set: On December 7, 2011, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, who is in Berlin for China-Germany Foreign Ministerial Strategic Dialogue, met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

set: Yang Jiechi meets with German chancellor Merkel


set: Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon said she panicked and told police ``crazy things'' after her husband was arrested last month for suspected drunken driving, behavior she apologized for on Thursday in her first interview about the incident.

set: Reese Witherspoon admits saying ``crazy things'' before arrest


set: The New Zealand dollar held above 76 US cents as a rally in Asian stock markets bolstered investors' appetite for riskier assets amid speculation Chinese policy makers will take steps to boost economic growth.


set: ``The technical view on Nifty continues to be negative as the lower-top lower-bottom formation is well intact on the daily chart. Talking about longer term chart, January month got over on Monday and monthly candlestick has formed a `Dark Cloud Cover` pattern, which has bearish implications for the February month. On weekly chart, as mentioned last week, Nifty has decisively closed below the lower band of Bollinger first time since March 2009 which is also highly negative. The first sign of strength will be a decisive crossover of 5,556, the top made during this week. This will open up the possibility of a further rally till 5,626, where 200 DMA will present a tough resistance. On the downside, meaningful support is likely to come only in the vicinity of 5,200, where the trend line adjoining bottoms of November 2009 and February and May 2010 presents a support. CSO, in its advance estimate to be released today, is likely to peg economic growth at about 8.5% for 2010-11. SCI, Punj Lloyd, Bajaj Hindustan and Bharti Shipyard will declare their quarterly earnings today,`` said the broking house Anagram.

set: Support is likely to come only in the vicinity of 5,200:


set: The revised figures were passed along only to some investors, according to Scott Sweet, an adviser with IPO Boutique who worked with hedge funds and others that were buying into the deal.

set: ``The revised figures were passed along only to some investors''


set: Hyderabad, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza's family Monday confirmed that she was all set to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik.

set: Sania Mirza to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik


set: As the American Football League was negotiating its merger with the National Football League the San Francisco 49ers tried to bribe or force the Oakland Raiders out of the Bay Area market.

set: The 49ers tried to force the Raiders from Oakland


set: Kate Moss has been giving advice to Beth Ditto on her plus-size clothing range for British retailer Evans.


set: On the flip side any sell off from current levels may drift indices towards 5,860-5,900 level where we might see some sort of consolidation.

set: Any sell off from current levels may drift indices towards 5,860-5,900:


set: A MAN is seriously ill in hospital following a car crash in St Saviour this morning.


set: A much-loved pet cat was shot with an air rifle in Lower Kingswood and had to undergo life-saving surgery.

set: Cat shot by air rifle in Lower Kingswood


set: La Nina is expected to continue for the next three months based on current atmospheric and oceanic conditions and recent trends, according to the US Climate Prediction Center in its press released on Friday.

set: La Nina expected to continue for next three months


set: Food prices fell 0.9 percent in the September month, reflecting lower prices for grocery food and seasonally lower prices for fruit and vegetables, Statistics New Zealand said today.

set: Food prices fall 0.9 percent in September


set: Rock band Kings of Leon have cancelled their US tour after rumours of problems within the band.

set: Kings of Leon cancel us tour after rumours of problems


set: Kerrville, Texas This cross at a prayer garden in Kerrville, Texas is drawing visitors from all over the country.

set: A cross at a prayer garden in Texas is drawing visitors


set: The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated by researchers at University of Michigan, US Naval Research Laboratory and the University of California at San Diego.

set: Fastest quantum computer bit demonstrated by researchers


set: There are only two reasons anyone should care about the Super-Committee, the bi-partisan group of 12 Congressmen who are tasked with finding away to cut another $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit over the next 10 years.

set: The only two reasons anyone should care about the Super-Committee


set: Japan is hanging on to a 1-0 lead over Cameroon with 75 minutes gone in their Group E World Cup match at Free State Stadium.

set: Japan hangs on to 1-0 lead over Cameroon


set: He ripped into S&P on CNBC for its credit downgrade of the United States, saying ``S&P has shown really terrible judgment and they've handled themselves very poorly.''


set: The Senate voted to give a tax break to new car buyers, setting aside bipartisan concerns over the size of an economic stimulus bill with a price tag approaching $900 billion.

set: Senate votes to give a tax break to new car buyers


set: Madonna ``flipped out'' when the DJ played a Britney Spears track while she was attending a pal's birthday party.

set: Madonna 'flips out' over Britney Spears track


set: The crew chief for Nationwide Series driver Brendan Gaughan has been suspended indefinitely for using a racial slur about rival driver Marc Davis, who is black.Bryan Berry was angry with Davis during Saturday night's race at Nashville Superspeedway because of a pit-road collision with Gaughan.

set: Crew chief suspended for using racial slur


set: An Israeli citizen convicted of spying for Hezbollah will be deported to Lebanon next week, his lawyer and Red Cross officials said Wednesday.

set: Israeli convicted of spying for Hezbollah to be deported to Lebanon


set: The Salvation Army will be serving a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for hundreds of individuals and families on Thanksgiving Day.

set: Salvation Army to serve Thanksgiving dinner


set: Berlusconi faces fourth trial Updated: 08:20, Wednesday February 8, 2012 A judge in Milan has ruled that Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will go to trial for the publication by one of his newspapers of sensitive transcripts from a tapped phone call.


set: The Chicago Wolves will host two free coaching clinics for youth hockey coaches, presented by Jerry's Hockey Warehouse, at their practice facility in the Triphahn Community Center and Ice Arena, 1685 W. Higgins Road in Hoffman Estates, on Mon., Aug. 29, and Tue., Aug. 30, at 6:30 pm

set: Wolves to host free clinics for youth hockey coaches


set: Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 has said that he is completely aware of the dangers that Formula 1 racing poses to the drivers and that he is not crazy.

set: Romain Grosjean of Lotus says he is aware of dangers of Formula 1 --


set: Former president Chen Shui-bian had a slight fever which could be related to an infection, his son, Chen Chih-chung, said yesterday.

set: Chen Shui-bian has slight fever, son says


set: Canada's big banks received billions in support from the federal government and the Bank of Canada during the 2008-09 financial crisis, a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says.

set: Banks received billions in support during 2008-09 crisis, report says


set: Free-agent swingman Desmond Mason signed a one-year contract with the Sacramento Kings on Thursday.

set: Desmond Mason signs with Sacramento Kings


set: Acta has raised £2.03m through a placing of 50,843,000 new ordinary shares at 4p apiece.


set: M&S is launching its website for mobiles tomorrow.


set: Utah is set to execute a convicted killer by firing squad in June after a judge agreed Friday to the inmate's request for the method, renewing a debate over what critics see as an antiquated, Old West-style of justice.

set: Utah set to execute killer by firing squad


set: The Merseyside-based tool hire firm Speedy Hire says it remains cautious after posting an annual pre-tax loss of £70.6m to the end of March.


set: Michael Barrymore has admitted cocaine possession after appearing in court following an early-morning car collision.


set: She told Waatea News that as she travels the country promoting the scheme, she's ``inspired'' by Maori who are at the forefront of change in areas like health, justice and education.

set: Turia ``inspired'' by Maori who at the forefront of change


set: AGC of America recently released the new Supervisory Training Program Unit 7:

set: AGC releases new Supervisory Training Program


set: China and Cyprus pledged on Friday to support each other on major issues concerning their core interests and make joint efforts to enhance Sino-EU relationship.

set: China, Cyprus pledge to support each other on issues concerning ``core interests''


set: President Barack Obama on Sunday added his voice to the expectations game ahead of his first debate with Republican Mitt Romney, as he revved up a crowd here Sunday with feigned humility about his upcoming performance.

set: Obama adds voice to expectations ahead of the debate


set: Hartford is celebrating 250 years and the town will be throwing a party with dozens of activities for everyone.


set: The experts, representatives of the civil society and traders and other stakeholders have suggested the government to construct expressway instead of proposed motorway between Karachi and Hyderabad in order to avoid demolition of petrol pumps, gas stations, restaurants and other trading shops along the highway.

set: Experts suggest constructing expressway instead of Motorway


set: A Norman couple faces criminal charges for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman, according to charges filed against the pair.


set: The $2 billion debacle at JPMorgan Chase is empowering Democrats strut in front of microphones, a bit smug, and proclaim, ``I told ya so.''


set: A Lincoln mother and a caregiver were arrested Wednesday night on charges of child abuse.

set: Lincoln mother, caregiver charged with child abuse


set: In celebrity news today, Mandy Moore married Ryan Adams;


set: Wind-whipped fires on Sunday afternoon damaged the Carolina Country Club golf course, threatened homes in Wakefield Plantation subdivision and apartments in North Raleigh and swept onto the roof of a building in the Brier Creek area, Division Chief HF Warner of the Raleigh Fire Department said today.

set: Fires damage golf course, threaten homes


set: China on Tuesday confirmed its fourth case of swine flu and announced a new suspected case, an Italian woman who had arrived in Tibet as a tourist.


set: The US intends to continue cooperation with Russia.


set: Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier defended his team selection after seeing his side beaten 3-0 by Manchester City to exit the FA Cup.

set: Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier defends team selection:


set: One woman received minor injuries Tuesday afternoon when her car rolled, hit a gas meter and triggered a natural gas leak near Scott & White's Waco clinic just off Highway 6.

set: Car rolls, hits gas meter, triggers gas leak


set: New England Revolution defender Jay Heaps today announced his retirement from professional soccer.

set: Revolution defender Jay Heaps announces his retirement


set: Iran has agreed to export its natural gas to Iraq and Syria in the next three to five years and possibly to Lebanon and Europe in the future, says Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi.

set: Iran agrees to export natural gas to Iraq and Syria


set: The Central Weather Bureau has issued a sea warning for tropical storm Meari.

set: Central Weather Bureau issues sea warning for Meari


set: Electronics maker Sharp has announced that Korean technology giant Samsung has invested $110 million in the company, effectively giving Samsung a three percent stake in Sharp and making it the biggest individual shareholder in Sharp that isn't a financial institution.


set: Microsoft Corp filed a lawsuit against three individuals believed to be based in Vancouver, accusing them of a form of ``click fraud'' by improperly using Microsoft's online advertising service for profit, court documents show.

set: Microsoft files lawsuit over ``click fraud''


set: US-based Sri Lankan writer and social activist, Ruvani Freeman aka Ru Freeman, has slammed Arundhati Roy for the strident pro-Tamil Tiger view that the Indian author-activist had projected in a recent syndicated article on the plight of the Tamil war refugees in the island country.


set: Drake guard Rayvonte Rice, the third-leading scorer in the Missouri Valley Conference this past season, has been granted a release from his scholarship so he can transfer to another school.

set: Drake sophomore guard Rayvonte Rice to transfer


set: Makushita No. 15 wrestler Sakumayama set a record on Wednesday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament by winning his 27th consecutive match since his debut in the jonokuchi division.


set: Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president and an ally of Rafael Correa, claimed the Ecuador leader was ``in danger of being killed'' as soldiers and police took to the streets and protest cuts in benefits.

set: Chavez claims Ecuador leader 'in danger of being killed'


set: Two New Jersey rivers that a pod of bottlenose dolphins have called home since the summer are freezing, increasing concerns that the mammals might not be able to survive much longer.

set: Rivers that dolphins call home freeze over


set: Randy Travis threatened to shoot and kill the troopers who arrested him for drunk driving last night ... this according to the Grayson County Sheriff's Office.

set: Randy Travis threatened to shoot, kill ...


set: Supervalu Inc. said Tuesday it will cut 800 jobs nationwide, including about 200 in its home state of Minnesota, as the supermarket chain tries to lower costs.


set: The UAE cricket team will take on Bermuda from today in the International Cricket Council Intercontinental Shield four-day match at the National Sports Centre stadium in Bermuda.


set: The NSW coalition will start its election campaign with a $200 million pledge to fix traffic black spots.


set: Gregory Isaacs, one of the leading live reggae acts internationally in the wake of Bob Marley & the Wailers' commercial breakthrough, died Monday, his manager confirmed.


set: Microsoft has officially opened its Windows Store, adding support for an additional 82 countries and removing the restrictions on which developers can submit content to the service.


set: GenMark Diagnostics, Inc., announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with PerkinElmer, granting GenMark a non-exclusive license under PerkinElmer's microfluidics patent portfolio.

set: GenMark enters into license agreement with PerkinElmer for microfluidics patent portfolio


set: A 67-year-old man died in a serious road accident in Bulgaria, on a road near the villages of Samuilovo and Kalugerovo at about 3 pm today.


set: Johnny Ball has become the first celebrity to leave Strictly Come Dancing after he was beaten in a dance-off by Richard Arnold tonight.

set: Johnny Ball becomes first celebrity to leave Strictly Come Dancing


set: N. Korea says new leader's youth no cause for concern Chosun Sinbo, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper published in Japan, argued on Monday that Kim Jong-Un's age is not a cause for concern.


set: KATY PERRY was so desperate to save her marriage to RUSSELL BRAND, she flew all over the world to see her husband while she was on tour and ended up battling exhaustion.

set: Katy Perry was desperate to save marriage to RUSSELL Brand


set: Steven Reid was impressed by West Bromwich Albion rookie James Hurst in their Carling Cup defeat to Ipswich Town.

set: West brom veteran Reid impressed by Hurst


set: Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest retail bank, said Tuesday that fourth-quarter net profit fell 7% as higher taxes and lower insurance income outpaced a sharp reduction in provisions against bad loans.

set: Intesa Sanpaolo profit down on tax, insurance income


set: Justin Bieber wants Robert Pattinson to be his wingman and help him pick up girls on nights out.


set: Six valuable merino sheep may have been stolen from a Fairhall property, the third sheep rustling incident in just over a month.


set: Some quarters are trying to spread ethnic violence in the country, especially in Karachi, to achieve their wicked and corrupted desires, but all sensible sectors will not allow them to achieve their immoral targets.

set: ``Some quarters trying to spread ethnic violence''


set: German power and gas utility EnBW has announced that is offering intelligent electricity meters to all its private customers.

set: EnBW offers intelligent electricity meters to private customers


set: Displays2go.com, a wholesale display specialty store has just released their new line of adjustable height podiums and lecture stands.

set: Displays2go.com releases new adjustable height podiums


set: Ohio high school students entering their freshman year this fall will face tougher math requirements as part of a growing effort by Ohio and other states to better prepare students for college and careers in the global economy.

set: Ohio students face tougher math requirements


set: A Madison man who allegedly killed four relatives in a shooting spree in Chicago could soon face a fifth murder charge.


set: A new Georgia law hopes to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning deaths by requiring many new homes to come with detectors.

set: New Georgia law to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning


set: Florida wide receiver Percy Harvin practiced a little bit on Saturday, and it was the first time he's seen the practice field since fall camp began.


set: Like professional managers, everyday investors are moving back into stocks.


set: Steel melters have sought incentives from the government to utilise full industrial capacity in producing billets.


set: A Vincennes residence caught fire Friday evening at 1655 Washington Ave. Firefighters had to open up the interior walls and floor to gain access to the fire before putting it out.


set: A Moss Point man is being charged with Capital Murder for the shooting death of a Biloxi man.

set: Moss Point man charged with Capital Murder


set: Record high oil prices are slowing world economic growth, John Lipsky, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said Monday.


set: CBS swept Tuesday in viewers and key demographics led by NCIS, the night's #1 program in viewers and adults 18-49, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for April 5.

set: Cbs sweeps Tuesday in viewers and key demographics


set: Kenya has temporarily closed its embassy in Japan following high levels of nuclear radiation which is as a result of last week's earthquake and Tsunami.

set: Kenya closes embassy in Japan over nuclear radiation


set: The natural gas trade agreement signed between Turkey and Azerbaijan is expected to open the path for new investments in Caspian Sea fields.

set: Gas agreement to open path for new investments in Caspian Sea fields


set: US-based power and gas utility Peco has completed a $22 million upgrade of its electricity substation in the Grays Ferry section of Philadelphia.

set: Peco upgrades electricity substation in Grays Ferry section of Philadelphia


set: IT kills him to say it, but Matt Bowen says he is at peace with NRL partner-in-crime Johnathan Thurston leaving the North Queensland Cowboys.

set: Matt Bowen at peace with Johnathan Thurston leaving North Queensland Cowboys


set: He caused a massive manhunt, shot three State Troopers, now he's causing trouble in prison.


set: Aflac Inc., a US-based insurance company that sells health and life insurance to one out of every four people in Japan, said Monday that its Japanese sales likely will face only a minimal impact from the earthquake and tsunami there.

set: Aflac says Japan sales face minimal impact


set: As predicted, another spring storm blew into Alberta Monday afternoon.

set: Another storm blowing into Southern Alberta


set: Mitt Romney endorsed Sen. John McCain, one of the former Massachusetts governor's main competitors for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, for re-election to the US Senate on Tuesday.


set: A trial date has been set for two former Wilson High School students facing hazing charges.


set: Poland ended its Iraq mission at a formal ceremony in the Shia province of Diwaniyah on Saturday and said it will pull its 900 troops out of the country by the end of the month.


set: Amari Hotels announced a partnership with BBC Worldwide, to introduce the BBC's international hit reality TV format 'Dancing with the Stars' to Thailand.

set: Amari announces partnership with BBC Worldwide


set: South Indian actor Nutan Prasad passed away on the way to the hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.

set: South Indian actor Nutan Prasad passes away in Hyderabad


set: The Communist Party has said that China will be tightening monetary policy by next year.


set: Sweden has opposed Iran- Pakistan gas pipeline project and has advised Pakistan to go for alternative gas pipelines as the other project with Turkmenistan is also not viable.

set: Sweden opposes Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project


set: Old job applications with Social Security numbers on them were found in an Omaha dumpster.


set: PATRIOTIC Front president Michael Sata yesterday said Vice-President George Kunda is behaving like a rabid dog because he has run out of ideas on how to defend DPP Chalwe Mchenga's criminality.


set: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is seeking to build trust with India on his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just a few weeks after a military standoff between the Asian giants on their ill-defined border in the Himalayan mountains.

set: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang seeks to build trust with India


set: What are your technology investment plans for the new financial year and is there something you want us to research for you?

set: What are your investment plans for the new year?


set: POLICE are told to search for Filipino accused of causing the death of another person through reckless driving in Malaita last year.


set: The province's chief judges have struck a committee to examine whether Manitoba should become the latest province to allow cameras in some courtrooms.

set: Manitoba may allow cameras in courtrooms


set: Police say a security guard working at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville likely died from natural causes.

set: Security guard likely died from natural causes


set: Her representative said: ``LeAnn has voluntarily entered a 30-day in-patient treatment facility to cope with anxiety and stress.

set: LeAnn Rimes enters 'treatment' for ``anxiety and stress''


set: Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee has told a Mexican newspaper that he's taking music classes 17 years after he started his career.


set: Senator John McCain has won Florida's Republican presidential primary, which makes him the front-runner for his party's nomination.

set: John McCain wins Florida Republican primary


set: Students diverted more than 3,000 drink pouches from landfill and donated them to TerraCycle, which ``upcycles'' non-recyclable materials into 200 new products.

set: Students divert drink pouches from landfill


set: Santa Monica-based TrueCar has officially launched its new car pricing site today, saying that it is now providing consumers with details on the prices paid for people on cars in their area.

set: TrueCar officially launches car pricing site


set: So, thread title, I finally played FF13 and I kind of wanted to talk about it.


set: TechCrunch is reporting that Google is ``advanced acquisition negotiations'' to buy Yelp for $500 million or more.


set: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza is all set to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in April, two months after she broke her engagement with childhood friend Sohrab Mirza.


set: High voltage cables fell across homes and busy Te Irirangi Drive in Flat Bush on Friday, but no one was hurt.


set: A cross is seen in Joplin, Missouri May 17, 2012.


set: FOUR golden pheasants were beaten and killed after the door to their enclosure was kicked open late at night.


set: Electronic Arts, the world's number-two video games maker, sold its stake in French rival Ubisoft, ending an uneasy relationship between the companies and possibly clearing the way for new investors.

set: Electronic Arts sells out of france's Ubisoft


set: Two astronauts from the US shuttle Endeavour have successfully completed a fifth and final spacewalk of their mission, stepping into the void to attach a 50-foot sensory boom to the outside of the International Space Station.

set: Astronauts successfully complete fifth spacewalk


set: Erislandy Lara sends message to 154lb collective: 'They can run, but they can't hide!' Fast-rising Cuban hotshot Erislandy Lara clashes with former welterweight world title challenger Freddy Hernandez on Saturday, June 30 at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California but believes that a replication of his first round drubbing of Ronald Hearns could mean he becomes an even more avoided fighter than he currently is: ``The (big) fights will come sooner or later,'' the 29-year-old southpaw recently hoped.

set: Erislandy Lara sends message to 154lb collective: 'they can run, but they can't hide!'


set: President Barack Obama is making another impassioned plea for passage of his health care plan, calling it a ``defining struggle of this generation.''

set: President Obama makes impassioned plea for health care plan


set: Suitable action will be taken against MLAs who cross-voted in the recent elections to the Legislative Council, after discussing the matter with the BJP central leaders, said State BJP president KS Eshwarappa.


set: Gold eased marginally in Asian trade Thursday as the dollar gained momentum while holdings in the SPDR Gold Trust also dropped.


set: A well known Butte physician died Monday after a long battle with Kennedy's Disease, a progressive neuro-muscular disease.


set: A daily newspaper in New Brunswick has apologized to Stephen Harper for a story it published July 8 that said the prime minister slipped a communion wafer in his jacket pocket at a funeral mass for former Gov.-Gen. Romeo LeBlanc.


set: Saints coach Sean Payton confirmed that Joey Harrington will compete with Mark Brunell for the team's backup quarterback job.

set: Joey Harrington to compete for backup job


set: A new study has found that human brains get smaller with age - but, it's the price people pay for a longer life than their closest relative, the chimpanzee.


set: Amy Locane, best remembered for playing southern belle, Sandy, on the original Melrose Place has been charged with second-degree vehicular homicide.

set: Amy Locane charged with vehicular homicide


set: MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL was convinced she had ``failed'' as a parent when she was forced to hire a nanny to help look after her daughter.


set: While Tata Motors announced the appointment of a new managing director, Tata Steel said its Corus head, Philippe Varin, has stepped down from the board of the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker.


set: Victoria have moved further ahead atop the Sheffield Shield table after thrashing Queensland by an innings and 50 runs inside three days at the MCG.

set: Victoria thrash Queensland by an innings and 50 runs inside three days


set: London, Oct 14 Hollywood star George Clooney and Scottish actor Ewan McGregor were caught in an earthquake while shooting for their new movie â€œMen Who Stare At Goatsâ€ .

set: George Clooney caught in earthquake while shooting movie


set: A Spotsylvania bridal and jewelry boutique was robbed yesterday, and the store's owner was held at gunpoint and tied up.


set: Kris Humphries has revealed that he is upset that his wife Kim Kardashian has decided to file for divorce and states that he is willing to do anything to make it work.

set: Kris Humphries upset by Kim Kardashian divorce


set: Prosecutors say a 79-year-old Shrewsbury man accused of killing his wife ate some of her flesh and was found sitting in a rocking chair, covered in blood.


set: Crude oil price held steady near a 2 1/2-year high in New York Monday, falling under $112 per barrel with tensions in the Middle East unabated.


set: An Elgin man shot his wife in the leg when she apparently startled him as she tried to get into bed early in the morning, police said Monday.

set: Man shoots wife as she tried to get into bed


set: Showers are likely to continue today and tonight before the clouds retreat tomorrow, according to the National Weather Service.


set: BSNL has requested a refund of Rs 8,313.9 crore for surrendering its BWA spectrum in 20 circles, minister of state for communications and IT Milind Deora said in his written reply to Lok Sabha.

set: BSNL requests refund for surrendering BWA spectrum


set: The World Food Program chief has lamented the severity of world hunger and said her biggest dream is to see no child goes hungry.

set: My biggest dream is no child goes hungry:


set: It is reported that Azovstal has increased production of finished steel products by 70.7% in Q1 2010 in comparison to Q1 2009 to 1.312 million tonnes.

set: Azovstal increased production in Q1 2010


set: HULL, England -United States striker Jozy Altidore will need time to adapt to the Premier League after agreeing to join Hull on a season-long loan deal.

set: Altidore will need time to adapt to Premier League


set: Apple has surpassed Microsoft for largest tech company in the world, by market cap, with its stock finishing the day with a market value of $222.1 billion.

set: Apple surpasses Microsoft for largest market cap


set: Jeff Lorber is set to make his Peak Records debut with Heard That on September 30th.

set: Jeff Lorber set to make Peak Records debut


set: GE has announced the opening of first coal-bed-methane, or CBM, to energy project in Russia at Kuzbasskaya Energosetevaya Compania's Talda site, located near Kemerovo.

set: GE announces opening of CBM to energy project in Russia


set: The man accused of dragging a woman from her car and brutally attacking her in Saratoga Springs pleads not guilty to charges against him.


set: New rape charges have been filed in a sex crimes case based on a third victim, officials said Monday.

set: New rape charges filed in sex crimes case


set: Nashville's Greyhound bus station is moving again, but this time to a permanent home.

set: Greyhound station moves to permanent home


set: The EU-funded project CHALLENGE is organising a conference on 'The changing landscape of European liberty and security' on 18 and 19 May in Brussels, Belgium.

set: Conference on 'the changing landscape of European liberty and security', Brussels, Belgium


set: Student nurses and midwives have taken to the picket line today, in an effort to reverse planned cuts to their pay.


set: North Korea has moved two more missile launchers to its east coast, where preparations are apparently under way for a missile test as tensions simmer on the peninsula, a report said yesterday.

set: North Korea moves two more missile launchers


set: netCore Solutions, pioneers in digital marketing solutions, has announced a series of Email Marketing Round Table events for the year 2011.The first Round Table on email marketing will be held in New Delhi on 7th Jan 2011, at the India Habitat Centre, in association with IAMAI.

set: NetCore announces a series of email marketing events


set: John Travolta has flown a jetliner carrying relief supplies into the Haitian capital, along with doctors and ministers from the Church of Scientology.

set: John Travolta flies jetliner carrying relief supplies to Haiti


set: Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on ``American Bandstand,'' and later produced and hosted a vast range of programming from game shows to the year-end countdown from Times Square on ``New Year's Rockin' Eve,'' has died.


set: The star-studded Socceroos camer from behind to beat Asian minnows Thailand 2-1 at Suncorp Stadium last night.

set: Australia beats Thailand 2-1 at Suncorp Stadium


set: Freeman's Leisure Park in Leicester has been sold to clients of DTZ Investment Management for £14.65m.

set: Freeman's Leisure park in Leicester is sold for £14.65m


set: Baku Metro is ready to receive any volume of passenger turnover during Eurovision song contest in Azerbaijan, Baku Metro head Tagi Ahmadov told media today.

set: Baku metro ready to receive any volume of passenger turnover during Eurovision song contest


set: On June 16, 2011, the Supreme Court decided Tapia v. United States, No. 10-5400, holding that 18 USC § 3582, which instructs courts to ``recogniz(e) that imprisonment is not an appropriate means of promoting correction and rehabilitation,'' prohibits judges at sentencing from imposing or lengthening a term of imprisonment to promote the defendant's need for rehabilitation.

set: Supreme Court decides Tapia v. United States


set: After a heavy showers yesterday that disrupted road and rail traffic yesterday, parts of Mumbai continue to receive heavy rain this morning.

set: Parts of Mumbai continue to receive heavy rains


set: Russia and Kazakhstan will merge their missile defence systems, with the agreement to this effect due to be signed in 2013, the Commander of the Kazakh aerial defence, Colonel Nourzhan Moukanov, has told a news conference held in the town of Cholpon-Ata, on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul.

set: Russia, Kazakhstan to merge missile defences


set: Parliament on Friday strongly condemned the assault on Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar at a public function here.

set: Parliament strongly condemns assault on Pawar


set: Jimmie Johnson drove to NASCAR history Sunday with a fifth-place finish in the Ford 400 that enabled Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus to win a record fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup point championship for Hendrick Motorsports.


set: For the second time in just a few weeks, health officials warned Thursday of toxic blue-green algae at Wickiup Reservoir.

set: Officials warn of toxic algae at Wickiup Reservoir


set: The Indian army now stand exposed that they have been smuggling and supplying drugs in Manipur with a sinister design to exterminate the Manipuri nation, the proscribed RPF alleged in a press statement issued by its Publicity Secretary Roben Khuman.


set: The Toronto stock market turned negative late Tuesday morning, as commodities pulled back slightly from record territory and the gold and materials sector dragged the main index lower.


set: Two bombs rocked the southern Philippines on Tuesday, killing at least two people and wounding dozens.


set: George Clooney, counted as one of the world's sexiest men, doesn't fear experimenting with a new look as he knows he can get away with it.

set: Clooney doesn't fear experimenting with new looks


set: It can be difficult knowing where to turn when you want to make a compensation claim and many accident victims find themselves searching the internet to try and find out how to claim compensation online.


set: After a video was posted on ``YouTube'' in 2006 depicting school children taunting a classmate with down syndrome, three Google executives were convicted of violating privacy laws in Italy this week.


set: A bus headed from Minneapolis to Missoula caught fire in northwestern North Dakota Sunday night.


set: Citigroup upgraded FXCM Inc. to neutral from sell and maintained its $11.25 price target.The bank sees 2011 EPS of $0.78 and 2012 EPS of $0.84.Citigroup has potential upside of 46.2% based on a current price of $29.6 and an average consensus


set: Sporting Kansas City earned a hard-fought 1-1 draw at the Colorado Rapids on Saturday on a goal from Ryan Smith in the 75th minute.

set: Sporting Kansas City earns 1-1 draw at Colorado Rapids


set: Comedian Andy Dick was arrested on charges of drug possession and sexual battery on Tuesday after police say he had exposed the breasts of a 17-year-old girl.

set: Comedian Andy Dick arrested for drug possession and sexual battery


set: For the second time this Summer, another storm is heading toward the Gulf Coast of Texas.

set: Storm heads towards the Gulf coast of Texas


set: India is likely to face gold shortage in the near future with more people buying the yellow metal after global meltdown in Europe, experts said today.


set: China has executed a South African woman for drug smuggling despite repeated appeals for clemency by the South African government and a last minute attempt by President Jacob Zuma to commute her death penalty to life sentence, South Africa's foreign ministry confirmed Monday.

set: China executes South African woman for drug smuggling


set: Even as a controversy erupted over senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh's trip to Azamgarh, Rahul Gandhi will pay a visit there apparently to send positive signals among the minorities in the Uttar Pradesh town which came under a cloud after the Delhi serial blasts.


set: Facebook is unveiling new advertising offerings designed to help the world's biggest brands spread their message on the world's largest online social network.

set: Facebook unveiling new advertising offerings


set: Wild hogs are likely on their way to Dona Ana County as the animals continue to spread across parts of New Mexico, federal officials said.


set: Eight ministers will answer MPs questions during the ordinary parliamentary control on Friday.


set: The state health department will study the levels of trans fat in edible oils in an attempt to standardise levels, as is done in Denmark, health secretary VK Subburaj said here on Saturday.

set: Health department to study trans fat in edible oil, to standardise levels


set: Reserve Bank of India Governor D. Subbarao on Tuesday said that ``growth itself can be destabilising if it has no equity dimension.''

set: Growth can be destabilising without equity:


set: Wild forward Brad Staubitz and Blue Jackets defenseman James Wisniewski were suspended indefinitely Saturday pending a hearing and the completion of a review by the NHL's department of player safety.

set: Staubitz, Wisniewski suspended indefinitely


set: Two nursing home operators were charged Friday with plotting to defraud the Medicare and Medicaid programs of more than $30 million and providing about 300 elderly residents with ``worthless and harmful'' care.

set: Nursing home operators charged with plot to defraud Medicare, Medicaid programs


set: MeetMe, Inc., the public market leader for social discovery, announces that on Sunday, September 16, MeetMe surpassed one million daily active users in the United States for the first time in its history.

set: MeetMe® surpasses one million daily active users in the United States


set: National sport Tevez sentenced on driving charges Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has been sentenced to 250 hours of community service after pleading guilty to driving while disqualified and without insurance.


set: AirTran Airways set a May record for revenue passenger miles, available seat miles and enplaned passengers, the airline reported today.


set: Spring is officially a little more than a week away, but wintry weather persists in parts of the Dakotas.

set: Wintry weather persists in parts of the Dakotas


set: Robin Williams needs heart surgery and must cancel the remainder of his one-man comedy show, ``Weapons of Self-Destruction,'' his publicist said Thursday.


set: In a California lawsuit, the popular social networking site Facebook has been accused of violating state privacy laws and seeking to ``disseminate private information to third-parties for commercial purposes,'' according to a complaint filed in Orange County Superior Court.

set: Facebook accused of violating privacy laws


set: An ancient Peruvian tomb was unearthed on Thursday, giving archaeologists insight into an empire whose rule of the Andes predated that of the Inca's.


set: 'Stars in Their Eyes' looks set to return to TV screens in the coming months, complete with a brand new twist.


set: The USTA has unveiled its 2010 US Open apparel, offering early discounts for USTA members.


set: SOFIA, Bulgaria -Parma striker Valeri Bojinov has been left out of the Bulgaria squad for their upcoming European Championship qualifier against Wales.

set: Striker Bojinov left out from Bulgaria squad


set: Ingushetia is ready to provide Azerbaijan with state guarantees to implement major projects, Ingushetia's President Yunus-bek Yevkurov said.

set: Ingushetia ready to provide Azerbaijan with state guarantees


set: High school musical star Zac Efron will be put to the test when he hosts this week's Saturday Night Live.


set: The Denver Broncos have been awarded wide receiver CJ Jones off waivers from Kansas City.

set: Denver Broncos awarded wide receiver CJ Jones off waivers


set: STAR Capital Partners Limited, a UK-based investment firm, has acquired Pepcom GmbH, a German provider of cable television, radio, Internet and telephone services.


set: Wellington - The New Zealand economy has continued to grow slowly after a recession that lasted nearly two years, according to official figures released Wednesday.

set: New Zealand economy grows slowly after recession


set: Apple unveiled the details of its brand new next-generation iPhone Monday to rabid fans around the world.


set: A state of emergency was declared Wednesday for nine Oklahoma counties that have been battered by tornadoes, severe storms and flooding since Saturday.


set: Sellafield is to face nine charges for dumping low-level radioactive waste at a landfill in Cumbria two years ago, following a decision to prosecute by the Environment Agency and the UK Office for Nuclear Regulation.

set: Sellafield to face charges for dumping radioactive waste


set: Raw eggs were thrown at Lady Gaga as she left a nightclub in Sydney Monday night.


set: Two people were injured and four were arrested after a fight inside Perkins restaurant, 2201 Fourth St. SW early Sunday morning.

set: Two injured, four arrested after fight at Perkins restaurant


set: Jennifer Lopez will join Beyoncé at The Sound of Change Live global concert at Twickenham Stadium in London on June 1.

set: Jennifer Lopez joining Beyoncé for the Sound of Change concert


set: France and Chile tied 1-1 in a football friendly played in the southern French city of Montpellier on Wednesday.

set: France and Chile tie 1-1 in football friendly


set: In 2011 GDP per capita will make up $980 in Kyrgyzstan, or 45.7 thousand soms.

set: In 2011 GDP per capita to make up $980 in Kyrgyzstan


set: Orametrix, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent developed by five co-inventors for a ``method and system for comprehensive evaluation of orthodontic care using unified workstation.''


set: Actor Jeff Conaway has died at age 60 in California, according to published reports.


set: Liam Neeson has revealed he initially used fake cigars while filming The A-Team because he didn't want to start smoking again.


set: Andrew Luck has released a statement saying he has decided to stay at Stanford for his junior year.


set: After successfully negotiating their demands with the administrators, the Indian hockey players returned to the World Cup preparatory camp and resumed practice after a six-day gap here on Thursday.


set: After months of campaign rallies, political posturing, endless television ads, a plethora of primary debates, and three general-election debates, the 2012 presidential election has come to an end.

set: 2012 presidential election comes to an end


set: Two people arrested in connection with the death of a New Addington man have been charged with his murder.


set: A Licking County mobile home park is set to be closed, and residents have to leave.

set: Licking County mobile home park set to close


set: Goaltender Jose Theodore has left the Capitals to travel back to Washington for personal reasons.

set: Theodore leaves Capitals for personal reasons


set: WorldGate, a provider of digital voice, video phone services and video phones, has announced a new agreement with Red Ventures to sell WorldGate digital video communication services.

set: WorldGate announces new agreement with Red Ventures


set: A one-year-old toddler died after she was mauled by a dog which was let off by her neighbour in East Delhi's Kondli locality, police said Wednesday.

set: Toddler dies after being mauled by a dog


set: Benji Marshall sent a scare through the Wests Tigers camp when he suffered an ankle injury in the closing stages of Sunday's 28-10 trial loss to the Roosters at the Sydney Football Stadium.


set: BT has said it will add a further 178 exchanges to its £2.5bn fibre deployment programme.

set: BT will add 178 exchanges to fibre deployment programme


set: We were told that a particular Apple casing won't fit the iPad 2 as ``it has a different shape'' more specifically, it will have a ``slightly larger screen and a thinner bezel''; this contradicts reports that have been leaked earlier that point to a bigger than average bezel.

set: Apple iPad 2 will have ``different shape''


set: A Camp Lejeune marine was killed in a wreck early Thursday morning according to Highway Patrol.


set: Telecom is offering to cut its mobile termination rates by 53 per cent during the next five years in a bid to head off price regulation.

set: Telecom offers to cut mobile termination rates


set: Marshall Sewell, the outstanding bass vocalists of the Doo Wop band, The Edsels has passed away in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.

set: Doo wop singer Marshall Sewell passes on


set: Economist Nouriel Roubini, the Chairman of RGEMonitor.com and one of the few people who foresaw the US housing bust that preceded the economic crisis of 2008-09, says the global recession is coming to an end.


set: US denies Mauritania got 2 Guantanamo prisoners The United States Department of Defense denied claims by a prisoner's rights group in Mauritania, which announced on Saturday that the US had returned three prisoners to the African country, including two men who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay prison.


set: Vets in Ipswich, Queensland are urging dog owners to arrange regular dental checks for their pets.

set: Vets urge dog owners to arrange regular dental checks


set: Lindsay Lohan will be charged with felony grand theft in the case of a missing $2,500 necklace, according to US reports.

set: Lindsay Lohan `to be charged with theft`


set: JuD chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed, blamed by India for masterminding the Mumbai attacks, is ``in custody'' of Pakistani authorities, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced Teusday, but did not make it clear whether he has been arrested.


set: New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey was rushed to the hospital after he became dehydrated at a party with several NFL players in Las Vegas, a spokesman told EPSN Sunday.


set: Barack Obama is reveling in his newfound status as likely Democratic nominee but cautioning that he has work to do against Republican John McCain.


set: The doctors from Patient First are offering advice for avoiding the flu bug this season.

set: Doctors offer advice for avoiding the flu bug


set: 3 has added a SIM only mobile broadband deal to its range of mobile broadband packages.


set: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton paid an unannounced visit to the Afghan capital Wednesday intended to boost faltering reconciliation efforts ahead of the planned withdrawal of NATO forces, international media outlets report.

set: Hillary Clinton pays unannounced visit to afghanistan


set: She will play Lois Lane in the retooled Superman starring Henry Cavill and being directed by Zack Snyder.


set: A Tube driver asked passengers if their mobile phones were working when his radio failed after his train was struck by one of the London July 7 bombers, it has emerged.

set: Tube driver asked for phones as radio failed


set: Egypt today dropped treason charges against top opposition leaders including ex-IAEA chief Mohammed ElBaradei, extending an olive branch to the leaders who had accused President Mohamed Mursi of trying to muzzle dissent.

set: Egypt drops treason charges against opposition leaders


set: Citigroup will have to sell more of its assets to stay in business, well-known banking analyst Meredith Whitney told CNBC Tuesday.

set: Citigroup will have to sell more assets:


set: Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda has signed a new contract which ties him to the club until 2016.

set: Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda signs new contract until 2016


set: Republican state Sen. Glenn Hegar of Katy says he plans to run for Texas comptroller now that Susan Combs has announced she will not seek re-election.


set: Germany, Europe's largest economy, saw its exports plunge nearly 30 percent in April as the global economic crisis continued to hurt demand for its products, the Federal Statistical Office reported Tuesday.


set: Superstar WHITNEY HOUSTON has passed away at age 48, according to her publicist KRISTEN FOSTER.


set: Hub International Limited announced today that it has acquired Scheer' s, Inc., one of the largest privately-owned retail insurance brokerages in the United States specializing in surety bonds.

set: Hub International acquires Scheer's, Inc.


set: Stockholm, Oct 2 A church brochure illustrated with what appeared to be a cannabis leaf has raised eyebrows in the northern Swedish city of Umea, reports said Wednesday.

set: Church brochure raises eyebrows in sweden


set: ``Twilight Saga'' star Taylor Lautner made a surprise appearance at Loew's Theater at the Waterfront Saturday night.

set: Taylor Lautner makes surprise appearance at the Waterfront


set: Radiesse is a soft-tissue filler used to reverse some of the symptoms of facial aging, such as hollows under the eyes and nasolabial folds, also called parenthesis lines, around the mouth.

set: Radiesse is used to reverse some of the symptoms of facial aging


set: A 71-year-old Grants Pass man has died in a boating accident while fishing on the Rogue River.

set: Grants Pass man dies in boating accident


set: A plan by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian to have a wolf hunt on their northeast Washington reservation is allowed under federal law, a state wildlife manager says.

set: Wolf hunt allowed under federal law, wildlife manager says


set: It has been reported that as part of a larger taxation-reform plan, Australia said it will impose a so-called resource super-profits tax beginning on July 1, 2012.

set: Australia to impose a resource ''super-profits'' tax


set: This 'Volute' avocado spray unit was found in the middle of a lane of State Highway 2 between Maungatapu and Te Maunga.


set: During his college career at Florida, he played around with being a WR, and the Eagles have decided to do the same.


set: Floyd Landis has admitted to systematic use of performance-enhancing drugs and accused Lance Armstrong of involvement in doping, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

set: Landis accuses Lance Armstrong of involvement in doping


set: GFI Group a leading provider of wholesale brokerage, clearing services, electronic execution and trading support products for global financial markets announced today the launch of RatesMatchSM, the Group's new electronic trading system designed for hybrid execution of cleared interest rate swaps.


set: EXPORTS of premium quality Irish beef have surpassed targets set three years ago thanks to the elite Chefs' Irish Beef Club, according to the latest Bord Bia analysis.

set: Exports of premium quality Irish beef surpass targets


set: A child sex offender who breached a court order by contacting a young girl was told by a judge today to open up more to his probation supervisors.

set: Offender told to open up to probation supervisor


set: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan wanted to have a cooperative relationship with India despite the challenges confronted by the two countries, as both stood to gain from a sustained engagement.

set: Pakistan wants cooperative relationship with India despite challenges:


set: Schabir Shaik was apparently spotted playing golf yesterday in Durban, this according to the DA is a violation of parole.


set: A routine police check on a south of Scotland motorway found almost 10,000 diazepam tablets bound for Dundee.

set: Routine police check found 10,000 diazepam


set: A 55-year-old man was killed by a bull Friday morning in Farmington at Sandy River Farms.


set: Jack Tweed's alleged rape victim reportedly wanted to stay the night at his flat after she had sex with him and his pal Anthony Davis.

set: Jack Tweed's 'rape victim wanted to stay at his flat'


set: A fraudster tricked a Norwich pensioner out of his £20,000 life savings after he borrowed money pretending he could repay the cash as he was about to inherit more than £200,000 from the estate of his dead parents, a court heard.

set: Fraudster tricked pensioner out of £20,000


set: Dustin Pedroia will miss the rest of the World Baseball Classic because of a strained muscle on his left side, but the injury isn't considered serious.

set: Dustin Pedroia to miss rest of World Baseball Classic with strained muscle


set: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is battling desperately to keep his job, ignoring demands to quit amid a flurry of Cabinet resignations and a swelling rebellion in the ranks of his Labour Party.

set: British Prime minister Gordon Brown battles to keep job


set: Santa Rosa is no longer facing a budget deficit, the city's financial experts told the City Council on Tuesday.

set: Santa Rosa no longer facing budget deficit


set: TV Legend David Carradine has been found dead.


set: Singer Beyonce Knowles says she feels uncomfortable in large groups as she didn't have a ``normal social life'' as a child.

set: Beyonce feels uncomfortable in large groups


set: France and Uruguay played out a goal-less draw in their opening match in FIFA World Cup's Group A on Friday in the Green Point stadium in front of 64,100 spectators.


set: Lions Head Coach Jim Schwartz talks to the media at the start of Lions training camp about the expectations of his team heading into the 2012 season.

set: Lions Head Coach Jim Schwartz talks about expectations


set: Legendary music composer Anthony Gonsalves died at a hospital in Goa after a bout of pneumonia, family sources said today.

set: Musician Anthony Gonsalves dies of pneumonia


set: Six Russian sailors were killed in a vessel fire anchored in the Japanese port of Wakkanai on Thursday.


set: Louisville, Colorado-based Zayo Group, the bandwidth provider headed by Dan Caruso, said this week that it has created a new subsidiary for managed communications services.


set: Indian stocks fell 0.33 percent on Wednesday, reversing four days of gains as they tracked weak Asian trade ahead of the long New Year's weekend, dealers said.


set: Rachel Weisz has given her home a makeover ready for new husband Daniel Craig to move in.


set: A Sacramento synagogue has been vandalized with swastikas and other graffiti, a rabbi said Friday.


set: NuVasive, Inc. , a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Osteocel biologics business from Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. .

set: NuVasive signs definitive agreement to acquire Osteocel biologics business from Osiris Therapeutics


set: VTB Bank plans to exercise the call option on the $750m 6.315% subordinated loan participation notes due 2015.

set: VTB Bank to exercise call option on notes


set: Doctors have asked a court to decide whether a refugee on hunger strike can be forcibly fed. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons and is referred to in court documents as ``A'', went on hunger strike to demand that the UK Border Agency returns his passport.

set: Doctors ask court to decide whether refugee on hunger strike can be forcibly fed.


set: Against the backdrop of the current debate on the Euro and Greece's financial future, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants presents a recovery plan for the Greek economy.

set: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants presents recovery plan for the Greek economy


set: US-based DataXu has introduced a real-time optimization platform for online advertising campaigns, to enable advertisers to measure, analyze and optimize digital media across the ad exchanges of Google, Yahoo and others.

set: DataXu introduces optimization platform for online advertising campaigns


set: Rogers Communications, which owns the Toronto Blue Jays and Sportsnet, wants to bring the MLB Network to Canada.

set: Rogers wants to bring MLB Network to Canada


set: A senior Yemeni official has said that the Yemeni government is prepared to hold a dialogue with the southern leaderships, including those living outside the country and calling for secession from Yemen.

set: Yemen - government is prepared to hold dialogue with southern leaderships:


set: The provincial government of Palawan is set to intensify cassava production with the recent creation of the Special Program Management Office for Cassava Production Project.

set: Provincial government to intensify cassava production


set: KBR today announced it has been awarded a five-year job order contract by the City of Houston to be a preferred provider of renovation and repair construction projects for the Houston Airport System in Houston, Texas.

set: KBR awarded job order contract by City of Houston for Houston Airport System


set: A 20-year-old Zwolle man died Saturday in a single-vehicle crash in Sabine Parish.


set: Cardiff have confirmed Michael Chopra has returned to parent club Sunderland after a two-month loan spell in the Welsh capital.


set: The second draft of the state's proposed high school conference realignment plan appears much more appealing to local schools than the first.

set: High school realignment plan appears much more appealing


set: Administrators have been appointed at aeronautical parts manufacturer BHW with the loss of 64 jobs.


set: Normalcy returned in Orissa assembly today as Congress members participated in the proceedings after stalling the House from the beginning of winter session on November 23, demanding resignation of the chief minister and action against those involved in illegal land acquisition for Vedanta University.


set: Charlie Sheen took steroids for his role as pitcher Ricky Vaughn in 1989 comedy Major League.

set: Charlie Sheen took steroids for role in Major League


set: Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin insisted she is a ``frugal'' spender as she denied she had a 150,000 dollar Republican Party clothes budget for her and her family for the White House campaign.


set: New Delhi, Mar 16 India today welcomed the end to political crisis in Pakistan and hoped that government in Islamabad would be stable so that it can devote attention to fighting terrorism.

set: India welcomes end to political crisis in Pakistan


set: Serbian pro-Western President Boris Tadic said Wednesday that he is resigning, paving the way for early presidential elections where he will face strong challenge from a nationalist candidate.


set: Country legend Loretta Lynn was hospitalized on Saturday with the ``beginning stages (of) pneumonia'' according to her rep. The 76-year-old singer is said to be in stable condition.

set: Loretta Lynn hospitalized with pneumonia


set: Mumbai, Jan 14 Medium sugar prices edged up further at the Vashi Wholesale market here today on increased retail demand.


set: A couple has allegedly committed suicide in the national capital apparently depressed over their poor financial condition, police said on Sunday.


set: A Newport Beach police officer and a woman were sent to a hospital after crashing into each other near Avocado Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway on Thursday night.

set: Police officer, woman sent to hospital after crash


set: Police are looking for a person who robbed a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint Sunday night.

set: Police look for person who robbed pizza driver


set: US oil held steady near $US84 on Friday, paving the way for its first weekly rise in three weeks, although ongoing concerns about a wider debt crisis in Europe and Chinese inflation continued to weigh in post-holiday thin trade.


set: Cunard is basing Queen Mary 2 in Australia for a world-first circumnavigation cruise around the country in 2012.


set: Strength In What Remains by Tracy Kidder is Tutsi's traumatic tale of life in Burundi during the 1993 genocides.


set: The Council Grove baseball team split a doubleheader at Chapman on Tuesday in a break from Flint Hills League action.


set: Amid speculation that the Lok Sabha polls could be held earlier than scheduled, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said that the UPA would ``remain intact'' in the next battle of the ballot.


set: Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood Daily has reported that director Sam Raimi and ``Spider-Man'' leading man Tobey Maguire will be returning to their roles in ``Spider-Man 4''.

set: Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire returning to 'Spider-Man 4'


set: Three people from Portage County will shave their heads next month to raise money for childhood cancer research, but they need your help to reach their $3,500 goal.

set: Three from Portage County to shave their heads for cancer research


set: In an effort to further narrow the razor-thin gap between his foreign policy position and President Obama's, Republican candidate Mitt Romney announced in an interview with CBS News that he is ``open'' to invading Syria.


set: After issuing a statement last night that BISD will no longer offer the adult cosmetology class in the evening, the district spokesman Ron Reynolds confirms that the classes will now be offered.


set: The Man Who Came To Dinner, a collaboration between Ukiah Players Theatre and the Mendocino College Theatre Arts Department, continues at the Ukiah Playhouse this weekend.

set: The Man Who Came To Dinner continues this weekend


set: WOODSIDE, Calif. A mountain lion was spotted near a golf course in unincorporated San Mateo County near Woodside Friday afternoon, according to San Mateo County officials.

set: Mountain lion spotted by golf course near Woodside


set: TRAIN services are returning to normal after a man walked onto the tracks at Liverpool Central.

set: Trains return to normal after man walks down tracks


set: Christians gathered in a number of churches on Sunday to pray for peaceful elections.


set: Missouri survived a scare on the road Friday night in Norfolk, Va.


set: A famous Utah artist, known for his impressionist paintings, died in a car accident near Sigard on Tuesday afternoon while he was traveling Westbound on SR-24.


set: Light sweet crude rose 23 cents to $116.92 a barrel in electronic trading on Monday after briefly touching a new high of $117.48 in the session.

set: Light sweet crude briefly touches new high of $117.48


set: Jr might have something at Phoenix, according to stastitics.


set: ``I want to become a cardiologist,'' said Ruthvik of Vijaya English School, who has secured third position in the SSLC examination.


set: Stone Sour and Avenged Sevenfold are planning to team up and head across the pond to tour the UK this fall, according to Kerrang!

set: Stone Sour and Avenged Sevenfold to tour the UK


set: Army bomb disposal teams were called to a primary school after a year five pupil took an artillery shell to show and tell.

set: Pupil takes artillery shell to show and tell


set: Opposition Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic convincingly won Sunday's Croatian presidential election, promising to help the government's efforts to complete European Union membership talks and join the bloc in 2012.

set: Josipovic wins Croatian presidential election


set: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is to have cancer treatment in Brazil, a local newspaper said on Thursday, xinhuanet.com reports.

set: Hugo Chavez to have cancer treatment in Brazil


set: This is a famous Bugatti Veyron which has been featured in an episode of Top Gear during a drag race involving also Stig in a McLaren F1 in Dubai.


set: Queen's Park and Ottawa are revising tax rules to ensure Remembrance Day poppies are exempt from the new 13 per cent HST.


set: Virginia will offer state employees loans up to $500 in an effort to prevent them from turning to payday or car title lenders during tough economic times.

set: Virginia to offer state employees loans up to $500


set: Two ambulance drivers were suspended for allegedly using their ambulance for personal travel purposes, the Eastern Cape Department of Health said on Saturday.


set: ``IL&FS will be the new promoter of Maytas Infra following an order of the CLB,'' Khurshid told reporters in New Delhi at a media briefing on the new order.

set: IL&FS to be new promoters of Maytas Infra


set: Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson won the 79th Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete Wednesday.


set: The Pakistan Cricket Board may take action against the Akmal brothers for violating the discipline clause of their central contracts, by issuing press statements and taking decisions all by themselves about playing or not in the third Test against Australia.

set: PCB may take action against Akmal brothers for violating discipline clause


set: Reality TV star Richard Hatch has ordered back to prison to serve a nine-month sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the first season of the hit CBS show ``Survivor.''


set: White-and-red signs along the Alabama coast warn tourists that swimming is not advised because of the presence of oil-related chemicals.

set: Signs along Alabama coast warn against swimming


set: VETransfer, the Milwaukee organization supporting veteran entrepreneurs, has launched a new seed accelerator with the help of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.


set: Supermarket giant Tesco plans to open 30 bank branches by the end of next year as it looks to take advantage of the financial crises and advance its personal finance offering.


set: US consumer spending jumped 0.7 percent in October, helped by a rebound in auto sales, government data showed Wednesday.


set: Linebacker Lawrence Wilson, a sixth-round pick for the Panthers and currently a practice squad player, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and speeding.

set: Lawrence Wilson arrested, charged with possession


set: Frank Sinatra III who was known by others as a recluse, overdosed on pills in an attempt to commit suicide.

set: Frank Sinatra III attempts to commit suicide:


set: The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore will be hosting an Open House for prospective volunteers on Sunday, January 30, 2011 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, at the Zoo's Mansion House.

set: The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore will be hosting an Open House for Volunteers


set: South African populist firebrand Julius Malema was charged with money laundering and released on bail on Wednesday as he derided the case against him as the political handy-work of arch-foe President Jacob Zuma.


set: Santa comes to town on Sunday, Nov. 25 for a parade that starts at 1 pm It will follow the traditional route along Queen St. S., starting at Britannia Rd. and ending at Old Station Rd.


set: Regions Financial Corporation today announced it achieved $25.1 billion in 2007 for community development, small business and mortgage lending for low-income communities and borrowers across the South, Midwest and Texas.


set: Crescendo Networks, a provider of Web application acceleration and optimizintion, has raised $5 million in Series D funding.


set: Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions and who should be involved.


set: An unattended candle in a bedroom started a fire east of Rehoboth Beach that caused $40,000 damage to two homes, the state Fire Marshal's Office reported today.

set: Candle starts fire near Rehoboth; $40,000 damage to two homes


set: FirstWorks presents ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER in their first ever Rhode Island appearance!

set: FirstWorks presents ALVIN Ailey American DANCE THEATER


set: npower launches film to urge businesses to make CRC a board level priority and to help CRC participants prepare.

set: Npower urges businesses to make CRC a board level priority


set: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has rejected parole for a Costa Mesa dentist who killed three people in the 1980s by administering fatal doses of anesthetic.Tony Protopappas, who is now 65 years old, has served more than 25 years of his 15-to-life sentence for second-degree murder.

set: Schwarzenegger rejects parole for dentist


set: Rico Auto Industries Ltd., an Indian supplier of parts to General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co., expects to post its first annual profit in three years as demand for cars and motorcycles surge in the South Asian nation.

set: Rico Auto expects to post first annual profit in three years


set: Care Improvement Plus, a health plan for Medicare beneficiaries with special needs, has enrolled its 100,000th member.

set: Care Improvement Plus enrolls 100,000th member


set: Eastview Mall is celebrating 40 years of being Rochester's premiere shopping destination and there will be a big celebration on Saturday.

set: Eastview Mall celebrates 40 years with big celebration on Saturday


set: Durable goods orders rose 3.0% in January after increasing 1.9% in December.

set: Durable goods orders rise 3.0% in January


set: First Quantum Minerals Ltd. today provided the following update on its expansion and development objectives for its operating mines and growth projects.

set: First Quantum Minerals provides update on expansion and development objectives


set: It is reported that Dufenergy, the Energy head Company of Duferco Group, is selling its operative Italian commercial arm.

set: Dufenergy may sell Italian commercial arm


set: The Chicago White Sox have declined to tender 2013 contracts to right-handed pitcher Anthony Carter and infielder Dan Johnson.

set: White Sox decline to tender 2013 contracts to Anthony Carter and Dan Johnson


set: The Chief Scout, Bear Grylls, is visiting Jersey on Sunday for an activity day involving 350 scouts.


set: New York, Australian model Miranda Kerr, who is expecting her first child with actor husband Orlando Bloom, bared all for a magazine photoshoot.


set: India's 1st full length feature film Raja Harishchandra completes 100 years on Friday.


set: Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed nine Republican budget bills, setting the stage for a special legisaltive session.


set: The rate of salary increases dipped to 2.5 per cent at February 2011 from a peak of 5.2 per cent in early 2009.


set: Which? has launched a mortgage advice service for Which? members and their family and friends.

set: Which? launches its mortgage advice service


set: On Saturday, New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey hinted that he might not attend the team's mandatory minicamp, which begins on Wednesday.


set: Two homeless people were charged with disorderly conduct after police received a report of indecent exposure.

set: Homeless people were charged with disorderly conduct


set: Authorities say a man accused of killing an Auburn University student confessed to shooting her.

set: Man accused of killing Auburn University student confesses


set: Vanderbilt University says it will offer a selection of free online classes beginning in the spring.

set: Vanderbilt University to offer free online classes


set: Analysts said mobile application stores will exceed 8 billion downloads in 2010, eight out of ten of which will be free to end users.

set: Mobile applications to exceed 8 billion downloads in 2010


set: The federal and Alberta environment ministers are getting a first-hand look at oilsands monitoring sites around Fort McMurray.

set: Environment ministers look at oilsands monitoring


set: A reminder to all residents: please remember that the Jackson Police Department or the Jackson PBA do not solicit donations over the telephone.

set: A reminder to all residents: please remember that the Jackson Police department...


set: The Google Play store has hit the 25 billion downloads mark, and to celebrate, Google is offering major app download discounts for the next five days.

set: Google Play store hits 25 billion downloads


set: Yankees owner George Steinbrenner will be on the Hall of Fame veterans committee ballot next month with former New York manager Billy Martin.

set: Steinbrenner will be on veterans committee ballot


set: NBT Bancorp Inc. and Alliance Financial Corporation announced last week that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Alliance will merge with and into NBT.

set: Alliance Financial Corporation to merge with NBT


set: Military police are investigating after a body was found on CFB Borden near Barrie, Thursday morning.

set: Military investigate after body found at CFB Borden


set: American Jordan Burroughs has won the men's 74-kg freestyle, beating Iran's Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 to give the US its first wrestling gold medal of the London Games.

set: Jordan Burroughs gives the US its first wrestling gold medal


set: A new report says renewable water resources have declined in Southern Canada over the past three decades.


set: Multiple sources state that Casey Johnson final days were tragic leading up to her death.


set: A drive-by shooting on the city's east side has left a woman paralyzed.

set: Drive-by shooting leaves woman paralyzed


set: US launched airstrikes against al-Qaeda targets in southern Yemen last week to keep al-Qaeda's Yemeni offshoot from taking advantage of the unrest in the Persian Gulf nation, ``news24.com'' informs.

set: US launched airstrikes against al-Qaeda targets in Yemen


set: In a note entitled No more space for Gold Bars, Swiss news website 20 Minuten Online reports that Swiss banks are running out of secure storage space for gold bullion held by investors and institutions.

set: Swiss banks running out of storage space for gold bullion


set: Bhopal , Mar 21 The CPI in Madhya Pradesh has lodged complaints with the Election Commission against the ruling BJP in the state for allegedly violating the model code of conduct for Lok Sabha elections.

set: Complaints against BJP for 'violating' model code of conduct


set: QUEENSLAND Deputy Premier Paul Lucas has been discharged from hospital after his second health scare in 13 months.

set: Health minister Paul Lucas discharged from hospital


set: Kazakh cycling team Astana, still awaiting their ProTour licence, insisted they are hopeful of keeping Tour de France champion Alberto Contador among their riders.


set: They managed to one-up themselves Tuesday night, losing 4-3 in 12 innings to the Phillies despite giving up only three hits.

set: Chicago Cubs lose 4-3 in 12 innings to philadelphia Phillies


set: ``It is sad that the administrators of the sport have lost the plot. They are taking decisions which are affecting the players dramatically. If South African Cricket Board were to be a private company, it would have been taken to task for bringing disrepute to the sport,'' an agitated Symcox told The Hindu on Sunday.


set: Several Michigan organizations are combining forces to host a new, statewide social entrepreneurship competition.

set: Michigan organizations host statewide competition


set: Manchester United say they may report Real Madrid to Fifa over their public pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo.

set: Manchester United could report Real over Ronaldo


set: ``I wanted to retract from the forcible confession recorded by the police during my custody,'' said Ghandy, who was brought to the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja by the Andhra Pradesh police after their investigations.

set: Kobad Ghandy wants to retract confession


set: Education officials in East Tennessee have approved a new location for a school that was closed after a large sinkhole opened near the playground.

set: Officials approve new location for school


set: China has agreed to allow the US aircraft carrier Nimitz to make a port call in Hong Kong later this week, despite its recent decision to suspend military exchanges with the United States.

set: China to allow US aircraft carrier port call in Hong Kong


set: An earthquake shook a large portion of the northeastern United States on Tuesday from Washington, DC, and Virginia all the way up to New York City and Martha's Vineyard, Mass., where President Obama is vacationing.

set: Earthquake shakes northeastern United States


set: Russian police broke up anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Sunday, and detained scores of demonstrators, including several opposition leaders.


set: A Mount Rainier National Park ranger was fatally shot after a New Year's Day traffic stop, and the 368-square-mile park in Washington state was closed as dozens of officers searched for the gunman over snowy and rugged terrain.

set: Mount Rainier National park ranger fatally shot


set: The New York Dolls are ready to rock your stereos again will all new music.


set: War correspondent Michael Yon, currently in Afghanistan, reports on his Twitter that, according to his sources, the New York Times and its associates paid millions of dollars to secure the release of reporter David Rohde from Taliban capture.

set: New York Times ``paid millions'' to release David Rohde from Taliban:


set: The police are ``unwittingly fuelling the illegal arms trade'' by ordering thousands of new pistols to replace those that have been lost or stolen, a Democratic Alliance spokesperson said on Wednesday.


set: Flint Township residents Tuesday learned more about a new biogas plant that will go up in their community starting next year.

set: Flint Township learns more about biogas plant


set: The Cabinet has approved starting teaching of English language from Grade 4 in boys and girls primary government schools effective from the new academic year 2011-2012.

set: Cabinet approves teaching of English language from Grade 4


set: A mass natural gas shut down by Atmos Energy on Thursday, June 25th effected approximately 700 homes and businesses in Teague.

set: Natural gas shut down effects 700 homes and businesses


set: Chelsea captain John Terry has been banned for four matches and fined £220,000 for racially abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand.


set: Nick Coe, who's been an executive with Banana Republic and Levi Strauss & Co., will be the new president of Lands' End, parent company Sears Holdings Corp. announced today.


set: Christina Aguilera just recently dropped her newest music video on her fans, the slightly Madonna-ish, Lady Gaga-esque ``Not Myself Tonight,'' and now it's been announced she'll perform that same song for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards on June 6.

set: Christina Aguilera to perform at MTV Movie Awards


set: Spoof hard rockers Spinal Tap have just announced a ``world tour'' to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their film This is Spinal Tap.


set: Quirky orange-haired designer Vivienne Westwood has returned to the catwalk at London Fashion Week.


set: A bottle shop worker was threatened with a syringe during an attempted armed robbery in Brisbane's southeast last night.

set: Bottle shop worker threatened with syringe


set: A man was in critical condition after being shot outside a South El Monte apartment complex late Thursday afternoon.

set: Man critical after being shot outside South El Monte apartment complex


set: The California Highway Patrol announced Monday that it will accept applications in January from people interested in a career as a CHP officer.

set: California Highway Patrol to accept applications in January


set: The father of Christopher Dennington has paid tribute to his son following his death in a road accident near Staindrop on Sunday.


set: ``Personally, I will prefer to have an alliance with the Congress,'' NC president Omar Abdullah said when asked whom his party would like to see as a coalition partner in the future government.

set: Omar Abdullah prefers alliance with Congress


set: US Ambassador to Islamabad Cameron Munter on Tuesday pledged that the US will continue helping Pakistan as both the countries were bonded with the relation of strong friendship.


set: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday ruled out talks with his foes to end a five-month rebellion against his rule and said the battle had already been decided in his favour.


set: Nine state-run Indian lenders said Monday they have formed a consortium to fund infrastructure projects valued 10 billion rupees and above.

set: Nine Indian lenders form consortium to fund infrastructure projects


set: Holland will sell $4 million in bonds to pay for a parking deck under construction downtown.

set: Holland to sell bonds to pay for parking deck


set: After the Congressional supercommittee failed to reach a deal to cut the budget, President Obama tonight vowed to veto any attempts to undo $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts that would take effect in 2013.

set: Obama vows to veto attempts to undo automatic spending cuts


set: After the elections, the Third Front will come to power and formulate a new economic and independent foreign policy, Communist Party of India general secretary Prakash Karat said on Sunday.


set: ``Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files'' returns Tuesday at 9 pm on Syfy with its spring premiere episode, featuring the case of a woman being levitated off of her bed while she sleeps and the case of the world famous, supernatural ``Ice Man.``

set: ``Fact or Faked'' returns Tuesday at 9 pm on Syfy


set: Gay celebrity Christopher Biggins says he is happy with civil partnerships but doesn't want to redefine marriage because ``we can't just get rid of everything''.

set: Christopher Biggins says no to redefining marriage


set: Southwest Airlines has launched an air fare sale in which some flights cost the same as what other carriers charge to check a bag.

set: Southwest Airlines launches air fare sale


set: The first phase of the Vinh Tuy bridge, the fifth spanning the Red river in Hanoi, was inaugurated on September 26.

set: First phase of Vinh Tuy bridge inaugurated


set: First Lady, Mrs. Ernestina Naadu Mills says government will make the protection of children a priority.

set: Government to make protection of children a priority


set: In a tragic road accident in Royapettah on Saturday evening, a 47-year-old woman was run over by an MTC bus after she was knocked down from a motorcycle on which she was travelling with her son.


set: Dunkin' Donuts to use sustainable palm oil Dunkin' Donuts has agreed to source its palm oil from sustainable sources.


set: A ROBBER stole cash from a shop till this week after threatening a member of staff.


set: Adobe has finally released Lightroom 2.0, the newest version of its digital edit suite for photographers.


set: Vietnamese police arrested another blogger, her mother and diplomats said Friday, as authorities continued a crackdown against writers who have criticized Communist Party policies online.


set: AN AMBULANCE worker has been banned from driving after he drove to work while still over the limit from the night before.


set: Ajax thrashed 10-man AZ Alkmaar 6-1 Sunday in the Dutch league after conceding an early goal.

set: Ajax thrashes AZ 6-1 in Dutch league after early goal


set: Gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson said yesterday that it will add 225 manufacturing jobs at its Springfield facility.


set: In his weekly address today, he blames an al-Qaida affiliate for the failed Christmas Day airliner attack.


set: Federal regulators on Thursday night urged retailers across the country to stop selling nearly 900,000 dangerous bassinets, one of the largest child product safety actions in years.

set: Federal regulators urge retailers to stop selling dangerous bassinets


set: Hand hygiene brand Carex has appointed Brazen to handle its PR and social media ahead of its 20th anniversary campaign this year.

set: Carex appoints Brazen to handle PR and social media for anniversary campaign


set: A repeat drunk driver from Pequot Lakes is in the Stearns County jail after another arrest in St. Cloud.

set: Repeat drunk driver arrested in St. Cloud


set: Saab Automobile AB said Wednesday that it is discussing a new ownership structure with its Chinese investors, trying to save plans of selling the cash-starved company after former owner General Motors Co. objected to the deal.


set: Kareena Kapoor, who is fresh after the stupendous success of Jab We Met , has the best of banners in her kitty.


set: Steven Adler, the original drummer of Guns N' Roses, publishes his new memoir titled 'My Appetite for Destruction:


set: A Bank Street kitchen fire briefly caused traffic disruptions downtown but was swiftly extinguished by the New London Fire Department.

set: Kitchen fire briefly causes traffic disruptions


set: Caribbean journalists attending the Thomson Foundation Multimedia Journalism Workshop in Barbados were urged to recognize that ``a word is like a bomb and once it is set free it can do all kinds of damage.''

set: Caribbean journalists urged to recognize 'a word is like a bomb'


set: Four men have been charged with racially or religiously aggravated public order offences in Barnet.

set: Four men charged with public order offences


set: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today rejected allegations his country is developing nuclear weapons, saying there is 'not a single credible proof.

set: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects allegations his country is developing nuclear weapons


set: Romney won Nevada by a decisive double-digit margin.


set: Results of a new study find that HPV's are causing oral cancers in men.


set: The city of Rome is easing outdoor watering restrictions imposed at the height of Georgia's historic drought.

set: Rome to ease some outdoor watering restrictions


set: An Amber Alert has been issued for a Houston boy who's been missing since Christmas Eve.


set: EASTBOURNE, England - Kim Clijsters lost 7-6, 6-4 to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne grass-court tournament Thursday.

set: Clijsters loses to Azarenka at Eastbourne


set: Singapore Exchange will be introducing pre-trade risk controls to strengthen the marketplace with increased opportunities for direct access to the exchange network.

set: SGX to introducing pre-trade risk controls


set: Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty today in the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores, the Peruvian woman he encountered in a casino in 2010.

set: Joran van der Sloot pleads guilty to murder


set: Weather extremes show 'climate risk' Updated: 13:20, Tuesday February 19, 2013 Last year's record shrinkage of Arctic sea ice and a spell of catastrophic droughts, floods and storms highlight the risk to the planet from climate change, the UN Environment Programme says.


set: A BMW recall affecting 570,000 vehicles in North America has been issued due to a faulty battery cable connector that could cause the engine to stall.

set: BMW recall affects 570,000 vehicles in North America


set: Camlin has been an outperformer persistently over several years though both of them have reacted and both of them had pretty good starts to the bull market.


set: A Turkey-Britain business forum will take place in Turkish capital of Ankara on September 26.

set: Turkey-Britain business forum to take place in Ankara


set: A DURRINGTON murder suspect who kept his girlfriend's dead body for 10 months killed himself after fearing he could not clear his name.

set: DURRINGTON murder suspect killed himself


set: MUP has launched a major clampdown on organized crime groups, and according to Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, more arrests will follow today, Beta agency informed.


set: San Diego-based VMIX is eyeing customers of Maven Networks, a provider of video hosting owned by Yahoo, saying Wednesday that it will help customers of Maven to migrate to VMIX.


set: Former union law minister and senior counsel Ram Jethmalani has decided to challenge in the Supreme Court the continued house arrest of separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, a close aide of the senior hardline leader said Saturday.

set: Jethmalani to challenge geelani`s house arrest


set: RAPE charges against Manchester United defender Jonny Evans have been dropped, it emerged last night.


set: Hurricane Isaac is coming ashore with a fury.


set: The Washington County Sheriff's office has confirmed that a baby was pulled from the Virgin River earlier Wednesday.


set: Bank of America saw its earnings estimates cut by yet another analyst following a quarter in which the bank lost $8.8 billion, its largest in history.


set: Mortgage-backed securities investors have accused Countrywide, Bank of America's mortgage unit, of 'massive fraud' in its sales, says Reuters.

set: Investors accuse Countrywide of 'massive fraud'


set: On Wednesday 13th March, Israeli forces arrested Palestinian from Hebron governorate, south of the West Bank.

set: Iof forces arrest Palestinian from Hebron


set: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs Committees, will be sworn in Wednesday by the Speaker of the House to her ninth term in the US House of Representatives to serve in the 112th Congress.

set: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to be sworn in Wednesday to 112th Congress


set: 28 more laid off State Troopers will be reinstated on January 11th, and returned to the posts they came from.


set: Stephen Strasburg struggled with various issues during Washington's 6-1 loss to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday.

set: Stephen Strasburg struggles in loss to San Diego Padres


set: Harriet Harman, the Leader of the House of Commons, has condemned ``reckless'' and ``irresponsible'' banks that have been bailed out by the state and still expect to ``award themselves massive bonuses''.

set: Harriet Harman condemns 'reckless and irresponsible' bank bonuses


set: Xitron, the prepress industry's leading independent developer and integrator of Raster Image Processors, RIP management and prepress workflow software today announced that it has upgraded the XitronInfoChannel on the popular video sharing service YouTube to include HD quality product and customer testimonial videos.

set: Xitron upgrades the ``XitronInfoChannel'' on YouTube


set: Two people have been charged with human trafficking as part of an investigation into the disappearance of two teenage girls from care in West Sussex.

set: Two people charged over human trafficking


set: Microsoft released two security updates addressing one Critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and two Important vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office.


set: Three Pakistani naval officers are to face an unprecedented court martial for charges of negligence over a Taliban attack on an air base that took 17 hours to repel and left 10 military personnel dead.

set: Pakistan naval officers face court martial over negligence


set: Authorities say the man whose body was recovered this morning from Little Lake Butte des Morts drowned after apparently jumping off the Roland Kampo Bridge Sunday night and trying to swim to shore from a bridge support.

set: Body recovered this morning from Little Lake Butte des Morts


set: US President Barack Obama said from Chile on Monday that it is US policy that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi needs to go, adding that US military actions will stick to the ``international mandate'' given by the United Nations.

set: It is US policy that Gaddafi needs to go:


set: The yen tumbled while Japanese stocks and government bonds rallied on Monday as the Bank of Japan lost no time embarking on its ambitious stimulus drive, but weak US jobs data and regional risks such as North Korea weighed on other assets.

set: Yen tumbles, Japanese stocks and bonds rally


set: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sacked the foreign minister on Monday and appointed the country's top nuclear official as the caretaker for the key position, the official IRNA news agency reported.

set: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sacks foreign minister:


set: A former Clarkston Schools teacher has pleaded guilty to using a cell phone to send sexually explicit text messages and a partially nude photo of herself to a 14-year-old student.

set: Teacher pleads guilty to sending explicit texts to student


set: Flixster Inc., producer of the world's largest online movie community at www.Flixster.com, today announced that it has acquired Rotten Tomatoes from IGN Entertainment.

set: Flixster Inc. acquires Rotten Tomatoes from IGN Entertainment


set: Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has bounced back from his recent health scare in time to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday.


set: Van prices at auction continued to fall for the second consecutive month in June, according to BCA's latest Pulse Report.

set: Van prices fall for second month in June


set: Liam Fox is to face a fresh investigation into his links with Adam Werritty after the parliamentary standards watchdog accepted a complaint into the conduct of the former defence secretary.

set: Liam Fox faces investigation by parliamentary standards watchdog


set: BTG Pactual, the Brazilian bank controlled by billionaire Andre Esteves, agreed to sell a $1.8 billion stake to a group of overseas investors including the Rothschild and Agnelli families.

set: BTG Pactual to sell $1.8 billion stake to investors


set: The University of Iowa is weighing future bids for Olympic trials -- including swimming and diving trials that have been held recently in Omaha -- after turning a $300,000 profit as host of the US Olympic Wrestling Trials this year.

set: Iowa weighs future bids for Olympic trials


set: Yemeni security forces killed 34 suspected Al-Qaeda militants and captured 17 in operations against the group today in the south and around the capital, the Defence Ministry said.


set: A Red Lake man has been indicted during mid-Janaury for a brutal assault on the Red Lake Chippewa Reservation.


set: Demi Lovato has slammed the TV and movie industry for ''glorifying an unhealthy body image''.


set: Livingston held its annual ``Welcome to Livingston Picnic'' for new residents on Monday at the Senior and Community Center.


set: Kingfisher Airlines, India's only Five Star Airline rated by Skytrax, launched direct flights connecting Kolkata to Patna and Ranchi to Raipur.

set: Kingfisher Airlines launches direct flights from Kolkata to Patna and Ranchi to Raipur


set: A major sewage project effecting residents in one Middletown Neighborhood is nearing completion.


set: Account holders in federal capital are facing a lot of difficulties due to non-functional ATM machines as inspite of providing facilities to the customers.

set: Account holders in federal capital facing difficulty due to non-functional ATMs


set: In 2012, the Indian parliament fiddles around with cheap party politics while India burns.


set: New tourist information center will open in Garni, Armenia by the yearend, Mediamax informed.

set: New tourist information center to open in Garni


set: Jackie Shroff is all set to debut in Kollywood with Aaranya Kaandam, in which he plays a don.


set: Banco Santander SA said Monday it is considering bringing investors into its asset management division though no definitive agreement has been reached yet, the bank said in a filing to Spain's market supervisor.

set: Santander considering investors for asset management division


set: Angelina Jolie will be taking on a new role in refugee crises, the American actress and United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.

set: Angelina Jolie to take on new role in refugee crises


set: Former Ashes hero Graham Dilley has died aged 52 after a short illness, the England and Wales Cricket Board revealed today.


set: Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right killer who traumatised Norway by massacring 77 people, was finally forced to confront the cold reality of his crimes on Monday when his trial opened with the first full account of his three hours and nine minutes of slaughter.

set: Anders Behring Breivik forced to confront cold reality of his crimes


set: Wolfsburg says it has signed out-of-contract midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger on a free transfer.

set: Wolfsburg signs midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger


set: A Burlington City man was indicted last week on drug charges related to a June raid in which police officers made one of the largest seizures of suspected drug proceeds in city history, authorities said.

set: Burlington City man was indicted on drug charges


set: The EU on Tuesday authorized $11 million in humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe, VOA News reports.

set: EU authorizes $11 million in humanitarian aid for Zimbabwe;


set: Mumbai, July 23 Producer Sajid Nadiadwala, who was in Los Angeles supervising the shooting of Akshay Kumar-Kareena Kapoor starrer 'Kambhakt Ishq', left the unit all to themselves to be with his pregnant wife.

set: Sajid Nadiadwala leaves unit in us to be with wife


set: Workers happy as Gove operations secured Updated: 15:58, Wednesday February 13, 2013 Alumina workers in the outback Northern Territory town of Nhulunbuy are cheering news that mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd will maintain operations at its Gove refinery.


set: The National Hockey League is threatening to kick Madison Square Garden out of its league as punishment for the owners of the New York Rangers accusing the league of violating antitrust laws.

set: NHL threatening to kick Madison Square Garden out of its league


set: A man convicted of the brutal murder of a Perthshire pensioner has dropped his appeal against conviction and sentence.

set: Man convicted of murdering Perthshire pensioner drops appeal


set: The Queenstown hydroslide is to close after a spate of injuries.


set: An 18-year-old Colorado woman reported an aggravated assault Saturday, according to the Jamestown Police Department.


set: Setpoint Systems, a leader in design and manufacture of custom lean automation solutions and manufacturing equipment, today announced the release of the revised edition of the acclaimed business management book ``Financial Intelligence.''

set: Setpoint announces release of revised edition of Financial Intelligence


set: Skila, A Sela2 Company, announces the launch of the 11.0 version of its technology platform.

set: Skila launches 11.0 version of technology platform


set: Kodak says that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, marking the end of an era for the company that brought photography to the masses more than a century ago.

set: Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames