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Auto executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, and Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the auto industry bailo

Chastened auto execs plead their case

TVNZ

Dec 5, 2008 10:16 AM Having grounded their luxury jets and agreed to work for $1 a year, the heads of the "Big Three" US automakers dropped arrogance for humility in a new plea for federal help to survive. "We're here today because we made mistakes, which we are learning from," General Motors chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner testified at a hearing of...

photo: AP / Gerald Herbert

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Opinion Worldwide

The surprising life of a polar archipelago

International Herald Tribune

Life on this planet always surprises us. Animals turn out to be smarter than humans expect....

Mayor Boris, the liberal

The Guardian

November was a big month for Boris Johnson. Policy initiatives flowed, on transport, on...

Sainsbury's Britishness test

The Guardian

It was only in June that Sainsbury's boss, Justin King, criticised campaigns encouraging...

BSF worried over border exodus

Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol in Lankamura village along the India-Bangladesh International border, outskirts of Agartala, India, Friday, Jan. 12, 2007. Security has been intensified in the border areas after Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed declared a state of emergency Thursday evening. India shares over 4,000-kilometers (2500 miles) border with Banglad

The Times of India

5 Dec 2008, 0302 hrs IST, Jayanta Gupta, TNN Text: KOLKATA: Border Security Force officials said that there had been an exodus across the 1,145 km porous Indo-Bangla border ever since the...

photo: AP / Ramakanta Dey

Ecuador ordered to pay $1.6 bn to Chevron

A Chevron flag flies over the Chevron refinery Monday, April 21, 2008, in Richmond, Calif. Rising gasoline prices tightened the squeeze on drivers Monday, jumping to an average $3.50 a gallon at filling stations across the coun

The Times of India

Text: QUITO: Ecuador has been ordered to pay US oil giant Chevron 1.6 billion dollars by an international court in a long-standing dispute over alleged environmental damage, the company said on...

photo: AP / Ben Margot

Gold loses sparkle after ECB slashes interest rates

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The Times of India

Text: MUMBAI: Gold suffered a jolt across the board on Thursday after the European Central Bank (ECB) cut interest rates by 75 basis points on Thursday — its biggest ever cut. In Mumbai, a major...

photo: WN / deniseyong

Knut the Polar Bear Being Evicted From Berlin Zoo

Fox News

The world's most famous polar bear, Knut, has become the latest victim of the worldwide credit crunch. The animal, which pulled in the crowds as a cute cub, turns 2 years old Friday and needs a new enclosure at the Berlin Zoo for him to grow up and...

photo: GNU Free Documentation / Jeses

Mumbai attacker can be tried in US: Attorney-General

U.S. Attorney General, Michael B Mukasey, adjusts the microphone as he gives the keynote address at the National Advocacy Center Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in Columbia, S.C. Mukasey told more than 200 federal prosecutors and FBI agents gathered in Columbia on Wednesday they must resist being drawn in to politics as they investigate voter fraud allegat

The Times of India

5 Dec 2008, 0020 hrs IST, AP Text: WASHINGTON: US attorney-general Michael Mukasey said on Wednesday that the United...

photo: AP / Mary Ann Chastain

IAF gears up to foil 9/11 type strikes

An Indian technician clears an Indian Su-30 fighter aircraft for takeoff at the Indian air force base, in Kalaikunda, about 150 kilometer (94 miles) west of Calcutta, India Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005. An India-U.S. joint air force exercise under the code name "Cope India 05" started Nov. 7 amidst protests by tens of thousands of people who objected to closer military ties with Washi

The Times of India

5 Dec 2008, 0041 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit, TNN Text: NEW DELHI: With intelligence inputs holding terrorists could strike through the aerial route after the maritime one, the IAF has cranked up...

photo: AP / Bikas Das