THE world`s biggest maker of alcoholic drinks, said today that profits flattened in 2007-08 and forecast slowing growth this year because of tough trading conditions
INDONESIA`S armed forces chief today dismissed a US federal court judge`s ruling that ExxonMobil must face a lawsuit over alleged killings and torture by troops in Aceh province
NEW Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark could stand down her Foreign Minister Winson Peters tomorrow after a fraud probe was launched into the party he leads
FOUR men and one woman have been hanged in a Tehran jail for murder, with two others given a reprieve, a newspaper reported today, the latest in a series of hangings that have drawn criticism from rights groups
EU states are considering imposing sanctions on Russia when they hold an emergency summit next week on the Georgian crisis, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said today
A MODERN art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that Pope Benedict has condemned as blasphemous may have its days numbered
RUSSIA has successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile designed to overcome anti-missile systems, news agencies reported, citing Russia`s strategic nuclear forces
HOLLYWOOD megastars George Clooney and Brad Pitt helped kick off the 65th Venice film festival, taking to the red carpet along with their directors the Coen brothers in Burn After Reading
THE Tower of Pisa is being challenged by a lesser-known 12th-century building in the northern Dutch town of Bedum as Europe`s most steeply leaning tower
NASA has confirmed that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software
THREE years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents are again faced with the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav loomed
LOUISIANA Governor Bobby Jindal today declared a state of emergency and announced plans to begin evacuating coastal areas ahead of the storm forecast to strike the state on Monday afternoon as a Category 3 hurricane
