International Business News - Global News http://ibtimes.co.uk/globalnews/ All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://ibtimes.co.uk/ http://ibtimes.co.uk/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A 17-year-old girl died when the vehicle she was in plunged into a swollen river as torrential rain flooded homes and caused transport chaos in Britain on Friday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4457-commuters.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080906/floods-britain-teenager-dies.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080906/floods-britain-teenager-dies.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:44:38 EDT An earthquake measuring 5.6 struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Saturday and officials said they expected casualties. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080906/afghanistan-earthquake.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:39:58 EDT The United States remains willing to remove North Korea from a list of terror-sponsoring states as soon as the North agrees rules to check its nuclear disclosures, Washington's envoy in disarmament talks said on Saturday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080906/north-korea-nuclear-programme.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:38:44 EDT U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi - once reviled as a "mad dog" by a U.S. president - on Friday on a historic visit which she said proved that Washington had no permanent enemies. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080906/condoleezza-rice-libya-visit.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:35:20 EDT Tropical Storm Hanna charged closer to the Carolinas early on Saturday, lashing the coast with heavy rains before striking land and running up the U.S. East Coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Centre said. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080906/hanna-storm-carolina-haiti.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:31:44 EDT Members of Pakistan's parliament and four provincial assemblies began voting in a presidential election on Saturday to choose a replacement for Pervez Musharraf, who resigned last month. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4456-ppp.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080906/pakistan-presidential-elections-ppp.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080906/pakistan-presidential-elections-ppp.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:27:20 EDT Rural Thais say the middle class Bangkok protesters occupying Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's compound are destroying their livelihoods and should end their three-month campaign to topple the government. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4445-police.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080905/rural-thailand-protests.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080905/rural-thailand-protests.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:16:32 EDT The prosecutor's office is investigating allegations that there was a CIA prison in Poland where al Qaeda suspects were questioned and guards might have used methods close to torture, the prime minister's top adviser said on Friday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080905/poland-cia-secret-prison-investigation.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:43:32 EDT Condoleezza Rice travels to Libya on Friday, the first trip there by a U.S. secretary of state in 55 years, signalling improved ties between the two countries. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080905/condoleezza-rice-libya-visit.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:40:32 EDT Australia's 25th governor-general was sworn into office as the representative of the Queen on Friday, with republicans holding out little hope that Australia will abolish the job any time soon. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080905/australia-governor-general-quentin-bryce.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:37:32 EDT Survivors of Tropical Storm Hanna crowded a shelter in the Haitian port city of Gonaives on Thursday, weeping for loved ones swept away by the floods and lining up to register for food that did not arrive. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080905/haiti-storm-hanna-floods.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:33:32 EDT Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin kicked off a two-month battle for the White House on Friday with a promise that "change is coming," a theme co-opted from their Democratic rivals. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4441-john-mccain-and-sarah-palin.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080905/john-mccain-sarah-palin-campaign.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080905/john-mccain-sarah-palin-campaign.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:59:32 EDT U.S. combat troops could be pulled out of Baghdad within 10 months because of declining violence in the Iraqi capital, General David Petraeus, U.S. commander in Iraq, said in an interview published on Thursday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4429-soldiers.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080904/troops-iraq-pullout.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080904/troops-iraq-pullout.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:27:32 EDT A specialist armed police officer is facing investigation after leaving a loaded gun in a Starbucks cafe in central London, police said on Thursday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080904/gun-police-firearms-officer-starbucks.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:54:32 EDT Getting into the semi-finals of a grand slam for the first time is an enviable achievement and yet Andy Murray will not be satisfied until he has etched his name into the U.S. Open annals. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4427-andy-murray.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080904/andy-murray-open-semi-finals.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080904/andy-murray-open-semi-finals.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:52:32 EDT Police are likely to recommend indicting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges within three days, Israeli media reported on Thursday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080904/police-indictment-ehud-olmert-israel.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:49:32 EDT The protesters organise with Facebook, YouTube as well as via messages from local mosques. They eschew violence, but are seething with anger. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080904/kashmir-protests-india.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:47:32 EDT Defiant Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej refused to quit as his opponents vowed on Thursday to keep up a street campaign to unseat him, setting the scene for more political uncertainty. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080904/thailand-prime-minister-samak-sundaravej.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:44:32 EDT U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Georgia on Thursday to signal support for its government after Russia crushed Georgian forces in a brief war last month and pushed deep into the ex-Soviet state's territory. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080904/dick-cheney-georgia-visit.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:41:32 EDT U.S. Republican presidential nominee John McCain has a new attack dog. Her name is Sarah Palin, and she bites hard. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4426-sarah-palin.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080904/sarah-palin-republican-convention-speech.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20080904/sarah-palin-republican-convention-speech.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:34:32 EDT