International Business News 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 Spanish police have arrested five people suspected of hacking into or outright disabling thousands of Internet pages, some of them run by government agencies in the U.S., Latin America and Asia, authorities said Saturday. 118045 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/5-hackers-arrested-in-spain.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 10:06:06 EDT U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, met with the Iraqi prime minister Saturday during a surprise visit to Baghdad. 118047 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/us-house-speaker-pelosi-makes-visit-to-iraq.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 09:43:00 EDT State investigators were trying to determine what caused a spinning carnival ride at a county fair to collapse and injure all 24 people aboard. The carnival ride, called the Yo-Yo, collapsed shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, about 80 miles southeast of Sacramento. 117984 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/carnival-ride-collapses-in-california-24-injured.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 09:40:00 EDT Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides. Soldiers carried older people out of Beichuan town _ one of the areas hit hardest by the magnitude 7.9 quake Monday _ while survivors cradled babies on a road jammed with vehicles and people. The death toll jumped to near 29,000. 117987 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48178-aptopix-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/trapped-survivors-freed-after-nearly-100-hours.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/trapped-survivors-freed-after-nearly-100-hours.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 09:36:28 EDT Assassination threats have derailed plans by Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home to campaign for the presidential runoff vote, a party official said Saturday. 118057 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48179-aptopix-britain-northern-ireland-zimbabwe.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/tsvangirai-postpones-zimbabwe-return-after-threat.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/tsvangirai-postpones-zimbabwe-return-after-threat.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 08:49:12 EDT A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta. 118000 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48173-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/death-toll-from-myanmar-cyclone-nearly-doubles.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/death-toll-from-myanmar-cyclone-nearly-doubles.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 08:34:20 EDT Police found three decomposing bodies with multiple stab wounds inside a northern New Jersey home Friday night, a prosecutor said. The bodies of an elderly man, an elderly woman _ who were not related _ and a younger man with defensive wounds had been dead for several days in the Tenafly home, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. 118002 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/police-find-3-decomposing-bodies-inside-nj-home.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 08:20:55 EDT Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that financial markets are "considerably calmer" now than they were two months ago. He predicted the economy will be rebounding by the second half of this year. 118058 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48161-earns-retail.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/treasury-secretary-says-markets-are-calmer-now.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/treasury-secretary-says-markets-are-calmer-now.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 08:12:22 EDT News that Saudi Arabia had boosted its oil output by 300,000 barrels a day was greeted as a non-event on oil markets _ the move wasn't anywhere near the kind of production increase needed to bring prices down on Friday. 118056 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48160-bush-us-mideast.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/oil-sets-record-near-128-pump-price-at-high-too.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/oil-sets-record-near-128-pump-price-at-high-too.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 08:08:44 EDT Human rights activists "ethically and morally" condemned 24 European corporations on Friday, accusing them of environmental contamination, labor exploitation and selling dangerous pesticides in Latin America. 118053 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48158-aptopix-peru-latam-eu-summit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/rights-activists-in-peru-condemn-corporations.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/rights-activists-in-peru-condemn-corporations.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 08:07:30 EDT Cathay Pacific Airways might cut routes to help cope with surging fuel prices, its chief executive said. Tony Tyler said in an internal company newsletter, seen Saturday by The Associated Press, that the airline must focus on its most profitable markets, maximize use of fuel-efficient aircraft and cut unspecified routes if necessary. 118054 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/cathay-pacific-airways-considers-cutting-routes.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 08:06:55 EDT Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday slammed the government's move to allow U.S. oilfield services provider Halliburton Co. to begin operating in Malaysia, saying the country doesn't need "blood money." 118055 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48156-congress-davis.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/mahathir-calls-for-ban-on-halliburton.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/mahathir-calls-for-ban-on-halliburton.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 08:05:44 EDT A lucky lottery player who stopped into a suburban Cincinnati liquor store has a Mega Millions ticket worth $196 million. Lottery spokeswoman Marie Kilbane said Friday night that the ticket for the drawing was bought from Main Street Wine & Spirits in Amelia in southwest Ohio. 117981 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/winning-mega-millions-ticket-sold-near-cincinnati.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:48:06 EDT Unless you're looking carefully, you'll likely miss the fact that the new Asylum Web site for young men is a creation of Time Warner Inc.'s AOL. Same for WalletPop on personal finance, Spinner on indie music and StyleList on fashion. 118051 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48151-aol.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/aol-sheds-its-brand-to-draw-specialty-audiences.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/aol-sheds-its-brand-to-draw-specialty-audiences.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:46:27 EDT A company rooted in bringing the Internet to the masses, AOL is shifting its focus toward serving niche audiences with the launch of dozens of specialty Web sites. 118050 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48149-aol.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/aol-seeks-growth-in-shift-from-mass-site-to-niches.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/aol-seeks-growth-in-shift-from-mass-site-to-niches.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:44:49 EDT Huge swathes of farmland were destroyed by the earthquake in central China, but the losses should not cause food shortages or big price hikes nationally, a senior official said Saturday. 118049 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48137-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/china-says-earthquake-wont-affect-food-prices.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/china-says-earthquake-wont-affect-food-prices.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:41:35 EDT Leaders of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition met behind closed doors in Qatar on Saturday for the highest-level talks so far in the country's 18-month-long political crisis, which turned violent a week ago. 118040 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48135-qatar-lebanon-leaders.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/high-level-lebanese-talks-in-qatar.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/high-level-lebanese-talks-in-qatar.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:30:06 EDT President Bush pivoted to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute on Saturday, and got a far less glowing reception from his Egyptian host _ a key player in the long-running fight _ than he did in Israel earlier this week. 117979 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48132-bush-mideast.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/bush-fails-to-win-saudi-help-on-gas-prices.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/bush-fails-to-win-saudi-help-on-gas-prices.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:27:36 EDT Voters in Kuwait lined up Saturday to vote in parliamentary elections that could substantially change the legislative body of this tiny, oil-rich Gulf emirate following electoral reforms to reduce corruption and vote buying. 118032 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48126-kuwait-elections.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/kuwaitis-elect-new-parliament.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/kuwaitis-elect-new-parliament.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:25:45 EDT An out-of-control van jumped a curb and barreled into bystanders near the entrance to a crowded subway station, killing the driver and hurting seven people, authorities said. 117994 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/van-jumps-curb-in-nyc-killing-1-trolley-crashes-in-la.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:24:55 EDT