International Business News - Most Comments Articles http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A sixth body was pulled from a rural, central California canal Wednesday after a collision between a septic truck and a sport utility vehicle carrying farm workers from a peach orchard. A seventh victim remained missing and is presumed dead. 147612 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92643-canal-accident.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/7-feared-dead-in-calif-canal-after-collision.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/7-feared-dead-in-calif-canal-after-collision.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:44:21 EDT For now, the Bush administration has chosen compromise over confrontation in dealing with Iran's disputed nuclear program with a dramatic gesture intended to demonstrate commitment to a negotiated solution. 147640 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92636-us-iran-nuclear.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/official-us-envoy-to-meet-iranian-nuke-negotiator.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/official-us-envoy-to-meet-iranian-nuke-negotiator.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:11:39 EDT Foreign species that slipped into the Great Lakes in ballast tanks of oceangoing cargo ships cost the regional economy at least $200 million a year, according to a University of Notre Dame study released Wednesday. 147991 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92654-great-lakes-invasives.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/scientists-200m-loss-from-great-lakes-invasives.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/scientists-200m-loss-from-great-lakes-invasives.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:53:12 EDT Firefighters set more controlled burns Wednesday to block a wildfire that already has blackened 190 square miles and destroyed 27 homes on the central California coast. 147683 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/fire-crews-make-progress-on-california-wildfires.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:12:06 EDT Police say a man rammed his car into another vehicle several times in Philadelphia, killing his relative and critically injuring four others, including a 1-year-old. 148199 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/pa-man-charged-with-murder-after-fatal-crash.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:16:22 EDT Pentagon leaders on Wednesday signaled a surge in U.S. forces in Afghanistan "sooner rather than later," a shift that could send some units there within weeks, as officials prepare to cut troop levels in Iraq. 147966 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92639-us-iraq.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/more-us-troops-may-go-to-afghanistan-this-year.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/more-us-troops-may-go-to-afghanistan-this-year.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:36:36 EDT A supervisor assigned to investigate fraud in New York City's child services agency was among four people charged with embezzling $450,000 meant for needy children. 148208 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/4-charged-with-taking-450k-from-nyc-child-agency.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:03:56 EDT Companies collected millions of dollars in government contracts by claiming to have main offices in poor neighborhoods that were actually empty duplexes, part-time offices and other ineligible locations, congressional investigators charge. 147990 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/investigators-find-abuse-in-govt-contract-program.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:06:30 EDT A man recently divorced from his wife of more than 20 years shot and killed her inside a suburban St. Louis mall on Wednesday before committing suicide, police said. No one else was injured but the Jamestown Mall in Florissant was evacuated. 148044 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92646-mall-shooting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/police-man-killed-woman-self-in-missouri-mall.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/police-man-killed-woman-self-in-missouri-mall.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:53:49 EDT The Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox News confirmed Wednesday. 148167 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92634-jackson-n-word.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/fox-jackson-used-n-word-in-crude-off-air-remarks.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/fox-jackson-used-n-word-in-crude-off-air-remarks.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:29:53 EDT The brother of a man suspected of killing eight people in Illinois and Missouri was charged Wednesday with concealing a homicidal death and obstructing justice. 148131 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92640-bodies-found.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/brother-of-man-suspected-in-8-slayings-is-charged.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/brother-of-man-suspected-in-8-slayings-is-charged.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:37:07 EDT The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all: A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style regimen helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the longest and largest studies to compare the dueling weight-loss techniques. 148132 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/study-low-carb-diet-best-for-weight-cholesterol.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:56:56 EDT A fifth person has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the suspected torture of a young woman who authorities say was held captive in West Virginia last summer. 148200 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/w-va-man-pleads-guilty-in-torture-of-woman.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:19:20 EDT Negotiations between striking Brazilian oil workers and state oil company Petrobras ended late Wednesday with no immediate end of the walkout in sight. 148202 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/brazil-oil-workers-petrobras-in-talks.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:38:12 EDT The Mexican navy seized a homemade submarine off the Pacific coast Wednesday with a suspected drug shipment on board. Similar vessels have been discovered off Colombia and Central America, but navy spokesman Capt. Benjamin Mar said the seizure is a first for Mexico. 148203 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/mexico-seizes-suspected-drug-submarine.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:38:25 EDT Venezuela is dragging its feet in establishing a support system for battered women, Amnesty International said in a report issued Wednesday. President Hugo Chavez's government passed new domestic violence legislation in March 2007 requiring that, among other things, Venezuela's 23 states and more than 300 municipalities construct women's shelters. 148206 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/ai-venezuela-neglecting-battered-women.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:01:24 EDT A judge has ordered a 19-year-old man to write an apology to a the city of Saratoga Springs in New York for dressing in an offensive costume at a high school graduation. 148207 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/judge-ny-man-in-offensive-costume-must-apologize.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:28:13 EDT Rev. Jesse Jackson made additional disparaging remarks during the infamous break in an interview on Fox News, in which he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox News confirmed Wednesday. 148209 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92653-rev-jesse-jackson.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/election2008-barack-obama-jesse-jackson-fox-mic.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/election2008-barack-obama-jesse-jackson-fox-mic.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:23:47 EDT China's inflation fell to 7.1 percent in June, the government reported Thursday, possibly easing pressure on Beijing to raise interest rates or take more drastic steps to cool sharp rises in consumer prices. 148210 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/china-says-inflation-falls-to-7-1-pct.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:29:37 EDT Business leaders tired of taking the blame for Venezuela's soaring inflation are chiding government officials for encouraging consumers to help fight rising food prices by haggling with retailers. 148212 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/venezuelan-businesses-object-to-haggling.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:01:39 EDT