British Environment Minister Resigns over wifes traffic violations
British government environment minister Chris Huhne resigned on Friday after the announcement that he would have to face charges over dodging a speeding fine by having the penalty points put on the driving licence of ...

Ships based in EU, NATO and OECD countries traffic most arms and drugs : SIPRI
Stockholm: More than 60% of ships involved in reported cases of sanctions-busting or illicit transfers of arms, drugs, other military equipment and sensitive dual-use goods that could be used in the development of missiles and ...

Organization of the Islamic Conference and the West Asian disturbance
Organization of the Islamic Conference chief Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu yesterday issued a statement "for maximum restraint and to spare the lives of the people (in Egypt). Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is made up ...

WTO confirms China’s export restraints on raw materials
Geneva: The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on 3th Jan confirmed the findings made by an European Union Panel in July 2011 that China’s export restrictions on several industrial raw materials are ...

Future Android Platform to be optimized for Intel Atom for Smartphones
Intel Corporation and Google Inc has announced to enable and optimize future versions of Android for Intel's family of low power Atom processors. It will enable speed time-to-market of Intel technology-based smartphones running the Android ...

Syrian forces launched a pre-dawn raid on opposition strongholds
Cairo: Syrian forces have launched a pre-dawn raid on against the rebellious city of Homs where dozens have been killed. Western and Arab nations rush to unveil a draft UN resolution that would condemn the ...

Swiss Comptetion Commission opens investigations against UBS and Credit Suisse
Competition Commission of Switzerland (COMCO) has announced opening of investigations against UBS and Credit Suisse, as well as against more than ten foreign financial institutes and other companies. COMCO cited receiving information regarding potential unlawful ...