Swiss delay return of Mubarak millionsSwitzerland has said it will delay the return of millions of dollars of assets linked to deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak while it evaluates the institutions requesting the money. Swiss More… |
Storm leaves millions without power in USMore than 2 million people were without power in the mid-Atlantic region on Saturday from hurricane-force winds that ripped through the area overnight. Restoring power in storm-damaged parts of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the Dis More… |
Email scammers tout assets of deposed leadersScam emails supposedly from close aides or relatives of deposed Arab leaders are offering a huge chunk of their assets if recipients hand over their bank details or pay a fee up front. "The quantity of attacks of this sort that we detect i More… |
Millions to die if India stops Aids drugsMillions of people dependent on life-saving generic drugs to treat HIV/Aids will die if India stops producing cheap drugs for the disease due to its trade deal with the European Union, the head of UNAIDS warned on Tuesday. The EU and India More… |
Millions ready for World Cup kickoffThe 2010 World Cup, first to be hosted on African soil, will kick off today (Friday) at the 94,700-capacity Soweto ground with hosts South Africa playing Mexico. The match will be proceeded by an opening ceremony that will More… |
Hotels 'spending millions to upgrade surveillance'Hotels across the UAE are spending millions to upgrade their security surveillance systems following the assassination earlier this year in Dubai of a senior Hamas leader, said an expert. “Working with the co-operation of police, hotels in More… |
GE opens biggest water plant in AlgeriaGE Water and Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company, has opened the $250 million Hamma Seawater Desalination Plant (SWDP) as part of its initiative to provide water supply to millions in Algiers. Hamma SWDP is North More… |
'Smoking kills million Indians every year'Smoking is killing nearly a million people a year in India, exacting a higher toll than previously thought, but allied problems are often different to those seen in the West, according to research published on Thursday. A study published i More… |
Cable damage cost Batelco millionsUnprecedented damage to undersea cables that severely disrupted Internet links last week has cost Batelco millions of dollars, it was revealed. The company's web service is still not back to normal for 45 per cent of Internet subscribers, More… |








