Banks support India microfinance

Banks support India microfinance


Banks support India microfinance

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:00 PM PDT

India's banking industry throws its full support behind microfinance lenders after weeks of upheaval and confusion.


US candidates make final vote push

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:06 PM PDT

On Tuesday millions of Americans will vote in elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate and it looks like the Democrats are facing big defeats.


Clinton Urges Khmer Rouge Trials

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:06 PM PDT

On a visit to Phnom Penh, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that trials were necessary for Cambodia to "confront its past."


Survivors describle deadly attack on Baghdad church

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:05 PM PDT

BAGHDAD - The worshipers heard the first shots and explosions about 20 minutes after the beginning of Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Salvation Church.


Tension mounts in Tanzania over delayed vote results

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:14 PM PDT

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian police fired tear gas to disperse opposition supporters in the commercial capital Monday as tension rose over delays in releasing the results of Sunday's presidential and parliamentary elections.


Sidebar: A First Amendment Case, Shrouded in Secrets

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:52 PM PDT

After a failed effort to stop her from talking about a case, an activist was served with a sprawling subpoena. Now a brief filed in her support has been sealed.


Symbolic Term for Ex-Qaeda Soldier

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Omar Khadr was sentenced to 40 years in custody for war crimes, but he might be released in fewer than three years, the Defense Department said.


Appeals Court Weighs Immigrant Law

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:40 PM PDT

Gov. Jan Brewer defended Arizona's strict new immigration law in federal appeals court, while lawyers from the Justice Department called it unconstitutional.


Kidney donor claims £14m damages

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:47 PM PDT

A man who nearly died during an operation to donate a kidney to his sick father is claiming High Court damages of more than £14m.


Party leaders call for S4C review

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:59 PM PDT

The leaders of the four main parties in Wales write a joint letter to Prime Minister David Cameron calling for an independent review of S4C.


Sudan arrests nine Darfur activists: civic leader

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:42 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan arrested nine Darfur activists including a prominent human rights lawyer, just weeks ahead of a southern referendum on secession, a civil society leader said on Monday.


Plot sparks Europe flight crackdown

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:10 PM PDT

UK bans freight from Yemen and Somalia, as Germany extends Yemen ban to passenger flights in wake of US-bound bomb plot.


Live - Blackpool v West Brom

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:28 PM PDT

West Brom travel to fellow promoted side Blackpool looking for a win which would take them up to fourth in the Premier League table.


Day in pictures: 1 November 2010

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:52 PM PDT

Some of the most striking pictures from around the world on 1 November 2010.


At War: Premonitions of Danger at Baghdad Church Held Hostage

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PDT

The Iraqi priest feared that he and his parishioners would be in need of deliverance, and his fears proved correct.


Doubts cast on India Olympic bid

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:15 PM PDT

A leading Commonwealth Games official casts doubt on Delhi's ability to host the 2020 Olympics.


Mudslides kill three in Tuscany

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:18 PM PDT

Mudslides triggered by heavy rainfall, have killed three people in central Italy.


Afghan Police Unit Defects en Masse to Taliban Side

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:30 PM PDT

In a volatile area southwest of Kabul, the police on duty Monday morning appear to have sacked and burned their own station and then disappeared.


Bats: How the Rangers Can Beat Lincecum

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:09 AM PDT

Powered by a new, harder slider, Tim Lincecum showed the league that he remains an elite arm.


Girl, 8, impaled on metal fence

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:50 AM PDT

An eight-year-old girl is in a serious but stable condition after becoming impaled on a metal fence in Bedfordshire.


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