India’s Reliance launches giant retail rollout
HYDERABAD, India, Nov 3, 2006 (AFP) - Indian corporate giant Reliance Industries began a multi-billion dollar superstore rollout Friday with promises to the …
HYDERABAD, India, Nov 3, 2006 (AFP) - Indian corporate giant Reliance Industries began a multi-billion dollar superstore rollout Friday with promises to the …
Nov 02 (LBO) - Sri Lanka posted record tea production in September, as estate worker trade unions thrash out a wage increase for over 250,000 plantation …
BERLIN, Nov 2, 2006 (AFP) - Euro bills in Germany have begun mysteriously disintegrating, leading police to suspect a prank using sulfuric acid, the …
SINGAPORE, Nov 2, 2006 (AFP) - Singapore's Tiger Airways has applied to India and Sri Lanka to fly to six destinations as part of a bid to ramp up its South …
BORDEAUX, France, Nov 1, 2006 (AFP) - Winemakers in France's prime Bordeaux wine region have shrugged off warnings by experts over a rise in counterfeiting of …
CAIRO, Nov 1, 2006 (AFP) - Figurines of King Tut, Ramses and Queen Nefertiti in Cairo's famous Khan Khalili bazaar all bear the hallmarks of pharaonic regalia, …
VIENNA, Nov 1, 2006 (AFP) - Trade unions from around the world set up a new labour giant, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), here on Wednesday …
MUMBAI, Oct 31, 2006 (AFP) - India's central bank warned Tuesday of overheating in one of the world's fastest growing economies as it juggled interest rates in …
Oct 31, 2006 (AFP) - The Sri Lanka Cricketers' Association (SLCA) on Tuesday announced an awards scheme for the country's leading domestic and international …
NAIROBI, Oct 30, 2006 (AFP) - Kenya's tea production surged eight percent in the third quarter of this year from last but remains below the 2005 cumulative …
MOHALI, India, Oct 30, 2006 (AFP) - The failure of the four Asian teams to make the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy indicated trouble lay in store at the …
BANGKOK, Oct 29, 2006 (AFP) - London has its black cabs, Venice its gondolas, and Bangkok its tuk-tuks, but Thailand's iconic three-wheeled taxis are going …
OSLO, Oct 28, 2006 (AFP) - Giraffes mounting, aroused whales mating and dragonflies copulating -- perfectly normal, tender scenes -- although perhaps not for …
NEW YORK, Oct 26, 2006 (AFP) - India and the United States have agreed to meet in a bid to iron out differences over achieving a global trade accord, Indian …
TOKYO, Oct 27, 2006 (AFP) - The International Rugby Board has axed Colombo as the venue of the final Asian qualifying round for next year's World Cup due to …
COLOMBO, Oct 27, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan rugby authorities Friday said they were disappointed after Colombo was scrapped as a venue for next year's World Cup …
LONDON, Oct 27, 2006 (AFP) - The City of London marked on Friday 20 years since the so-called "Big Bang" which broke down staid old practices with a wave of …
HONG KONG, Oct 24, 2006 (AFP) - Pay-TV piracy in Asia is estimated to cost the industry 1. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the USA buy …
HONG KONG, Oct 23, 2006 (AFP) - With a whir and a flash of lights, a robot whizzes to the restaurant table and takes a customer's order, while a second races …
HARARE, Oct 23, 2006 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's cash-strapped national carrier, Air Zimbabwe, announced fare increases on Monday of up to 500 percent on both …