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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Ohio Standard.com http://www.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:16:21 -0400 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:16:21 -0400 30 Foreign exchange markets are experiencing violent gyrations Monday amidst global markets turmoil. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415307/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:26:08 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415307/cs/1/ Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have presented conflicting visions of how they plan to shrink American military presence in Iraq. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415163/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:36:33 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415163/cs/1/ Though Republican presidential candidate John McCain has used his war hero status to push his political ambitions, fresh evidence has surfaced that the ex-navy pilot was actually accident prone. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415162/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:34:16 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415162/cs/1/ Australia’s defence minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, has raised some concerns that the war in Afghanistan may be neglected by the US administration. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415161/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:32:55 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415161/cs/1/ At least 25 people, including a television journalist and two key members of the main opposition United National Party, have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing in Sri Lanka. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415160/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:30:01 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415160/cs/1/ A strong earthquake has hit Kyrgyzstan, close to the country's border with China, killing more than 60 people. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415159/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:26:27 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415159/cs/1/ Hollywood actress Salma Hayek narrowly avoided a wardrobe malfunction in a plunging Bavarian dress during a guest appearance on a German television programme over the weekend. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415420/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:01:05 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415420/cs/1/ Former Playboy playmate Pamela Anderson gave a surprise to the magazine's chief Hugh Hefner on his 82nd birthday by offering him a cake in the nude. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415417/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:54 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415417/cs/1/ London-based Indian-born billionaire Lakshmi Niwas Mittal was Monday elected chairman of the World Steel Association ('worldsteel'), representing about 180 steel producers from across the globe. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415416/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:43 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415416/cs/1/ Candace Bushnell, creator of the American cable TV programme "Sex and the City", has gone on record to say she will love to see teen star Miley Cyrus play the young Carrie Bradshaw in a prequel to the hit TV series. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415414/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:23 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415414/cs/1/ Stock markets around the world plunged Monday as investors worried that government bailouts for sick banks were failing to cure a crisis that threatens to infect global trade and industry too. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415413/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:14 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415413/cs/1/ Growing uncertainty about the health of Europe's banking system sent German stocks plunging to a 27-month low on Monday. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415412/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:09 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415412/cs/1/ Indian tarantulas, hairy and large spiders, are now in the 'Red List' of species threatened with extinction, according to a leading global environmental network as it unveiled its latest global study of threatened species. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415408/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:02 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415408/cs/1/ DreamWorks top executives Steven Spielberg, David Gaffen and Stacey Snider have formally ended their ties with Paramount Pictures, clearing the way for a new film company backed by Anil Ambani. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415401/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:00:35 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415401/cs/1/ The Dow Jones Industrial Average Monday fell below 10,000 points for the first time in four years and the S&P 500 reached a four-year low on worries about more bank bail-outs in Europe and tumbling commodity prices. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415397/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:00:16 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415397/cs/1/ At least 18 people were killed and more than 40 injured Monday in a suicide bomb attack at the guest house of a lawmaker in Pakistan's Punjab province, the police said. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415392/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:00:07 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415392/cs/1/ Harbahajan Singh's declaration that he is not out to make friends against Australia has fired up his foe opener Matthew Hayden, who said such comments would only inspire him to perform better against the hosts. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415387/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:00:33 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415387/cs/1/ Washington, Oct 6 (Xinhua) The Bush Administration pledged Monday to move rapidly to deal with the current financial crisis. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415384/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:00:30 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415384/cs/1/ Adam Gilchrist will return to play cricket against Australia. The batsman will feature in a team of returning greats against a full-strength Australian XI in a Twenty20 All-Star clash at Brisbane next month. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415381/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:00:27 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415381/cs/1/ Neel Kashkari, an Indian American, is expected to oversee the $700-billion bailout package of the US Treasury Department approved by Congress. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415374/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:00:22 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415374/cs/1/ Israel has hired a British public relations firm to re-market it to the world, and the company is in the final stages of preparing to launch the new image, the Israeli Ha'aretz daily reported Monday. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415365/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:00:11 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415365/cs/1/ St.Jeev Milkha Singh primed himself up for a home challenge with a brilliant five-under 67 at the Old Course here that propelled him to a 24th place finish at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Sunday. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415362/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:00:06 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415362/cs/1/ Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, a former commander of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, was Monday named by the government as a member of Sri Lanka's 225-seat parliament, official sources here said. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415353/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:01:08 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415353/cs/1/ Pakistan's legendary batsman Zaheer Abbas has warned that India will make a grave mistake if it decided to dump its senior players who have been the cornerstone of its strong batting line-up. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415350/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:01:00 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415350/cs/1/ Kabul, Oct 6 (Xinhua) The Afghan National Army (ANA) and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed 11 Taliban militants and wounded five in a joint operation Monday in Daychopan district in southern Afghanistan, an official said. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415339/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:00:40 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415339/cs/1/ Parliamentarians from 15 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) countries will interact with legislators from Middle Eastern and North African countries at a seminar here this month. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415325/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:00:24 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415325/cs/1/ The two warring suitors of Wachovia banking chain in the US - Citigroup and Wells Fargo - are being pressured by the federal government to reach a compromise, which may end up carving up the North Carolina-based bank, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) newspaper has reported. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415313/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:00:10 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415313/cs/1/ With an eye to the vast expatriate Indian population in the Gulf, ICICI Direct, the online trading platform of India's ICICI Securities, has launched its online futures and options (F&O) trading facility for overseas Indians. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415311/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:00:08 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415311/cs/1/ Bishkek, Oct 6 (RIA Novosti) The toll in the 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Kyrgyzstan Sunday night has risen to 72, with authorities saying Monday the number of casualties could grow as many were feared trapped under the rubble. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415254/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:01:16 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415254/cs/1/ Beijing, Oct 6 (Xinhua) A powerful earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck Tibetan capital Lhasa Monday afternoon, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, officials said. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415243/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:00:40 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415243/cs/1/ Beirut, Oct 6 (Xinhua) Israel is likely to withdraw from a southern border village of Lebanon which it has been occupying since the 2006-war against Hezbollah, the An-Nahar newspaper reported Monday. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415230/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:00:10 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415230/cs/1/ Gaganjeet Bhullar, the lone Indian golfer to make the cut at the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open has shot a final round of one-over 72 to finish tied 43rd. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415197/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:00:09 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415197/cs/1/ Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has announced the launch of his signature real estate development, Shah Rukh Khan Boulevard, to be located in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415176/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:14 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415176/cs/1/ Former Pakistan Test captains have offered to help the country overcome what is a deepening cricket crisis. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415170/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:08 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415170/cs/1/ Security forces killed six militants in an overnight operation in northwestern Pakistan while rockets fired by other rebels fell near the house of the province's chief minister, officials said Monday. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415145/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:38 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415145/cs/1/ Three Indians were among the first foreigners to feel the pinch of the anti-sleaze drive begun by Nepal's new Maoist government, landing behind bars for allegedly having sex in a restaurant in a border town. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415141/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:24 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415141/cs/1/ Shares on the Seoul Stock Exchange nosedived Monday, sending the benchmark Kospi index down more than 4 percent as worries over the global financial crisis persisted despite a US bail-out plan. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415139/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:20 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415139/cs/1/ Even as the Burj Dubai, touted to become the world's tallest building nears completion, plans have been announced for a new kilometre-high tower in this West Asian metropolis. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415096/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:24 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415096/cs/1/ Republicans have accused Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign of receiving funds from suspicious donors who might have links to terrorism and called on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to investigate the matter, the Washington Post reported Monday. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415092/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:18 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415092/cs/1/ The large expatriate Indian community in the Gulf is mobilising its resources to provide aid to victims of the floods that hit India's northern and eastern regions last month. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415088/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:12 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415088/cs/1/ Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chairman of Pakistan's parliamentary committee on Kashmir and president of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, has criticised President Asif Ali Zardari for terming militants operating in Kashmir as 'terrorists' and for saying that India has never been a threat to Pakistan. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415081/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:36 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415081/cs/1/ At least 25 people, including a television journalist and two key members of the main opposition United National Party (UNP), were killed and 80 more injured when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew himself up in Sri Lanka's north-central town of Anuradhapura Monday, the military said. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415079/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:33 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415079/cs/1/ Australian stocks lost ground Monday following the heavy selloff last week on Wall Street. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415077/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:30 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415077/cs/1/ Japan's key Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell to a four-year low Monday on worries about the financial crisis, despite US Congressional approval of a Wall Street bail-out. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415070/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:22 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415070/cs/1/ Pop star Janet Jackson has cancelled three more shows on her North American tour. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415066/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:17 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415066/cs/1/ Beijing, Oct 6 (Xinhua) Chinese shares fell by over three percent in the morning session Monday on worries about the financial crisis and after big losses on Wall Street. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415054/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:02 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415054/cs/1/ Superstar actress Angelina Jolie has gone ahead and got her twins' names tattooed on her left arm. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415051/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:01:11 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415051/cs/1/ Fiona Zuzartee, who thinks beauty contests are for empowering women, is the new Miss MalaysiaIndian Global. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415050/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:01:09 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415050/cs/1/ The Canada-India Business Council (C-IBC) has urged Canada to resume sale of nuclear reactors to India after the recent lifting of nuclear embargo on it. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415048/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:01:05 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415048/cs/1/ Moscow/A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan Sunday has killed up to 58 people, the US Geological Survey and Russian media reports said early Monday. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415026/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:00:14 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415026/cs/1/ The Afghan government began voter registration Monday ahead of a presidential election slated for autumn 2009 despite the country's worsening security situation as it battles a Taliban-led insurgency. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415024/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:00:07 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415024/cs/1/ The wife of a wealthy American investment banker Monday lost her appeal against her life sentence in Hong Kong for killing her husband in the so-called 'milkshake murder' case. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415016/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:00:08 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415016/cs/1/ Child labour may be condemned as a gross abuse of human rights, but in Peru children are demanding their right to lawful employment as an alternative to labour exploitation, arguing if poverty persists, so will child labour. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415008/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:55 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415008/cs/1/ Beijing, Oct 6 (Xinhua) Eric Wang walks into a restaurant near his office in Beijing's central business district. Wearing an immaculately pressed dark blue suit with a gold-coloured tie, he picks up a cup of cappuccino and sips. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415007/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:23 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415007/cs/1/ The Nobel Foundation announced here Monday that the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be shared by Harald zur Hausen of Germany, and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415246/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:00:51 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415246/cs/1/ London mayor Boris Johnson Monday ordered an inquiry into alleged racism in the Metropolitan Police, the force responsible for policing the British capital and its suburbs. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415236/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:00:25 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415236/cs/1/ A pet owner in southeast Britain has spent a whopping 10,000 pounds to hear her moggy miaow again after the cat suffered a rare throat condition, the Daily Telegraph reported. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415208/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:00:27 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415208/cs/1/ French bank BNP Paribas will pay 14.5 billion euros ($19.7 billion) to take over the majority of the troubled insurance and banking giant Fortis in Belgium and Luxembourg, BNP Paribas said Monday. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415184/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:23 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415184/cs/1/ Asian stocks nosedived throughout the region Monday as investors feared the US bail-out would fall far short of resolving the financial crisis that has also spread to Europe. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415172/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:12 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415172/cs/1/ Parmjit Dhanda, an Indian-origin Labour MP who lost his ministerial post in the recent reshuffle of the british cabinet, has written about his disappointment in his personal blog. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415168/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:07 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415168/cs/1/ The Financial Times Index plunged by 4.5 percent in London Monday as leading bank shares were also down following unease about Germany's move to guarantee all private savings, analysts said. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415166/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:05 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415166/cs/1/ Stocks plunged in early trading in Germany Monday, a day after the government and banks agreed to expand a bail-out for troubled property lender Hypo Real Estate (HRE). http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415137/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:12 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415137/cs/1/ Napoli missed a chance to seize the Serie A lead as hosts Genoa came from behind in a high-voltage game to beat them 3-2 despite having two men dismissed. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415108/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:35 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415108/cs/1/ Liverpool staged a superb second-half fightback to win 3-2 at Manchester City and keep pace with Chelsea at the top of the English Premier League. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415106/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:30 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415106/cs/1/ A brother and sister who got separated some 60 years ago have reunited to discover that they had been living just four miles apart all these years in west-central Britain, the Daily Telegraph reported Monday. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415094/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:22 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415094/cs/1/ England coach Fabio Capello again left striker Michael Owen on the sidelines, omitting him from his squad for the forthcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Kazakhstan and Belarus. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415090/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:15 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415090/cs/1/ Valencia are back on top of the Spanish Liga after a tight 1-0 win in Valladolid. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415086/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:07 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415086/cs/1/ Cup holders Bayern Munich face a tough away trip to VfB Stuttgart in the draw for the last 16 of the German Cup. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415082/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:03 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415082/cs/1/ Actress Robin Wright Penn went for size 36D for the computer generated movie 'Beowulf'. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415068/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:19 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415068/cs/1/ Scientists in New Zealand have started the test of 'polypill', a multidrug manufactured by an Indian company to protect against heart disease and stroke. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415058/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:09 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415058/cs/1/ Legendary singer Tina Turner hit the stage once again for a world tour after eight years. She had last performed in 2000 at the age of 60. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415049/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:01:07 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415049/cs/1/ What would a billionaire do if pirates tried to board his yacht? In the case of Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club, he would quietly slip out in his personal submarine. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415045/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:00:44 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415045/cs/1/ Low level of stress hormone may trigger antisocial behaviour in male adolescents, a new study in Britain shows. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415038/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:00:35 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415038/cs/1/ Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse's husband has sent an abusive letter to her father from jail. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415028/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:00:18 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415028/cs/1/ Scientists have launched a new blood test in Britain that they say can spot prostrate cancer - the most common cancer in men - in just ten minutes. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415015/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:00:02 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415015/cs/1/ The German government indicated Sunday it would guarantee personal deposits to prevent a run on banks as a banking crisis worsened, but balked at expanding a bail-out for troubled mortgage lender Hypo Real Estate (HRE). http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415005/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:00:24 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415005/cs/1/ Mosul (Iraq), Oct 6 (Xinhua) Eleven members of a family were killed Sunday in a US military raid at a house in this northern Iraqi city, officials said. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415004/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:00:21 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/415004/cs/1/ ZIMBABWE'S opposition renewed a call today for regional mediators to help break an impasse over a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe's ruling party, after weekend talks ended in deadlock. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18398625/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:52:07 -0400 The Australian http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18398625/ LONDON – European governments struggled to find a coordinated response to the crisis sweeping financial markets Monday, as countries one after the other announced sweeping deposit guarantees on ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399231/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:50:11 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399231/ BANGKOK, Thailand – Protesters in Thailand who have occupied the grounds of the prime minister's office for six weeks marched Monday night to the streets outside parliament, vowing to block the ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399232/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:50:07 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399232/ THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court called Monday for renewed efforts to arrest a notorious Ugandan rebel leader following reports of a new wave of attack... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399246/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:53 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399246/ MADRID, Spain – The Basque regional government's president will be tried for meeting members of Batasuna, a party banned for its links to the armed separatist group ETA, a Spanish court said Mon... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399245/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:50 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399245/ JAKARTA, Indonesia – A volcano in central Indonesia erupted Monday, shooting clouds of smoke and flames into the night sky. Indonesia's volcanology center said Mount Soputan, roughly 1,350 mi... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399239/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:58 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399239/ BEIJING – Beijing began issuing vanity plates on Monday after a six-year hiatus sparked by rude, crude and politically incorrect messages. Top picks this time emphasized numbers considered de... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399247/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:47 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399247/ BEIJING – A pair of strong earthquakes jolted the capital of Tibet and surrounding areas Monday, killing more than 30 people and causing hundreds of houses to collapse, the official Xinhua News ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399241/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:54 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399241/ TBILISI, Georgia – Russian forces stepped up preparations Monday to withdraw from bases and checkpoints surrounding two separatist regions in Georgia, four days ahead of a deadline closely watch... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399250/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:44 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399250/ PARIS – The exiled leader of Hamas says talks with Israel over the possible release of an Israeli sergeant are “at a standstill.” Khaled Mashaal blames “a lack of reliabilit... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399235/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:50:03 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399235/ BERLIN – Germany's governing coalition partners want to change the constitution to allow for military deployment within the country if needed to combat terrorism, officials said Monday. The p... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399251/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:42 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399251/ Eds: UPDATES with start of trial, other details in lead, grafs 4-5; UPDATES with quotes from Gaydamak lawyer, grafs 6-7; ADDS credit line --> http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399252/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:41 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399252/ FRANKFURT, Germany – The German government on Monday defended its pledge to guarantee personal savings amid ongoing market turbulence as “an important step at the right moment.” I... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399253/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:40 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399253/ BUDAPEST, Hungary – A local passenger train ran into the back of an long-distance train Monday near Budapest, killing four people and injuring 26. National Rescue Service spokesman Pal Gyorfi... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399244/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:49 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399244/ ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Governance has improved in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, a governance monitor said Monday. Mauritius was ranked as the best-run country and Somalia the worst o... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399243/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:48 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399243/ CAIRO, Egypt – Dozens of activists, mostly from Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood, were arrested Monday after attempting to send a supply convoy to the blockaded Gaza Strip, the organization... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18398989/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:50:01 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18398989/ LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles police say six bodies have been discovered in a home in a San Fernando Valley gated community.Officer Kate Lopez says the six are victims of an apparent murder-suicide that w... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399278/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:20 -0400 Philadelphia Inquirer http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399278/ PHILADELPHIA - The ex-headmistress of Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa sued the talk show host for defamation, claiming Winfrey falsely suggested she tried to cover up abuse at the sch... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399279/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:18 -0400 Philadelphia Inquirer http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399279/ BEIRUT – The U.S. embassy in Beirut has warned citizens of a security threat in Lebanon in the first half of October, linking the heightened risk to the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramad... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18398971/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:50:09 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18398971/ BEIJING – China pledged to improve food safety Monday after authorities detained six more people in the country's contaminated milk scandal as the government increases efforts to restore public ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399238/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:59 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399238/ SALT LAKE CITY - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday it is delaying a decision on whether to allow EnergySolutions Inc. to import the largest-ever amount of nuclear waste into the U.S.The NR... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399280/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:16 -0400 Philadelphia Inquirer http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399280/ Marie Williams, center, poses with her daughters Richelle Williams, left, and Whitley Roberson, and the family cat Javay, at their home in Cohoes, N.Y., Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. Williams' power was ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399277/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:22 -0400 Philadelphia Inquirer http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18399277/ PRODUCTS containing traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been found in several Chinese restaurants in Hungary, the agriculture ministry's food safety officer, Miklos Suth, said. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18398628/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:51:56 -0400 The Australian http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/18398628/