WASHINGTON, D.C.: Democrats proposed a $15-billion bailout package
for the troubled US auto industry Monday in a compromise that sources say may still not gain approval from the
White House.
The proposal offers less than half of the $34
billion General Motors (GM), Chrysler and Ford said they would need
to stave off a “catastrophic collapse” of the nation’s
automotive industry.
DUBLIN: Ireland scrambled Monday to limit the fallout from a
cancer-linked pork crisis, as exports were halted and pig farmers
warned that thousands of jobs could be at risk in a vital industry.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistani officials Tuesday quizzed an alleged
“key planner” of the Mumbai attacks as the United States urged
further cooperation with Washington and New Delhi to prevent
follow-on strikes.
BEIJING: The harassment and imprisonment of drug users in China is
undermining the country’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic,
activist group Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
MEXICO CITY: Drug gang-related killings have risen 117 percent in
Mexico so far in 2008, compared with the same period last year, the
country’s top prosecutor said Monday.
HONG KONG: Top health official on Tuesday confirmed that a chicken
farm at the New Territories had reported cases of the H5 avian
influenza virus. York Chow, Secretary for Food and Health of Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region...
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