Women's Volleyball Roundup: Host China grabs second win, low …Xinhua, China - Aug 11, 20081 Brazil. The Russians put up no real resistance in the 25-14, 25-14 and 25-16 defeat two days after Italian head coach Giovanni Caprara blamed their …Report: Italian volleyball player given Cuba visa CNNItaly scores 2nd win in women's volleyball with return [...]
Gap year: discover the Latin spiritIndependent, UK - Aug 11, 2008In Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Venezuela travel is often much more expensive than in other countries, but it is not too tricky to sniff out budget food and …
Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke, officials with the sheriff's department said Tuesday.The deep-voiced soul singer died Sunday after he was found unconscious at his
, most of which are European, sweep up hundreds of tonnes of less valuable skipjack tuna outside Somalia’s waters. Many cheating longliners are from Taiwan and Indonesia; others are from Sri Lan…
tional carrier Air China, a spokesman for the Paris prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. Air China's Paris office received a letter, written in English, threatening reprisals if Muslim prisoners in Ch…
By TOM KRISHERAP AUTO WRITER TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Despite the headwinds of a slumping U.S. economy, tight credit, high gasoline prices and declining home values, Ford Motor Co.'s top American ex…
Forget cola, lemonade or beer – Japanese people sweltering in the summer heat now have a new canned drink to quench their thirst – made out of eels. The fishy drink Unagi Nobori &nda…
I have friends who feel proud that they were handcuffed because of their ideas. They would have liked it if, back in those days, the television had divulged the news of their arrest because they could…
BEIJING — Alain Bernard of France set a world record in the men's 100-meter freestyle in the time of 47.20 seconds in the semi-finals at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday. Australia's Eamon Sullivan …
Qantas grounds 6 planes to check maintenance files Australia's airline safety body said Wednesday it would expand its investigation of Qantas after the company announced it temporarily pulled six airc…
US President George Bush still thinks a world trade deal is possible despite a major setback last month and will continue pushing to get one, US Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has said.
-(Dow Jones)- Singapore's Changi Airports International said late Tuesday that its consortium has been shortlisted in a bid to develop and operate St. Petersburg's
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Prince Charles, owner of an organic farm, says that increased use of genetically modified crops to help solve world food shortages could lead to environmental disaster. The hei…
US gets its improbable outcomeCNN - 2 hours agoAP SHENYANG, China — The chances of the US women's soccer team winning its group (and avoiding a quarterfinal clash with Brazil) were so unlikely that on …
Balfour, British Energy, Interserve: UK, Irish Equity PreviewBloomberg - 3 hours agoAnglo American Plc (AAL LN): The world's fourth-biggest diversified mining company plans to invest .36 billion in two iron-ore mines in Brazil. …
Copa is the first Latin American airline with both Embraer 190 and Boeing 737 Next Generation simulators PANAMA CITY, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Copa Airlines (NYSE: CPA) has received an Embrae…
The oil company said earnings rose to 8.7 billion reals (about 5.4 billion dollars), compared to 6.8 billion reals in 2007. The company attributed its strong performance to the rising price of the cru…
The inclusion of partners would help ONGC to share risks and access technical support in developing its first major discovery in recent years, and may also open the opportunity for securing ultra-deep…
Lufthansa is expanding the services it offers to customers flying to Brazil and launching code share flights in partnership with the Brazilian carrier TAM. From 18 August, Lufthansa and TAM passengers…
Brazil's Bovespa fell 0.4% to 54,502.97, losing earlier gains. The benchmark index tumbled 3.3% on Monday as commodity prices slumped. Shares of state-run oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR) manage…