England’s quartet lead charge in Champions LeagueHAMBURG - England could have four teams in the quarter-finals of the Champions League if the Premier League quartet can match their first-leg performances in this week’s return games. Chinese Navy ship arrives at Pakistani portKARACHI - Chinese Navy destroyer ‘Guangzhou’ arrived Thursday at the southern Pakistani port of Karachi for multinational exercises. Italy returns Orthodox Church to RussiaBARI - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev who travelled to the southern Italian city of Bari Sunday received a symbolic key to Italy’s Russian Orthodox Church from President Giorgio Napolitano. EU urged to help end Guantanamo ’scandal’BRUSSELS - Sherif el-Mashad, a 32-year-old Egyptian with a knack for carpentry, moved to Italy in 1997 in search of a better life. Having obtained the necessary permits, he began working in a restaurant before setting up a small business near Lake Como. NATO willing to commit more troops to Afghanistan: GatesWARSAW - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that nearly 20 NATO countries are ready to send more troops to Afghanistan to help the government in fighting insurgency. UN official slams world powers as reform talks beginNEW YORK - The UN General Assembly president took yet another shot Thursday at some world powers for what he called disrespect of the UN Charter, while intergovernmental negotiations began on reforming the UN Security Council. Ireland come from behind to win World Cup qualifierHAMBURG - Ireland were helped by a dubious penalty to come from behind to beat Georgia 2-1 in a European World Cup Group 8 qualifier played in Dublin. British trade unions reach deal over foreign workersLONDON - Demonstrators at an oil refinery in Britain were Wednesday urged to abandon their protest after a deal was reached in marathon talks between trade unions and employers at the plant owned by French energy company Total. EU faces deep, broad recession: European CommissionBRUSSELS - Europe faces a deep and broad recession this year, the European Commission predicted Monday, with economic activity in the 16-strong eurozone set to shrink by 1.9 percent as a result of the world’s worst economic crisis since World War II. Manchester City, AC Milan juggle Kaka’s futureROME - A crucial week for the future of AC Milan star Kaka started Monday with the scheduled arrival in Italy of his father Bosco, who will act as his agent as Manchester City look to buy the Brazil player from the Milanese club for a world record fee. Atheist ads fail to get onto Italian city’s busesGENOA - An attempt by Italian atheists to emulate like-minded campaigners in Britain and Spain by placing ads on buses denying the existence of God, suffered a setback Friday when their proposal was rejected in the northern city of Genoa. US student goes on trial for murder in ItalyPERUGIA - Media frenzy surrounded the opening Friday of a trial in which a US college student and her Italian former boyfriend are accused of sexually assaulting and murdering her British roommate. India in UN panel to combat piracy off Somalian coastWASHINGTON - An international group, including India, has established four working bodies to combat piracy and armed robbery at sea off Somalia’s coast. The region witnessed over 100 attacks, including 40 seizures, in 2008. Natural rubber prices likely to fall soonKOLKATA - The price of natural rubber is likely to come down by around Rs.15 a kg in the near future due to a slump in demand from tyre companies, M.F. Vohra, president, All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA), said here Monday. Goa sees 13 percent drop in foreign tourists flying inPANAJI - The number of foreign tourists flying into Goa fell by nearly 13 percent this holiday season, say the police. Russians have now become the second largest group of foreign tourists flying into the coastal state, after the British. |
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