Indian Gold Prices at Record, Cooling Jewelry Demand

With constant hammering of stock market gold is fast emerging as the best source of invesmtment.  Gold zoomed past all previous records to set a record . Gold dealers said melting stocks and forex markets left no other option for investors other than gold and they...

So close and yet so far: From Pooneryn to peace in Sri Lanka

"While the government’s military project has effectively weakened the military strength of the LTTE, it has admittedly grossly neglected nurturing and developing parallel political structures. Indeed, despite the much vaunted provincial administration in the East, that...

Why the UAE has the best economic outlook « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"The UAE bourses have also weakened but the local economic outlook remains strong, and given the terrible prospects elsewhere, the Emirates probably has the best economic prospects in the world for at least the next few years. "

No Joke to New Orleans- the good, the bad and the FEMA.

"Funny thing is it's no joke to New Orleans OPINIONBy JACK COLWELL Tribune Columnist NEW ORLEANS -- The evil eye of Katrina focused on Louisiana a year and nine months ago, bringing flood waters, devastation and death to New Orleans. Now, this is a city of jokes. Funny...

Smoke on the horizon

"Urgency In PakistanTaliban-al-Qaeda Alliance Grows Beyond 200,000 Men With Eyes On IslamabadBy Steve Schippert With the Taliban-al-Qaeda alliance fortified, well-established and growing in North and South Waziristan, the North West Frontier Province and several other...

Remnants of Hurricane John dump heavy rain on Baja, could drench parts of U.S.

"LA PAZ, Mexico The remnants of Hurricane John soaked Baja California fishing villages and retirement communities and could bring flooding to parts of the U.S. Southwest before dying out. By late Sunday, the once-powerful hurricane had weakened to "a heavy rainfall event"...

Weakened Ernesto's rains force hundreds from homes - Seattle Times

" By SONJA BARISIC The Associated Press PREV of NEXT BUDDY NORRIS / NEWPORT NEWS DAILY PRESS A rescue crew takes Mariners Landing Apartments residents to safety Friday in Newport News, Va. Related National Hurricane Center NORFOLK, Va. — Ernesto weakened to a tropical...