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An army general protesting the “socialism or death” motto of President Hugo Chavez has been released from military detention, but still could be charged with a crime, his attorney said Wednesday.
Venezuela’s military on Tuesday detained a dissident army general who opposes the socialist ideology espoused by President Hugo Chavez, but the officer’s attorney said he expects his client to soon be released.
With ingredient prices popping up like toaster strudel, General Mills said on Wednesday it has raised cereal prices and might consider other price increases, too.
Foodmaker General Mills Inc. said costs for hedging commodities drove its fourth-quarter profit down 17 percent, but strong sales of yogurt, cookie mixes and Cheerios boosted revenue above Wall Street expectations.
General Mills says commodity hedging costs drove fiscal fourth-quarter profit down 17 percent, but strong sales of its yogurt, cookie mixes and Cheerios boosted revenue above Wall Street expectations.
For the first time in American history a woman has been chosen for promotion to four-star general.
The Nashville Predators signed defenseman Ryan Suter to a four-year, $14 million contract on Monday. Suter is the latest to benefit from the Predators’ desire to keep as many of their young, talented players off the free agent market as possible. General manager David Poile said the pressure now is for Suter, the team’s first-round pick in the 2003 NHL draft, to live up to his new contract.
Shares of General Electric Co. fell to their lowest point in more than four years Monday when an analyst downgraded the company’s shares and predicted a challenging environment for its business operations.
President Bush is nominating Gregory C. Garre to be the U.S. solicitor general, the lawyer charged with arguing the administration’s cases before the Supreme Court.
Democratic Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has tapped the dean of the Ohio State University law school to serve temporarily as attorney general after a sexual harassment scandal forced out the previous attorney general.
An earthquake has unleashed waves of terror in central China on Satuday (Nov. 26). It killed at least 14 people and destroyed thousands of homes. The tremor had a magnitude of 5.7 and its epicentre was near the city of Ruichang in Jiangxi province....
The ruling Junta in Myanmar has shifted the capital of the country to Pyinmana town, about 250 miles north of the current capital, Yangon, formerly Rangoon. A minister said there was a need for a “command and control center” in a strategic location....
Police arrested 17 terror suspects in Australia”s two biggest cities on Tuesday ( Nov. 08) in raids. Authorities claimed to have foiled a plot to carry out a catastrophic terror attack. A radical Muslim cleric known for praising Osama bin Laden was...
The recent jab by the US President Bush at the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is a pointer to the fact that the US suffers from Chavezphobia in the manner as it used to be the prey to the Castrophobia in the past. Bush was participating in the...
Mukhtaran Mai, the Pakistani gangrape victim, who single-handedly waged a battle on her rapists against all odds, has received accolades and support from around the world, says the Washington Post. Her battle has made a tremendous difference to the...
Hasan Suroor, Special correspondent of the Indian newspaper “The Hindu” has asked some questions from Ms. Irshad Manji, Canadian author of the controversial book “The Trouble with Islam Today”. The minset of Hasan Suroor, an Indian Muslim, who seemed to...
Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan (god) Osho to millions of his followers all over the world, has written in his book “Beyond Psychology”: Terrorism is related to what is happening in society. Society is falling apart. Discipline, morality, religion, everything...
Though the bifurcation of India gave birth to Pakistan way back in 1947, fiftyeight years ago, the mutual distrust and suspicion between the two neighbours continue to prawl to the extent that it seems that none will grow and mature ever. For instance...
Myanmar (Burma) tops the list of conflict-prone countries in the world. Another South-east Asian country, India, long-mired in violence in Kashmir, comes second to it. These disclosures have come out in the “Human Security Report, 2005″. This report, in...
The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who is emerging as the US enemy no. one, brackeeted with Fiedel CCastro of Cuba, has urhed Venezuelan parents not to let their children dress up as witches and ghouls for Halloween, calling it a “game of terror” - a...
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General Motors sales consultant Mike Bechtolt hangs a banner in front of the GM dealership in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, July 1, 2008. General Motors Corp. said Tuesday its U.S. sales sank 18.5 percent in June led by declining sales of its heavier and less...
