October 2010

Italian airline Alitalia said Thursday its third quarter profit soared, reflecting a rise in passenger numbers, and predicted that it could surpass its financial target this year. The group, which was on the verge of bankruptcy in 2008,…

The Mumbai slum of Rafiq Nagar has no clean water for its shacks made of ripped tarp and bamboo. No garbage pickup along the rocky, pocked earth that serves as a road. No power except from haphazard cables strung overhead illegally. And…

Yemeni police arrested a woman on suspicion of mailing a pair of bombs powerful enough to take down airplanes, officials said Saturday as details emerged about a terrorist plot aimed at the U.S. that exploited security gaps in the worldwide…

Haiti is at serious risk of further devastation from earthquakes in the near future, geologists have warned. Their research, to be published in next month's issue of Nature Geoscience, indicates that not all the geological strain that…

Spain's quarterly unemployment rate has fallen for the first time in more than three years, but remains the highest in Europe, official data has shown. The country's jobless rate declined to 19.8% in the July-September period, said the…

India has followed the United Arab Emirates in backing off from a threat to ban popular services on Blackberry devices, amid growing global concern over access to encrypted information. The Ministry of Home Affairs said Friday that…

Companies that make huge flat-screen televisions and their LCD panel components are alerting investors that demand is dropping in the U.S. and other developed markets. The forecasts trickled out as Asian electronics manufacturers reported…

The Minister of Communications, Haruna Iddrisu has asked the National Communications Authority (NCA) to probe the various ‘text and win’ promotions by telecom operators to verify whether they are consistent with gaming laws of the country.…

The Minister of Communications, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has said there is the need for co-location of masts by Telecommunication Service operators and other players in the industry to reduce the proliferation of masts in the country.…

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) on Friday appealed to the citizenry to respect the dignity of the Office of the President and the Vice-President of the Republic, as well as the Speaker of Parliament, Chief Justice and all political leaders,…