding despite a significant lending gap, which the Centre for Economics and Business Research estimates at £28 billion, new research shows.

set: SMEs failing to take advantage of available funding


set: The number of flood victims in Pahang remained at 29 people this morning, although the water level at a flood assessment point in one of the districts in the State recorded an increase.

set: Number of flood victims in Pahang remain at 29


set: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she worries ``all the time'' about Somalia , which is largely controlled by armed Islamic insurgents.


set: Y&R announced today that Y&R is launching a new global technology marketing practice named Tech.YR.

set: Y&R launches new global technology marketing practice


set: Taipei, Dec. 7 Taiwan has recently launched a new app service for medical travel that provides handy information on tourist attractions and healthcare facilities around the country, a move expected to expand its market of medical tourism.

set: Taiwan launches app service for medical travel


set: Swedish amateur Robert Karlsson showed namesake and 2008 European number one Robert Karlsson the way by shooting a five-under-par 67 for a share of the lead at the Scandinavian Masters today.

set: Karlsson shows namesake the way at Scandinavian Masters


set: He does all those activities which are basically performed by small children and Big B says that he gets most of those inspirations from his grandchildren as how to enact the role of a child.

set: Big B gets inspiration from his grandchildren


set: Boeing Co. said Sunday it has completed the contractual delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

set: Boeing completes contractual delivery of first 787 Dreamliner


set: Indiana's farmland owners will pay higher property taxes in 2014 on the heels of an increase in the base rate for assessed land value, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Larry DeBoer says.

set: Farmland owners to pay higher property taxes in 2014


set: The ring that triggered rumors Halle Berry is engaged is NOT an engagement ring, and sources connected to the couple tell us ... as of last week, Halle and Olivier Martinez were not engaged.

set: Halle Berry it's not an engagement ring!


set: An appeals court in Warsaw has ruled that Jarosław Kaczyński must apologise publicly to press giant Agora, owner of daily Gazeta Wyborcza and radio station TOK FM.


set: The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to swap war prisoners and exchange bodies of the killed soldiers in clashes, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday after the meeting over the Nagorny Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

set: Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to swap war prisoners:


set: BURBANK, Calif. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces the highly anticipated launch of Scribblenauts in stores across North America today for the Nintendo DS and compatible with Nintendo DSi.

set: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment launches Scribblenauts


set: JAPAN and Australia are set to sign a defence logistics deal next month in a bid to strengthen security ties despite a row over Japan's annual whale hunts, a report said on Sunday.


set: Associa, North America's largest community association management firm, proudly announces the appointment of Paul Brownlee as Director of Corporate Sales.

set: Associa announces director of Corporate sales


set: Azerbaijan and Israel shared the spoils in their opening FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014™ qualifier in Baku tonight.


set: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has unveiled a comprehensive stimulus plan that would place government money in roads, schools and railways as well as provide tax relief opportunities as a means of breathing air into Germany's struggling economy.

set: German Chancellor Angela Merkel unveils stimulus plan


set: Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is receiving the NBA Rookie of the Year award this morning at Cleveland Clinic Courts in Independence.

set: Kyrie Irving receives NBA Rookie of the year award:


set: Friendly's Restaurants recently announced its company-wide campaign raised more than $680,000 for Easter Seals, a leading non-profit provider of services for individuals with autism, developmental disabilities, physical and mental disabilities, and other special needs.

set: Friendly's Restaurants raise more than $680,000 for Easter Seals


set: American Idol has confirmed that next week's theme will be songs from the 21st century.

set: 'American Idol' confirms next week's theme


set: Former ``Seinfeld'' writer-producer Larry Charles, who went on to direct the ``Borat'' and ``Bruno'' movies, is returning to NBC with a semi-scripted project.

set: ``Seinfeld'' veteran Larry Charles returns to NBC


set: Pittsburgh police said surveillance video helped lead them to an arrest in a Bloomfield bank robbery last Wednesday.

set: Surveillance video leads to arrest in Bloomfield bank robbery


set: Authorities say metal thieves are suspected of stealing 41 lightning rods from the parking deck of a hospital in Athens.

set: Metal thieves steal 41 lightning rods from parking deck of hospital in Athens


set: I am sorry to say that none of the 457 Hobby Lobby stores will be open Thanksgiving Day.

set: What stores ARE open ON Thanksgiving Day?


set: 'PASSWORD' has topped a worst passwords of 2011 list compiled by a software firm.


set: The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it has approved a 17-month standby loan of $15.7 billion for Hungary, whose citizens are facing financial problems after the fall of the country's currency last month.


set: At least five people were injured when a crane collapsed today at a construction site in Miami, media outlets report.

set: Crane collapses at construction site in Miami


set: A sexually abused teenager accidentally killed herself as her tormentor cycled past, an inquest concluded today.

set: Sexually abused teenager accidentally killed herself


set: Crawley Town have signed forward Gary Alexander on loan from Brentford until the end of the season.

set: Crawley Town sign forward Gary Alexander from Brentford


set: A planned federal resources rent tax is an ''unwelcome intrusion'' into the state's responsibility, representatives of the West Australian government have told a Senate inquiry hearing.

set: Resources rent tax 'unwelcome intrusion'


set: Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc said Monday that it would buy peer BJ Services Co for $5.5 billion in a move to take on sector giants Halliburton Co and Schlumberger Ltd .

set: Baker Hughes to buy BJ Services for $5.5 billion


set: Pope Resources announced today a quarterly distribution of 25 cents per unit, effective for unitholders of record on May 5, 2011 and payable on May 19, 2011.

set: Pope Resources announces quarterly distribution


set: Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith, left, said this morning that ``it was stupid'' to joke with lobbyists last week in Ulster County that his Democratic conference is like an IPO and that lobbyists should invest now to get in cheap before Democrats win the majority.


set: IOC welcomed six new members including the Crown Prince of Denmark HRH Frederik on board here on Friday at the 121st IOC Session.


set: St. Vincent de Paul is installing a solar hot water system at the Mary Skinner Apartments in Eugene.

set: St. Vincent de Paul installs solar hot water system


set: Brad Pitt at a press conference early this morning admitted that just before the conference that he offically came out of the closet.


set: A fifth of English Football League clubs are in 'financial distress', according to a new report released by Port Vale administrators Begbies Traynor.

set: Fifth of English Football League clubs are in 'financial distress' - report


set: Share prices on Bursa Malaysia are expected to be steadier next week, backed by selective buying in key blue chips as well as lower liners, dealers said.


set: The Hartford has cut nearly 270 jobs in its investment products division nationwide, reflecting a slowdown in variable annuity sales and the company's decision to shrink the problematic business.


set: HEARING aid battery manufacturer Rayovac has invested an extra £1m in the North East as it steps up production of its new, mercury-free range.

set: Rayovac invests an extra £1m in the North East


set: Raja Bell has traveled to Los Angeles this week to meet with Kobe Bryant about the possibility of joining the Lakers.

set: Bell travels to Los Angeles to meet with Kobe


set: A 30-year-old Macon man was knocked unconscious and robbed Wednesday night while walking on Vineville Avenue near Forsyth Street, police said.


set: I thank the columnist for pointing out that banks have no money of their own.


set: South Carolina voters nominated a black Republican state lawmaker for an open congressional seat on Tuesday, rejecting one of the state's legendary political names.

set: South Carolina voters nominate black Republican for congressional seat


set: Zambia, Africa's largest copper producer is concerned at the increased exploitation of manganese in Luapula, north Eastern part of the country by people who are mining the product using prospecting licenses.

set: Zambia concerned to increase exploitation of manganese in Luapula


set: Lewis Hamilton expects McLaren to be competitive in the inaugural Indian Grand Prix next weekend.


set: The birth of the Brangelina twins has caused so much frenzy among media outlets that new dad Brad Pitt has had to threaten legal action against 'surreptitiously' taken pictures.


set: Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who predicted the credit crisis, said China and other emerging markets risk a ``hard landing'' as they start raising interest rates to fight inflation.

set: China, emerging markets risk hard landing:


set: Israel is suffering its worst drought in a decade and will have to stop pumping from one of its main sources of drinking water, the Sea of Galilee, by the end of the summer, an official said Wednesday.


set: Chana futures recovered on Tuesday due to short covering on the previous fall.


set: ``Puss in Boots'' beat out ``Tower Heist'' and ``Harold & Kumar'' on their premiere weekends at the box office.

set: ``Puss in Boots'' beats out ``Tower Heist'' and ``Harold & Kumar''


set: CareCapital has agreed to sell its German property portfolio to NorthWest Value Partners, a privately-owned real estate investor based in Toronto, Canada.

set: Carecapital sells German property portfolio


set: Alassane Ouattara was inaugurated as president of Ivory Coast Saturday, in a ceremony most Ivorians hope will put a decade of conflict and instability behind them and mend a once prosperous economy.


set: The annual District in Bloom competition organised by the council will go ahead this year despite the hosepipe ban.

set: District in Bloom competition to go ahead despite hosepipe ban


set: Harare - Zimbabwe elections chief has resigned ahead of crucial polls in 2013 citing ill health, local media reported on Wednesday.


set: Nicki Minaj is leaving American Idol after just one season on the show, according to reports out this week.


set: Sara Lee Corporation ranked as a top employer for military talent, according to GI Jobs' eighth annual list recognizing the nation's top Military Friendly Employers.

set: Sara Lee ranked among top Employers of military talent


set: Bacardi is selling its first euro bonds in four years as the average yield investors demand to hold investment-grade corporate debt approaches the highest in three-and-a-half months.


set: Lebanese troops backed by tanks tightened security around government buildings in Beirut, as the political rift between the country's rivaling factions deepened.

set: Lebanese troops backed by tanks tighten security around government buildings in Beirut


set: Swiss drug developer Roche boosted its hostile tender offer for biotechnology pioneer Genentech Inc. to US$93 per share Friday, raising the total offer value to $45.7 billion, after its initial offer failed to pick up much support from shareholders.


set: In 2012, one precious life was lost in a fatal accident every 2.5 days on different killer stretches.


set: NATO aircraft destroyed on Friday two Scud missiles around Bani Walid, one of the last towns still controlled by Moammar Qaddafi loyalists, the military alliance said.

set: NATO destroys two Scud missiles near Bani Walid


set: September was the second warmest month in 130 years of recordkeeping, just behind 2005, the US said Thursday.

set: September was second warmest in 130 years:


set: Already-relegated Wigan bowed out of the Premier League with a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa at the DW Stadium.

set: Wigan bow out with draw against Aston Villa


set: After 20 months of diligent study and practice, Flight Lieutenant William Wales has graduated as a search and rescue pilot.

set: Prince William graduates as search and rescue pilot


set: A 21-year-old North Sydney man who pleaded guilty Monday to possessing child pornography and drug trafficking charges has been sentenced to two years in a federal prison.


set: Two British soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence said.

set: Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan


set: Governor Jim Gibbons says he welcomes any ideas from the student body as to how to help balance the budget.

set: Governor Gibbons welcomes ideas on how to balance the budget


set: Kate Hudson is planning to move to England to be with her Muse... http://bit.ly/9Fc9yq - about 2 hours ago CarolRalefeta Kate Hudson has met a new guy&they have been 2gether for a month!


set: The security forces have killed 8 more terrorists in on-going operations in Khyber Agency and South Waziristan.


set: Less than two weeks after he announced he would not run for Massachusetts' open US Senate seat, former Senator Scott Brown, R-Mass., has officially joined Fox News as a contributor.

set: Scott Brown joins Fox News as contributor


set: Associated PressRed Sox centerfielder Mike Cameron will begin a rehab stint in Pawtucket Monday.

set: Mike Cameron will begin rehab stint in Pawtucket Monday


set: Freddie Roach will be featured on HBO's Emmy award winning series Real Sports with Bryant Gumble, which debuts on HBO Tuesday, July 21, at 10 pm ET/PT.


set: Curry County sheriff's deputies are seeking a Chaves County man in their investigation into the death of a man whose body was found in a ditch east of Clovis.


set: After 'going missing' in the mid 1970s, the oldest drag racing trophy in Europe has been found.

set: Oldest drag racing trophy in Europe found


set: The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it approved Onglyza to treat Type 2 diabetes.

set: FDA approves Onglyza for Type 2 diabetes


set: The Sydney monorail will complete it's last lap this Sunday before it is torn down to make way for a new convention centre at Darling Harbour.


set: Gore, one of the most prominent figures in the US Democratic party and known around the world for his push to combat climate change, publicly backed Obama for the first time at a huge rally in Detroit.


set: Polytechnic education is the engine of every developing economy, Mr. Caesar Kale, the Deputy Upper West Regional Minister, has said.

set: Polytechnic education is the engine of every economy


set: Derek Purcell proposes to Sarah, and gets an assist from Sarah's daughter Natalie.


set: MINNEAPOLIS The Star Tribune is asking a bankruptcy judge to cancel its contract with its 116-member printer's union and impose new terms that would save the struggling newspaper $3.5 million a year.

set: 'Star Tribune' asks judge to cancel contract with printer's union


set: Sri Lanka have knocked India out of the World Twenty20 with a five-wicket victory in their final Super Eight match.

set: Sri Lanka knock India out of World Twenty20


set: Two Orange County men have been charged with drug trafficking and weapons possession.


set: Rentenbank, Germany's agency for agriculture, has set guidance on a $1 billion four-year bond, sources familiar with the deal said on Wednesday.

set: Rentenbank sets guidance on $1 bln bond -sources


set: Marc Jacobs is officially remaining at Louis Vuitton, explaining he still has ``so much more to do'' at the Paris-based fashion house, and will not move to Christian Dior.


set: http://www.reportlinker.com/p0845314/Specialty-Fuel-Additives-Market.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Fuel_Additive US demand to reach $1.6 billion in 2016 The US specialty fuel additive market will...


set: Rafael Nadal led Spain to a 4-1 Davis Cup victory over France on Sunday, and a final date with Argentina, but there were tears for US Open winner Novak Djokovic whose injury-forced retirement saw champions Serbia slump 3-2 to the South Americans.


set: The US can be energy independent in fewer than 10 years if it keeps developing domestic oil and shale gas fields, a TransCanada official told CNBC Tuesday.

set: US can be energy independent in 10 years:


set: Microsoft is going to cut 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months, 1,400 of them today, January 22.


set: Engineering resins compounder RTP has entered the South American market with a sales office and warehouse in Brazil.

set: Compounder RTP enters South American market


set: A 27-year-old La Quinta man was arrested today after allegations of unlawful sex with a minor, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department reported.

set: La Quinta man arrested for allegations of unlawful sex with a minor


set: Project, a national, non-partisan campaign seeks to increase the number of women in legislative office.

set: Project seeks to increase number of women in office


set: Olive producers in South Australia will be hit with a levy to fund projects for the benefit of the industry, including promotion and research.


set: Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer made a big splash on Monday when she announced via a memo that she expects all employees to come to the office from now on -- no more working from home.


set: Nikon Instruments Inc. has provided an in-kind donation of microscopy equipment to help Clemson University's College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences biological sciences department start a new core microscopy facility.

set: Nikon Instruments donation to help start new core microscopy facility


set: Georgia asks Russia to close its embassies in the breakaway regions before diplomatic relations can be reestablished with Russia.

set: Georgia asks Russia to close embassies in breakaway regions


set: The Coast Guard says it's holding an emergency response exercise on the Severn River near Annapolis.

set: Coast Guard holding emergency response exercise


set: You'd be forgiven for thinking that ArcelorMittal South Africa makes a mockery of ``socially responsible'' investing.

set: ArcelorMittal: making a mockery of ``socially responsible'' investing


set: Bank Negara Malaysia will set up a representative office in Beijing which the central bank expects to further strengthen cooperation with the People's Bank of China.

set: Bank Negara Malaysia to set up representative office in Beijing


set: ADEC welcomes new teachers as part of historic transformation in education.


set: A 29-year-old South Boston man faces felony drug charges of distributing a controlled substance, possessing a controlled substance and selling marijuana, according to Halifax County Sheriff's Office records.


set: Sportsmanship is taking another hit with college football's stubborn and idiotic refusal to implement a playoff system.


set: Ian Molly Meldrum has opened his eyes for the first time since falling off a ladder at his Melbourne home last Thursday.


set: Styling practices can lead to serious hair and scalp diseases for some African Americans, says Henry Ford Hospital dermatologist Diane Jackson-Richards, MD ``Hair is an extremely important aspect of an African-American woman's appearance,'' says Dr. Jackson-Richards, director of Henry Ford's Multicultural Dermatology Clinic.

set: Styling practices can lead to serious hair and scalp diseases for African Americans


set: Cell C, South Africa's third mobile provider on Wednesday unveiled a new corporate identity which would include a new logo and tag line: ``The power in your hands''.


set: Kolkata-based sister duo of Rashmi and Richa Sharma swam across the Indian Ocean in South Africa with a timing of three hours and twenty minutes.


set: Campbell Soup Company completed the acquisition of Bolthouse Farms from a fund managed by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC for $1.55bn in cash.

set: Campbell Soup completes acquisition of Bolthouse Farms


set: In the Town of Tonawanda, flames forced a family from their home overnight, News 4 crews were on the scene.


set: Advocacy Group Inc launched a new website highlighting its unique suite of services and hands-on approach to issue and advocacy campaigns.


set: Don Imus will return to the DC airwaves Thursday on WJZW-FM, the former jazz station that owner Citadel Broadcasting Corp. switched to oldies last week.


set: Authorities say actor Charlie Sheen has been accused of using a weapon in an alleged case of domestic violence in Aspen.


set: A Butte man is facing charges for buying pot at a Butte medical marijuana dispensary and then selling it to a man in Missoula.

set: Butte man charged for selling marijuana in Missoula


set: Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who fought hard to win over skeptical conservative voters he must now fire up for the campaign against US President Barack Obama.

set: Mitt Romney clinches Republican nomination with Texas win


set: The wife of the Fort Lauderdale police chief has pleaded no contest to aggravated assault with a firearm and to shooting into an occupied dwelling.


set: On January 20, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada decided the first case brought before it concerning the jurisdiction of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board, Canada's federal pricing regulator for patented medicines.

set: Supreme Court of Canada decides first case re:


set: A top UN official warned on Friday of ``very grave'' humanitarian problems in Iraq, including a lack of food and internal displacement of more than two million people.

set: UN warns of ``very grave'' problems in Iraq


set: Portuguese mobile operator Optimus has launched the Samsung Galaxy S II handset on the local market.


set: 30 Days of Night writer Steve Niles and Epitaph Records CEO/Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz are joining Halo-8 president/Godkiller writer Matt Pizzolo to form new comics outfit Black Mask Studios with the aim of disrupting the comics market.

set: Steve Niles and Brett Gurewitz join Matt Pizzolo to form Black Mask Studios


set: Manchester City manager Mark Hughes admitted that he learned many lessons during Sunday's 1-0 derby day defeat to Manchester United.


set: Delhi Police will write to Union Home Ministry seeking appropriate changes in law to invoke death penalty for rapists.

set: Delhi Police to seek death penalty for rapists


set: Romanello's South in Hamburg, one of three restaurants owned by the Romanello family, is closing its doors for good, Saturday.


set: A Bismarck man accused of holding his live-in girlfriend against her will and urinating on her has been sentenced to serve 60 days in jail for unlawful imprisonment.

set: Bismarck man sentenced for unlawful imprisonment


set: Starlin Castro hit a two-run homer in the first inning off minor leaguer Kyle Heckathorn, and the Cubs beat a Milwaukee Brewers' split squad 5-3 Tuesday in Chicago's spring training finale.


set: The East End is undergoing a large revitalization project, and business owners who've been there for years are hopeful for the future.

set: East End undergoing large revitalization project


set: BJ'S Wholesale Club says it will begin accepting electronic food stamp payments at all of its 180 stores.


set: Spain will consider sending more troops to Afghanistan, the defence minister said Friday, a decision likely to be welcomed by President Barack Obama's administration.

set: Spain considers sending more troops to Afghanistan


set: A judge has denied a request for a new trial by a 50-year-old Butte man convicted of felony incest.

set: Judge denies new trial for Butte man convicted of felony incest


set: Gloomy economic news has seen consumer confidence plunge to a 10 year low in the latest Westpac McDermott Miller survey.

set: Consumer confidence plunges to 10 year low


set: As early as July, building regulations on traditional buildings such as Buddhist and Confucian temples are set to become more flexible to allow renovations and expansions.

set: Regulations on traditional buildings set to become more flexible for renovations and expansions


set: Swedish furniture retailer Ikea will invest €1.5 billion in India, chief executive Mikael Ohlsson told trade minister Anand Sharma at their meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday, according to a government release.


set: A new survey in Australia has revealed that teenagers today are growing up too fast and are battling with adult worries such as how to buy a house.

set: Teenagers growing up too fast, battling with adult worries


set: A Burnsville alderman was forced to step down this week after the state petitioned for his removal.


set: ``Hence traders are advised to remain cautious and may go long above these levels however volumes should be on lighter side. On the flip side any drift below 4,850 may further dampens the traders` sentiment and we might see 4,800 in the late trade where technical pull back can`t be rule out. In Bank Nifty, we might see some new highs near to 9,000 in upcoming session where possibility of consolidation can`t be rule out,`` it added.


set: Integra Bank Corporation, parent company of Integra Bank NA, today announced that it had closed its investment transaction with the US Department of the Treasury under the Capital Purchase Program.

set: Integra Bank Corporation announces closing of investment under US Treasury capital Purchase Program


set: AIR CADETS from Edmonton will be flying successes at an awards ceremony in Edmonton next week.


set: Oil prices eased in Asian trade today as the US dollar recovered against the major currencies.

set: Oil eases in Asian trade as dollar recovers


set: An Indian investment banker has been convicted by a US federal jury on charges of extortion and threatening a New York state comptroller official to reveal an extramarital affair if a multi-million dollar pension contract was not awarded in his favour - in short, blackmail.

set: Indian banker convicted in US for blackmail


set: Apple BMW of York in Southern Pennsylvania now offers the best luxury car under $40,000, the 2012 BMW 328i.

set: Apple BMW of York offers best luxury car of 2012


set: Gordon Brown today announced that he will stand down at the leader of the Labour Party by the next party conference in the autumn following an orderly leaders contest.

set: Gordon Brown to stand down as Labour Party leader


set: The Florida Highway Patrol says a pedestrian was killed late Monday night, when she was hit by a car on US 41 in Pasco County.

set: Pedestrian killed on US 41 in Pasco County


set: For the third consecutive year, pharmaceutical giant Teva is contributing to the arts in the belief that ``a healthy company is also a creative company.''


set: Michael Jackson will sell his jewelled white glove, a robotic head, sequined socks and a portrait of himself dressed as an Elizabethan king at an auction of his treasured possessions in April.


set: It is time for the health minister to tell the people the truth, Labour MP Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, spokesperson for health, said, expressing concern that the minister had, in a statement on Tuesday, announced he had found €7.3 million he could do without in the health vote.


set: Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company, a provider of financial services, has acquired Upstate Agency, Inc., an independent property and casualty insurance agency.

set: Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company acquires Upstate Agency


set: Fisker Automotive has landed another $150 million in funding, bringing its total financing to more than $1 billion.

set: Fisker Automotive lands $150 million in funding


set: Vandals have targeted a downtown Asheville restaurant for a third night in row.


set: The Fed said the economic recovery was on ``firmer footing'' and the job market was ``improving gradually,'' in a statement released after its meeting Tuesday.

set: Fed says the economic recovery is on firmer footing


set: About 100,000 North Koreans is trusted hiding in China after fleeing from their homeland poverty-stricken.

set: 100,000 North Koreans are hiding in China


set: A couple have been arrested in connection with a fire in downtown Milo that destroyed a number of buildings.

set: Couple arrested in connection with Milo fire


set: After numerous rumours in recent weeks, it's now official -- the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus are UK bound, and coming to O2.

set: Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus coming to O2 UK


set: FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd has drawn last place on the ballot paper in his seat of Griffith.


set: Crude oil may fall amid deterioration in risk appetite while gold gains on Fed QE continuity bets if weekly US jobless claims data proves disappointing.

set: Crude oil may fall as gold gains on US jobless Claims data


set: A Leicester woman was charged with larceny by employee and obtaining property by false pretense.

set: Leicester woman charged with larceny by employee


set: The country's major landline telecom BTC informs that it will start offering its fixed and mobile telephone services under the brand name of Vivacom and internet services under the brand name Vivacom Net.

set: BTC to offer telephone services under brand name Vivacom.


set: Qantas announced it would remove its domestic fuel surcharges for tickets issued on or after Thursday 1 January 2009.

set: Qantas to remove domestic fuel surcharges


set: A Delaware man was arrested for sexual solicitation of a child and unrelated weapons charges.

set: Delaware man arrested for sexual solicitation of a child


set: Tennessee lawyers say they are doing more free legal work than in previous years.


set: Pakistan Pre-sident Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that violation of Indus Water Treaty by India will damage the bilateral ties the two countries have built over the years.


set: Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund has been crowned the new Miss America at a live show here.

set: Kirsten Haglund crowned new Miss America


set: Gulf Coast Community College is joining the ranks of community colleges soon to be offering four year degree programs.

set: Gulf Coast Community College to offer four year degree program


set: The state's new Gun in Parks law goes into effect Sept. 1, and one local school system already took action to keep its students out of parks that allow guns.

set: Guns in parks law has school system taking action


set: The NCAA has ruled Auburn quarterback Cam Newton is eligible to compete after looking into his recruitment at Auburn and Mississippi State.

set: NCAA rules Auburn's Cam Newton is eligible to compete


set: The salary review for political appointment holders will not affect senior civil servants, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said yesterday.

set: Salary review will not affect senior civil servants:


set: The debate over stem cell research is heating up five weeks before the November election.

set: Debate over stem cell research heating up


set: The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico and the Mexican Cultural Center in Denver, presents an exhibition of over 100 works by contemporary Mexican ceramic artists from Tonalá, which opened Dec. 11.

set: Fine Arts Center presents an exhibition of over 100 works by contemporary Mexican ceramic artists from Tonalá


set: The Pentagon Papers, a US government report into the Vietnam War, were finally published in full, 40 years after embarrassing details of the document were leaked.

set: Pentagon Papers finally published, 40 years on


set: The Olympic and Paralympic flags were raised in London, to formally mark London becoming host city for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

set: Olympic, Paralympic flags raised over London


set: Gazprombank, a former banking unit of Russian energy giant Gazprom, said it has secured a $900 million syndicated loan at 250 basis points over LIBOR LIBO.


set: A TOWN'S civic parade to welcome the new mayor will go ahead next year -- despite costing more than £1,000.


set: Los Angeles Galaxy soccer star David Beckham confirmed at a fan luncheon in Los Angeles on Friday that he and wife Victoria are expecting a baby girl.


set: Dinosaurs crawled on all fours like toddlers before switching to two feet when they grew up, experts have discovered.


set: After spending a full night in the Ambedkar Stadium with his supporters, Baba Ramdev, who was arrested and then released in the evening of Monday for leading a march to parliament, said he would end his fast protest at 11 am Tuesday and announce the future court of action.


set: Athlete Dharambir Singh of Haryana, who won the men's 100m in National Inter-State Senior Athletics championships yesterday, is provisionally suspended by the Athletics Federation of India, pending enquiry, for evading dope test.


set: Kansas freshman sprinter Diamond Dixon was named Big 12 Female Track and Field Athlete of the Week here Tuesday.

set: Diamond Dixon named Big 12 Female Track and Field Athlete of the Week


set: HSBC has launched a range of renminbi products and services across retail and wholesale banking in Australia, including wholesale bond issuance and money markets and wholesale foreign exchange.

set: HSBC launches renminbi products and services in Australia


set: A JUBILEE jumble sale is being held at Athelstan Nursery tomorrow, from 10am to 1pm.


set: The body of a 50-year-old man was found near train tracks in Hurricane on Monday, Mayor Scott Edwards said.

set: Body found near train tracks in Hurricane


set: The African Union suspended Madagascar today, adding to a chorus of international disapproval after the island's military appointed a young opposition leader as president earlier this week.


set: Russia's largest car maker AvtoVAZ is recalling over 45,000 new Lada Granta cars over a minor defect, the auto giant said on Thursday.

set: AvtoVAZ recalls Lada Granta cars over defect


set: An organisation which works with women involved in prostitution has warned that Ireland is now ``firmly enmeshed in the global sex trade''.


set: American singer Jennifer Hudson wants to collaborate with soul singer Mary J Blige on a track together.

set: Jennifer Hudson wants to collaborate with Mary J Blige


set: A former apartment manager is accused of stealing more than $6,800 in tenants' payments.

set: Former apartment manager accused of stealing $6,800


set: India on Thursday told Pakistan that it is committed to implement the Indus Water Treaty that allows equitable distribution of water from Chenab river.

set: India committed to implement Indus Water Treaty


set: Newcastle United defender Mike Williamson has been charged with violent conduct by the Football Association following an incident with Bolton Wanderer's Johan Elmander.

set: Mike Williamson charged by the football Association


set: A clothing drive is set for Nov. 12 and 13 to benefit both Cedar Grove elementary schools.

set: Clothing drive set for elementary schools


set: Internet giant Google will build a new server farm in Austria.


set: Virginia legislators on Saturday passed a new state budget using federal stimulus cash to preserve some services that had faced cuts.


set: Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say Ike, with maximum sustained winds near 100 miles an hour, is about 720 miles east of Brownsville, Texas, and expected to hit the Gulf Coast Saturday morning.

set: Hurricane Ike will hit Gulf Coast Saturday morning


set: Wachovia, which on Tuesday posted a record $8.86 billion second-quarter loss, said Chief Financial Officer Thomas Wurtz plans to leave the fourth-largest US bank after a successor is named.

set: Wachovia financial chief Wurtz plans to leave


set: The US is proposing that Israel extend a partial West Bank settlement freeze for 60 days.


set: UK-based audiovisual distribution specialist Maverick has added Avermedia to its vendor portfolio.


set: Yonkers, NY offers sand bags for residents A suburban New York City is providing sand bags for residents who live in flood-prone areas.


set: An Austin police sergeant has been suspended and demoted after it was determined that he had not reported in a timely and accurate fashion an incident in which he used his foot to push a handcuffed person, said police chief Art Acevedo.

set: Austin police sergeant suspended, demoted


set: CenturyTel is buying Qwest Communications in a stock swap worth $10.6 billion, creating a telecommunications giant serving customers in 37 states.


set: More than three years after being beaten up by then-boyfriend Chris Brown, R&B singer Rihanna has admitted that she still loves him, calling Brown possibly ``the love of my life''.

set: Rihanna admits she still loves Chris Brown


set: Mexican actress Salma Hayek turned last-minute party planner when the woman she hired to turn her daughter's second birthday celebration into a bash, quit two days before the big event.


set: To increase anticipation over its latest product, Porsche has revealed five key innovations that will debut with the Porsche Panamera that is set to be revealed next month at the Shanghai Motor Show.

set: Five key innovations to debut with the Porsche Panamera


set: A cash register was stolen from an Oakland business early Tuesday morning, provincial police say.


set: Weatherill cuts SA cabinet by two Updated: 12:20, Monday January 21, 2013 South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has reshuffled his cabinet, reducing it from 15 to 13 ministers.


set: Former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and Hollywood music spinner DJ AM were critically injured in a South Carolina plane crash that left four others dead, authorities said Saturday.

set: Travis Barker, DJ AM critically injured in plane crash


set: Office Depot, a leading global provider of office products and services, plans to close 112 underperforming stores in the next three months.


set: While stating that it understands electric vehicle technology as well as anyone, and unveiling its new CR-Z hybrid sports car, Honda still believes that fuel cells are the future.

set: Honda believes fuel cells are the future


set: VATICAN CITY ― The Vatican has gone into full-fledged damage control mode in the priest sex abuse scandal ahead of Pope Benedict XVI's first foreign trip since it erupted.

set: Vatican goes into damage control mode over abuse


set: Scott Stallings opened a five-stroke lead in the Humana Challenge on Saturday, holing a 20-foot downhill putt on the par-5 eighth hole for his second eagle of the round.


set: Vietnam has jumped five places to 56th out of 66 countries and territories in the 2009 IT competitiveness index.

set: Vietnam jumps five places in IT competitiveness index


set: A Blackpool restaurant owner has recently pleaded guilty to 10 food hygiene offences at Blackpool Magistrates Court.

set: Blackpool restaurant pleads guilty to 10 food hygiene offences


set: CertifyMeOnline.Net, an online equipment training and lift certification website, has introduced new information and free resources for trainers in heavy equipment.

set: CertifyMeOnline.net introduces new information and free resources for trainers


set: Six child labourers were rescued from five dhabas and restaurants in Seemapuri in north-east Delhi on Wednesday.


set: Australia's world road race cycling champion Cadel Evans said on Monday his switch to the American BMC team gives him the freedom to plan his own programme.


set: Ethiopia is ready to evacuate nationals from South Africa following anti-immigrant violence there which has killed 56 people, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

set: Ethiopia ready to evacuate nationals from sa


set: Brazilian police have discovered inmates using carrier pigeons to smuggle cell phones onto a prison farm in the south eastern state of Sao Paulo.

set: Brazilian inmates use pigeons to smuggle cell phones


set: A total of 692,000 metric ton wheat will be procured in the division this year.

set: 692,000 metric ton wheat to be procured this year


set: Florida lawmakers are proposing to eliminate all state funding for libraries, at a time when public demand for library services is surging.

set: Lawmakers propose eliminating state funding for libraries


set: With the change in direction of Hurricane Ike to the south, no evacuation is planned for Brazoria County residents at this time, Emergency Management Coordinator KR ``Doc'' Adams said Tuesday morning.


set: Britain is braced for more travel mayhem this week as forecasters warned the freezing weather will stay for at least another four days.


set: April 13, 2010 -- ``Tonight Show'' bandleader Kevin Eubanks has made it official:


set: Rihanna made 2,500 young fans wait for four and a half hours for her to arrive at their school after they won a contest sponsored by her Rihanna kept 2,500 high school students waiting for four and a half hours.


set: After Monday morning's heavy rain, seven homeowners now face collapsed basements in Council Bluffs.


set: A Hungarian priest who performs skateboard tricks in a bid to encourage youngsters to go to church has become an online hit.

set: Priest on a skateboard becomes an online hit


set: Cecil outpitched Jason Berken in a duel between struggling rookies, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-0 Friday night to snap a three-game skid.

set: Brett Cecil outpitches Jason Berken as Blue Jays beat the Orioles 2-0


set: In a fierce display of both shrill shrieking and some amazingly youthful tennis, Azarenka has been crowned champion in Miami.

set: Victoria Azarenka crowned champion at Sony Ericsson Open in Miami


set: Tributes have poured in to Labour peer, Lord Ashley of Stoke, who died at the weekend aged 89 from pneumonia.


set: Fort Collins-based Advanced Energy laid off 50 people companywide Wednesday, part of the company's effort to ``improve overall efficiency.''


set: Mobily today announced it will offer iPhone 4S to customers in Saudi Arabia beginning Friday, December 16, Mobily customers can pre-order and register interest for iPhone 4S at http://www.mobily.com.sa.

set: Mobily to offer iPhone 4S in Saudi Arabia on December 16


set: A youth was beaten to death allegedly by unidentified persons triggering protest in the Hutmara area of Islamabad's district on Friday.


set: Toyota has announced they'll be recalling repairing 650,000 Priuses sold between 2004 and 2007 due to a faulty coolant pump.


set: A Colton police officer making a routine traffic stop Monday captured four bank robbery suspects who had a gun and cash in their getaway car.

set: Colton police capture bank robbery suspects


set: Whether you're channelling 1920s Art Deco or aiming for '60s sci-fi, bold black and white always makes a striking statement.

set: Bold black and white makes a striking statement:


set: The Norfolk Admirals won their 11th straight game by beating the Springfield Falcons 5-2 at Norfolk Scope.


set: As expected, the Nuggets have exercised the third-year options of Kenneth Faried and Jordan Hamilton, meaning the duo will be on the team next season.

set: Nuggets exercise option on Kenneth Faried, Jordan Hamilton


set: Killswitch Engage comes to Pop's with a concert June 18.


set: A Southwest Rural volunteer firefighter taken to a hospital with heat exhaustion Sunday is expected to recover with a few days' rest, his chief said.

set: Volunteer firefighter expected to recover


set: Justin Bieber was booed on stage at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night, People Magazine reported on May 20.

set: Justin Bieber booed at Billboard Music Awards


set: At 15:10 hours IST, the Nifty tested 4750 again while the Sensex was moving towards the 16,000 mark.


set: Teen slasher flick ``Prom Night'' carved up the competition at the North American box office this week, according to figures released by Exhibitor Relations.


set: Virender Sehwag believes ``anything less than 200'' will be a good target for India to chase on a surface offering assistance to the spinners at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium.

set: 'Anything less than 200 will be a good target'


set: Wines are a like lot hospital patients -- both need tending and care, according to Deanna Starr who has experience with both.

set: Wines, like patients, need tending and care


set: Japan's automaker Mazda Motor would recall 54,641 1.6-liter Mazda3/Axela compact cars in China from Friday, according to China's quality inspection authorities Thursday, APA reports quoting News.xinhuanet.com web-page.

set: Mazda to recall 54,641 Mazda3 cars in China


set: AP Writer Navajos voted Tuesday to drastically reduce the size of the Tribal Council and give their president a line-item veto in the first ballot initiatives ever brought before tribal members on the nation's largest Indian reservation.

set: Navajos vote to reduce size of tribal council


set: In something of a shocker for the data storage industry, NetApp announced late today that it will acquire data deduplication pioneer Data Domain.


set: Major Olympic venues, including the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube, will open to the public during the National Day holiday, officials said Monday.


set: President Barack Obama is meeting with the Dalai Lama``>Dalai Lama -- a fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate -- and China isn't happy.


set: A trio of witnesses took the stand in Day 4 of the George Zimmerman trial, all hearing something on the night Trayvon Martin was fatally shot.

set: Trio of witnesses take stand in George Zimmerman trial


set: CPI inflation decelerated to 6.2% y/y in August, State Stat Agency reported.

set: CPI inflation decelerates to 6.2% y/y in August.


set: A FAMILY run garden centre which was only launched in 2008 has won two prestigious awards.


set: A motorcyclist died after colliding with a Lee County school bus in Fort Myers.

set: Motorcyclist dies after colliding with school bus


set: Cruise lines Carnival Corp. and Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd. have agreed to reimburse passengers for fuel surcharges that were not adequately disclosed, the Florida attorney general announced today.

set: Cruise lines to reimburse passengers for fuel surcharges


set: Russia will expand its convoy area in the Gulf of Aden up to 380 km, said the Pacific Fleet commander Konstantin Sidenko during a decoration ceremony of sailors taking part in the freeing of hijacked vessels.


set: Shunsuke Nakamura will return to Japan for the first time in eight years after a deal was completed between Espanyol and Yokohama F Marinos.


set: SALT LAKE CITY Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko missed practice Thursday because of a travel visa, a day before Utah faced the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals.

set: Utah's Kirilenko misses practice before Game 6


set: Toronto Blue Jays thrashed Kansas City Royals 5-3 at the Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri on Sunday, April 22 in their regular season encounter of the 2012 Major League Baseball.

set: Toronto Blue Jays thrash Kansas City Royals 5-3 --


set: One person was seriously injured this morning in an Oxnard traffic crash, authorities said.

set: One person seriously injured in Oxnard crash


set: The county will save nearly $1 million in energy costs over the next 15 years now that the county commissioners have approved a contract with Johnson Controls to make government buildings more energy efficient.

set: County to save nearly $1 million in energy costs


set: Bill requires labels for genetically modified food Connecticut lawmakers are pushing ahead with bipartisan legislation requiring the labeling of food containing genetically modified ingredients.


set: Hamilton criminal lawyers have joined the Ontario legal aid boycott that began last month in Toronto and has spread to Steeltown, Kingston and Thunder Bay.


set: Newcastle have confirmed that Hatem Ben Arfa suffered a broken leg in their meeting with Manchester City.


set: Copper rose on Friday as confidence in the outlook for global growth gathered pace, with investors awaiting a labour market report from the United States for further evidence of the health of the world's largest economy.

set: Copper rises as confidence in outlook for global growth gathers pace


set: Justice John Paul Stevens says he'll decide soon about retiring - for his own peace of mind and to give President Barack Obama and the Senate plenty of time to replace him.Stevens turns 90 this month and is the oldest justice.

set: Justice Stevens says he'll decide soon on retiring


set: The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr. Mark Woyongo at the week announced that government will rehabilitate more irrigation dams to facilitate small-scale irrigation farming during the off season.

set: Government to rehabilitate irrigation dams


set: Security forces have busted a hideout in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered arms and ammunition from it, police said today.

set: Security forces bust hideout in Jammu and Kashmir


set: California's Mammoth Mountain will stay open daily again this year for skiing and snowboarding through Memorial Day.

set: Mammoth Mountain to stay open daily through Memorial Day


set: Suzlon Energy was down nearly 2% and added nearly 27 lakh shares in the open interest.

set: Suzlon adds nearly 27 lakh shares in open interest


set: Britain has ordered extradition of one of the main Naval war room leak accused Ravi Shankaran to India to face trial, a move that may expedite court proceedings pending for several months.

set: Britain orders extradition of Ravi Shankaran


set: Silver Standard Resources Inc. has made several mine and mill enhancements at Pirquitas mine and; and as a result, the mine continues toward delivering 2011 production guidance and long-term, predictable performance.

set: Silver Standard Resources makes enhancements to Pirquitas mine


set: As a trusted leader in cell phone repair services, software upgrades, cell phone contact data transfers and more, CellularDR.com is now expanding their cell phone keypad repair service for all kinds of makes and models.

set: CellularDR.com expands cell phone keypad repair service


set: Cuckoos have become so rare they have joined the ``red list'' of the most threatened birds in the UK.

set: Cuckoo joins list of most threatened birds


set: The US greenhouse gases emissions reduction goals in the next ten years should be higher than President Barack Obama plans now, Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Environment Minister Martin Bursik, currently having talks in the United States, said in a press release today.

set: US emissions reduction goals should be higher - Czech Minister


set: A 28-year-old woman has been stabbed to death by a female attacker in Peckham last night.

set: Woman stabbed to death by female attacker


set: Singer Toni Braxton has had a benign tumour removed from her breast, her representative said.


set: The Syrian government is reportedly using local militias known as Popular Committees to commit mass killings which are at times sectarian in nature, said UN human rights investigators.

set: Syrian government ``uses militias'' for mass killings:


set: Kazakhstan this year began supplying grain to Afghanistan, President of Grain Union of Kazakhstan Nurlan Tleubayev said in an exclusive interview with Trend on Monday.

set: Kazakhstan begins supplying grain to Afghanistan


set: Warmer weather drove water usage in Gillette to 2.9 million gallons on Sunday as residents lined up at car washes and sprayed the winter grime off their driveways and sidewalks.

set: Warm weather drives up water usage in Gillette to 2.9 million gallons on Sunday


set: Morgan Stanley added Caterpillar Inc Chairman James Owens to its board of directors, the Wall Street bank said on Monday.

set: Morgan Stanley adds James Owens to board


set: Jeff Porter of the Rothesay Regional Police Force said the man was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released from hospital.


set: Malaysia and China will soon explore ways to collaborate in producing business news and talk shows on television to be shown in their respective countries.

set: Malaysia and China to explore ways to produce business news and talk shows


set: VV Brown returns with brand new single 'Bullet', which is a collaborative release with producers All About She.


set: US Congressman Vern Ehlers had a ``spot'' removed from his head Tuesday, according to his Washington spokesman.


set: A West Palm Beach bicyclist was killed Wednesday morning at the intersection of Okeechobee Boulevard and Church Street.


set: SUN VALLEY, Calif. Authorities say a baby girl nearly drowned in a Sun Valley toilet after falling in while she and an older sibling were playing alone in a locked bathroom.


set: AT&T has rebranded Alltel, Unicel and Verizon Wireless in Minnesota to AT&T and is introducing a lineup of products and services for these customers.

set: AT&T rebrands Alltel, Unicel, Verizon Wireless in Minnesota


set: Molecular motors, the little engines that power cell mobility and the ability of cells to transport internal cargo, work together and in close coordination, according to a new finding by researchers at the University of Virginia.


set: Millions of dollars worth of free heating fuel, courtesy of the Venezuelan government, is finally headed to Alaska villages.

set: Free heating fuel finally headed to villages


set: Guerilla gardeners have launched an online petition opposing development on a green oasis in Katesgrove.

set: Guerilla gardeners launch online petition


set: A British Army dog handler has been killed after a battle with insurgents in southern Afghanistan.


set: Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday and is expected to be out for at least six weeks after undergoing surgery Thursday morning for a staph infection on his left elbow, Dodgers team trainer Stan Conte said.

set: Casey Blake expected to be out at least six weeks


set: The markets continue to trade firm in the past hour with the Sensex quoting at 18,611 gaining 117 points and the Nifty has added 36 points at 18,611.


set: Rafael Nadal has won his fifth Rome Masters title in six years, withstanding two rain delays to beat fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday.


set: A UN panel of experts warns that violence may escalate in Ivory Coast, particularly in the north, as parties are rearming despite an UN arms embargo imposed since 2004, according to a letter seen here Saturday.

set: Violence may escalate in Ivory Coast as parties rearm:


set: Estes filed a bill in the State Senate to try and ban the underage purchase of salvia divinorum, a plant substance that is commonly used as a hallucinogen.

set: Estes files bill to ban underage purchase of salvia divinorum


set: The raw milk trial of Sauk County dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger enters its second day in Baraboo.


set: Christopher Nolan has admitted that James Bond movies were an influence on his upcoming thriller, Inception, but would he also like to direct a Bond movie?

set: Christopher Nolan would like to direct a James Bond movie


set: ``After yesterday`s stupendous rally, today markets are expected to open on flat to marginal negative note but will continue to see buying support at lower levels. Fresh put writing has been seen around 5,400 strike option and that will act as strong support for indices in short to medium term perspective,`` said the broking house Way2Wealth Securities.

set: Markets may open on a flat to negative note:


set: The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of a number of retail and commercial banking assets of Royal Bank of Scotland in the UK by Banco Santander of Spain.

set: Commission approves acquisition of banking assets by Banco Santander


set: The unemployment rate of young people in some parts of Greece is almost 75 percent, which is significantly higher than the unemployment level of other states in Southern and Northern Europe, based on data released by Eurostat on Wednesday.


set: Russia is banning 18 Americans from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations.

set: Russia bans 18 Americans in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians


set: Canada opened the women's world hockey championship Saturday with a 12-0 win over host Switzerland.

set: Canada opens women's world hockey championship with 12-0 win


set: Interbon is planning to run the two particleboard manufacturing lines at its Burgos facility alternately in the frame of the bankruptcy proceedings underway since 7 July 2011.

set: Interbon planning to run particleboard lines alternately


set: Scoreloop, the leading social gaming infrastructure provider, today announces the launch of its stand-alone Android app that drives social discovery and cross-promotions.

set: Scoreloop launches Android app for social discovery and cross-promotions


set: CalFire will release seasonal fire suppression employees, cut staffing of some equipment and terminate contracts for fixed-wing aircraft such as air tankers, CalFire spokesman Kevin Colburn said in a press release.

set: CalFire to release some seasonal employees


set: Aircraft maker Hawker Beechcraft filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday after reaching agreement with the majority of its secured lenders and bondholders on a plan to restructure its massive debt.

set: Hawker Beechcraft files for bankruptcy protection


set: Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy today said Team Anna was behaving like ``Naxalites'' as they were ``not keen on solutions'' and instead bent on dragging the issue of corruption.


set: WNBA standout and former UConn star Diana Taurasi tested positive for modafinil while playing in a professional women's league in Turkey, the country's basketball federation said Friday.

set: WNBA's Taurasi tests positive for modafinil


set: Sebastian Vettel has warned that he will be starting from zero on Sunday despite qualifying in pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix.


set: Mathura, Nov 28 A helicopter service was today launched between Delhi and Vrindavan with a view to boost religious tourism.

set: Helicopter service launched between Delhi and Vrindavan


set: An arrest warrant has been issued for the vice president of Iraq, Tariq al-Hashimi, who is accused of planning bomb attacks.

set: Arrest warrant out for Iraqi vice president Tariq al-Hashimi


set: Coastal leaders say tar balls from the Gulf oil spill are still hitting Alabama beaches, and they say daily cleanup work is still needed.


set: A former UAE minister who was dismissed has denied fraud charges at a court hearing in Dubai.


set: But the main share indices hid major movements for a raft of companies with important news.


set: Arrium falls further into the red Updated: 09:31, Tuesday February 19, 2013 Steel and mining group Arrium has fallen further into the red as the high Australian dollar and weak construction markets cause a massive writedown on its assets.


set: Iran has charged three detained US citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted a judiciary official as saying Monday.

set: Iran charges three detained Americans with espionage


set: Colombo - New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori suffered a knee injury during the World Cup Group A win over Pakistan on Tuesday.


set: The Monsoon Cup lived up to its name on the opening day, as racing commenced after the heavy downpour delayed this morning's racing.


set: ArcelorMittal South Africa has started talks with mining groups Vale and Rio Tinto to buy coking coal mined in Mozambique, an official from the South African steel making company said cited by financial news agency Reuters.

set: ArcelorMittal South Africa to buy coking coal mines in Mozambique


set: The jury will continue its deliberations today in the second-degree murder trial of Peter Mathisen.


set: A fire extinguisher that fell and discharged caused a temporary evacuation in the science building at Cal Poly Pomona Friday evening.

set: Fire extinguisher causes temporary evacuation at Cal Poly Pomona


set: Pakistan and India have been urged to resume tours to each other by an International Cricket Council task team, which has also recommended the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman lose his right to veto team selection.


set: Moorhead police will swear in five new officers Wednesday at the city's Law Enforcement Center.


set: In spite of the exceptionally high threat to aviation security, a large number of aircraft operating in India are flying without a mandatory security system that allows pilots to watch what is happening outside the cockpit while in flight, official sources said today.

set: Aircrafts flying without a mandatory security system:


set: Michigan Congressman John Dingell and Senator Carl Levin face a battle on Capitol Hill as they try to pass the controversial Health Care Reform Bill.


set: CEO of NTN Buzztime Inc Michael J Bush buys 31,800 shares of NTN on 09/09/2010 at an average price of $0.38 a share.

set: NTN Buzztime Inc (NTN) ceo Michael J Bush buys 31,800 shares


set: ZocDoc, a startup which helps connect patients with doctors, and allows them to book appointments online, has set up a major new office in Phoenix, the firm said Thursday, to boost its sales and operations staff.


set: A West Australian Court's been told an Indonesian fisherman feared he'd be thrown overboard from his boat unless he took a group of asylum seekers to Australia.

set: Indonesia fisherman feared being thrown overboard


set: MALACAÑANG on Thursday confirmed that flag-carrier Philippine Airlines has offered help to repatriate Filipinos in Syria.

set: PAL offers help to repatriate Filipinos in Syria


set: Police said the predator is targeting girls in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles, and the attacks are all similar.


set: German filmmaker Werner Herzog, known for numerous great films including Rescue Dawn most recently, will next direct an updated Bad Lieutenant remake with Nic Cage starring as The Lieutenant.

set: Werner Herzog directing Bad Lieutenant remake with Nic Cage starring


set: Two people were arrested for public violence in Botshabelo on Monday, after a crowd attacked two youths accused of being part of a gang, Free State police said.

set: 2 arrested for public violence in Botshabelo


set: Remploy workers from the North West are protesting in Sheffield today about factory closures and job losses.


set: Sugar Minott, a singer and producer who helped to popularise reggae music, has died in Jamaica aged 54.


set: This year 45,054 Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah candidates scored As in all subjects, a 0.54 per cent drop compared to 46,012 candidates last year.

set: 45,054 UPSR candidates score all As amid drop


set: The Russian rouble extended gains in early trade on Friday, driven by stronger oil prices and a bounce back in stocks amid fading risk aversion and increased interest by investors in Russian assets.

set: Russian rouble extends gains on stronger oil


set: ``Market may open with a firm note and is likely to trade sideways; selective buying can be seen in the second part of the day. Sensex has resistance at 16,048, 16,088 and 16,178. Support at 15,875, 15,801 and 15,760. Nifty has resistance at 4,794, 4,809 and 4,849 and support at 4,771, 4,764, 4,754, 4,728 and 4,720,`` said Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services.

set: Sensex has resistance at 16,048, 16,088 & 16,178:


set: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed he had to talk Paul Scholes, seen here in April 2010, out of retiring at the end of the season.


set: Google has acquired Massachusetts based retail couponing startup Incentive Targeting that that provides online marketing and personalised couponing services via a self-service platform.

set: Google acquires retail couponing startup Incentive Targeting


set: Not that I follow ``The Don,'' or anything but it was pretty dope to see Donald Trump acknowledge Pittsburgh MC, Mac Miller.


set: The annual 24 Hour Plays event will take place Monday night at the American Airlines Theater, and the cast is especially luminous this year:


set: In observance of the 17th anniversary of World Water Day on March 22, PepsiCo reaffirmed its commitment to responsible water stewardship though an ambitious agenda of global initiatives.

set: PepsiCo reaffirms commitment to water stewardship


set: The joint trial of a Norwich woman and her landlord is pushed back a week.


set: ``Lost'' vet Matthew Fox and Oscar nominee Ed Harris are in talks to join Brad Pitt in Paramount's zombie thriller ``World War Z,'' according to Deadline.com.

set: Matthew Fox, Ed Harris in talks to join Brad Pitt in 'World war Z'


set: A new headstone will mark the grave of one of Canada's most decorated war heroes.


set: Roy Hodgson said: ``I'm delighted that Fulham have agreed to Ray joining the England coaching staff for the summer.


set: Engineer WSP issued a profits warning today after seeing a ``significant'' fall in public sector work and being forced to write off £5m for lost work in Libya.


set: Spartak Moscow coach Unai Emery is excited to be facing Champions League opponents Barcelona tonight.

set: Spartak Moscow boss Emery excited facing Barcelona


set: The bankruptcies of iconic companies like Japan Air Lines and Kodak make it obvious that companies need to anticipate and understand how their industry is changing in order to determine which strategies will succeed and which ones will fail.


set: Bill Nighy has backed the campaign for a ``Robin Hood tax'' on banks' financial transactions by playing a cynical City banker in a special film.


set: Larik executive power announced an open tender to repair central and village roads.

set: Larik executive power announces tender to repair roads


set: Community college students face a tuition hike when they begin classes today, but Gov. Phil Bredesen says two-year schools ``remain a very good bargain.''

set: Community college students face tuition hike;


set: CarwashTV.com, a new industry video magazine, released its first episode earlier this month, according to a press release.


set: Land O'Lakes plans to close its butter manufacturing plant in Madison and lay off 120 employees.

set: Land O'Lakes closing butter plant in Madison


set: I'm beginning the process of applying for 175 or 176 and was wondering if any experts think I should apply for a new passport to make things go more smoothly.


set: A white woman pleaded guilty to a hate crime and other charges last week in the kidnapping and torture of a black woman who authorities say was held captive for days last summer.

set: Woman pleads guilty to hate crime in kidnapping of black woman


set: Chinese couples are flocking to divorce to avoid a new property sales tax imposed by the government, after it left open a loophole for those who end their marriages.

set: Chinese couples divorcing to avoid property tax


set: The Kenyan shilling weakened for a second straight session on Tuesday as importers sought US dollars, but traders said a tea auction and the central bank should offer support later in the week.


set: HealthSpring, Inc. today announced that it will hold its 2010 annual meeting of stockholders at 10:00 am Central Daylight Time on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at its corporate headquarters located at 9009 Carothers Parkway, Franklin, Tennessee.

set: Healthspring, Inc. announces 2010 annual meeting of stockholders


set: SK Telecom said it is the first mobile operator to launch a pilot service for LTE multi-carrier technology, which it intends to commercialize in July.

set: Sk Telecom is first to launch LTE multi-carrier technology


set: A local author launched his new book about Watford's history at a book signing on Saturday.


set: An art show featuring the work of two Hay River residents will open at 7 pm on May 27 at the Woodshed Café.


set: Bayer CropScience has acquired access to winter wheat germplasm of the National Agricultural Research and Development Institute.

set: Bayer CropScience acquires access to wheat germplasm


set: The Sensex extended gains on sustained buying by funds.


set: Straight-faced and subdued, Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas pleaded guilty Friday to a felony gun charge connected to a locker-room argument with a teammate, leaving his All-Star career in limbo and his freedom in doubt.


set: News that BAA is suing Ryanair for unpaid landing fees accumulated at the groups Stansted airport is probably the last bit of news the company would want in the public eye at the moment.

set: BAA sues Ryanair for unpaid landing fees


set: Director Eric Rohmer, one of the giants of modern French cinema, has died at age 89, his production company Campagnie Eric Rohmer said Monday.With other groundbreaking filmmakers, such as Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, Rohmer was one of the founders of French New Wave cinema that in the 1950s and 1960s transformed French and world cinema forever.


set: A WELL-KNOWN local classical musician is stranded in New York because of Superstorm Sandy.


set: President Barack Obama on Wednesday welcomed Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House for a state visit.

set: Obama welcomes Chinese President Hu to the White House


set: New Zealand winery Cloudy Bay has restructured its winemaking team, abolishing the position of senior winemaker.


set: FORMER star striker, Liam Coyle, will be officially inducted into the Derry City ``Hall of Fame'' during the half-time interval of Sunday's FAI Cup Final at the RDS.

set: Coyle to be inducted into Derry City ``Hall of Fame''


set: A teacher has been suspended by a Montreal school for showing Grade 10 students the infamous video that shows a killing allegedly committed by Luka Rocco Magnotta.