Asian stocks mixed after big rally as investors turn cautious ahead of US bank “stress tests”SHANGHAI — Asian markets were mixed Tuesday after the previous day’s big rally as investors turned cautious ahead of the U.S. government’s “stress tests” for the 19 largest American financial companies later this week. Mine That Bird questionable for Preakness after pulling off Kentucky Derby upsetLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bennie Woolley Jr. swears his trademark black cowboy hat is not a fashion statement, that he’s not some renegade trainer from New Mexico bent on setting the horse racing world on its ear. NJ trooper’s trial hinges on whether deaths of 2 teen sisters were reckless or accidentalCAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J. — From opposite sides of tragedy, they came together for a few brief seconds: the grieving mother, full of pain and questions about the deaths of her two teenage daughters, and the state trooper who killed them. I Want Revenge installed as Kentucky Derby favorite in full 20-horse fieldLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jeff Mullins pulled I Want Revenge out of California this winter, sending him to run on dirt in New York. Bob Baffert stayed put on the synthetic surface with Pioneerof the Nile, and the colt racked up four consecutive victories. Teen hiker lost for 3 nights after planned 17-mile hike in NH mountains is found safePINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. — An Eagle Scout whose day hike in the mountains went awry when unusually warm weather turned small streams into raging rivers, blocking his way, was found safe Tuesday after spending three nights alone in the woods. We admit our past mistakes, says Clinton on climate changeWASHINGTON - Assuring India and China that it wants their economies to grow, the US has told representatives of the world’s leading economies that it is no longer ‘absent without leave’ in the global warming debate. AP Interview: Polo team veterinarian who injected horses is grief-stricken after pony deathsWELLINGTON, Fla. — When Argentine veterinarian Felix Crespo injected 21 elite polo horses with a vitamin supplement shortly before a championship match in Florida, he never imagined they would all be dead the next day. Asian stocks down amid uncertainty about economy, earnings; US ’stress tests’ eyedHONG KONG — Most Asian markets dropped Friday as investors braced for news about the “stress tests” on major U.S. banks while hopes for an economic recovery remain bogged in uncertainty. Suwon edges Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 in Asian Champions LeagueSUWON, South Korea — Suwon Samsung Bluewings moved closer to a place in the knockout stage of the Asian Champions League after rallying to beat Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 on Wednesday. Jade Goody to get ‘boozy farewell’LONDON - Jade Goody’s friends and family are to gather at a posh London club to bid a “drunken farewell” to the late reality star. Lounge culture goes popular in ChandigarhCHANDIGARH - People fond of liquor can now enjoy their stay in Punjab as a dream destination. Anyone feeling like having a swig of his or her favorite brew, to simply drive down to his favourite Lounge bar in Chandigarh. Indy race car driver Castroneves ready to race after acquittal on most tax evasion chargesCastroneves ready to race again after trial ends MIAMI — Throughout his tax evasion trial, Brazilian race car driver and “Dancing With The Stars” champ Helio Castroneves talked of his desire to get behind the wheel again. Plane smashes into Fla. home, splitting it in half; 80-year-old pilot dies in crashPlane splits Florida home in half; pilot dies OAKLAND PARK, Fla. — A small plane sputtered and dove into a house shortly after taking off from a local airport Friday morning, slicing the home down the middle into two charred pieces. The pilot was killed. Junk food makes kids fatter but merrierWASHINGTON - Fast food and soft drinks may be fattening children but they are also making them merrier, a new study has found. Amid acrimony, campaigning ends for start of Indian voteNEW DELHI - Campaigning for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections ended Tuesday evening in 15 states and two union territories as the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) traded fresh charges ahead of a tough battle tipped to throw up another hung parliament. Sikhs protest outside court hearing Tytler caseNEW DELHI - Thousands of Sikhs Thursday protested outside a Delhi court that is scheduled to decide on the case of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler’s involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Old fox of Orissa politics awaits a last chance (Reissuing with correction in 10th paragraph)BHUBANESWAR - He stepped down as chief minister a decade ago amidst scandals. Earlier this year, his party asked him to relinquish the post of leader of the opposition. He holds no organisational position. Last week, his name did not figure in the list of candidates released by his party for the coming elections. Doha’s Museum of Islamic Art - powerful, surprising simplicityDOHA - There was incredulous murmuring among experts at first when the Arab Gulf states announced ambitious plans for art museums. The sheikhs, of all people, wanted to join the international elite of art connoisseurs and collectors in just a few years? It’s all hunky dory for England mid-fielder Pete Crouch!LONDON - England and Portsmouth mid-fielder Peter Crouch has had worse days, but hours after netting a brace in Portsmouth’s win over Everton, he made it a hat-trick by taking gorgeous Abbey Clancy out for dinner. Tough, indirect mathematics paper worries CBSE Class 10 studentsNEW DELHI - Thousands of students sat for their Class 10 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) maths exam in centres across the country and abroad Saturday. Many found the paper ‘tough’ while others felt the questions were ‘indirect’. Dalai Lama still a `wolf’ to China, 50 years after flightHONGYA - ‘Get out of here! They will arrest anyone who looks in there,’ cried a middle-aged woman standing near the closed red doors of a small temple in China’s north-western province of Qinghai. Will Rahman have his day with ‘Slumdog’ at the Oscars?LOS ANGELES - British director Danny Boyle’s hit film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is the favourite to win the Oscar for best picture at Sunday night’s annual Academy Awards, but would luck smile on Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman too? Pandher, Koli may join notorious list of serial killersNEW DELHI - Punjab businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surinder Koli, who were given the death sentence Friday for raping, killing and cannibalizing Rimpa Haldar - the first among the 19 cases registered against them - may well figure in the infamous list of serial killers who gained notoriety for the methods they employed. Gaza’s water woes likely to get worseGAZA CITY - Five small children, aged 3 to 7, gathered outside a small kiosk in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, carrying dirty yellow and red plastic jugs to fill up water from a metal tank. Jammu and Kashmir heading for fractured verdict (Counting Trends)SRINAGAR/JAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir assembly was headed Sunday for another hung verdict with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and National Conference racing ahead of others. |
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