- 1. The record floods in southern China killed at 69 gets heavier
The torrential rains that ravaged southern China since Sunday have been 69 deaths and 44 missing and destroyed about 500,000 homes, according to a report prepared Friday at 4:00 p.m., announced the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Approximately 5.65 million people in 172 cities in 7 regions of the South (Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guan...
- 2. French President supports the plan of Russian-European security
Russia and Europe could share a common security plan instead of building a defense to protect themselves from each other, "said French President Nicolas Sarkozy in St Petersburg on Saturday.
"The idea that Russia should protect themselves from Europe and that Europe should protect itself from Russia belongs to the distant past," S...
- 3. Yemen: Al-Qaeda is behind the attack against the building of information (official)
The Yemeni security supreme committee issued a statement Saturday, saying the attack targeted the headquarters of the information in the port city of Aden "bears the characteristics of Al-Qaeda," said the MoD.
"The attack occurred at 08:00 local time and killed seven guards, three women and one child (bear the characteristics of t...
- 4. Mubarak and Mitchell discussed the proximity talks and the situation in Gaza
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Saturday the U.S. special envoy for the Middle East, George Mitchell, to discuss developments of proximity talks between Palestinians and Israelis and the situation in the Gaza Strip.
Mr. Mitchell told Mr. Mubarak U.S. efforts to revive the peace process and the outcome of its negotiations with the Palestinia...
- 5. Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: BP claims to have paid more than $ 100 million compensation
The British oil giant BP said on Saturday that the amount of claims related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has already exceeded 100 million.
In a press release, BP said it had already issued more than 31,000 checks during the past seven weeks, for a total of 104 million dollars for victims of the worst environmental disaster in the histo...
- 6. Summary Box: Dell earnings up, gross margin falls
Dell Inc.'s net income jumped 52 percent in the February-April quarter, and revenue rose 21 percent, a sign businesses are finally replacing aging PCs with new ones.
PROFITABILITY PROBLEM: Investors were disappointed that Dell's gross margin — the percentage of revenue left after subtracting the cost of making products — was lo...
