International Business News - ETH 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 As of Friday, July 18, 2008, at least 476 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 12 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-476.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:41:26 EDT The genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir could "lead to a lot of danger," the chairman of an African Union panel said Thursday. The charges could be "an unconstitutional way of pushing aside a head of state," former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella said in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital and headquarters of the AU. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/au-panel-head-says-sudan-charges-could-be-mistake.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:28:40 EDT As of Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at least 476 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-476.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:27:39 EDT A World Food Program contractor was gunned down in the fifth fatal attack this year on one of the agency's workers, the WFP said Tuesday as thousands of Somalis gathered to protest the assaults. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/somalia-5th-world-food-program-worker-slain.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:45:01 EDT Hussein Ibrahim walked solemnly past tidy rows of bright green cabbages, vines bursting with tomatoes and trees weighed down with plump avocados. This modern, thriving farm--a rarity in drought-ravaged Ethiopia--filled Hussein with envy. Like so many other farmers across the Horn of Africa, he has no hope for his own crops this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91807-ethiopia-modern-farms.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/feeding-africa-key-is-better-farms-not-food-aid.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/feeding-africa-key-is-better-farms-not-food-aid.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:39:14 EDT As of Monday, July 14, 2008, at least 473 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 5 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-473.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:24:23 EDT Babcock & Brown Air Ltd., which buys and leases commercial jets, said Monday it has leased and delivered two Boeing 757-200 aircraft to Ethiopian Airlines for five years at a rate higher than that charged to the last leaseholder, ATA Airlines Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/babcock-brown-leases-2-aircraft-to-ethiopian.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:00:02 EDT As of Sunday, July 13, 2008, at least 473 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 5 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-473.htm Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:20:44 EDT Gunmen shot and killed two Somali aid workers and wounded a third within 24 hours, witnesses said Saturday, in the latest sign of spiraling violence against workers struggling to deal with the war-ravaged country's humanitarian crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/3-somali-aid-workers-shot-in-24-hours.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:09:16 EDT As of Friday, July 11, 2008, at least 473 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 5 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-473.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:09:09 EDT If you're a Rastafarian in Italy, you might be able to possess more marijuana than the law allows everyone else. Italy's highest criminal court has ruled that the fact Rastafarians consider marijuana use a religious sacrament should be taken into account if they are tried on trafficking charges, lawyers in a recent case and news reports said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/rasta-smoker-wins-appeal-of-marijuana-conviction.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:25:27 EDT As of Thursday, July 10, 2008, at least 468 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-473.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:47:09 EDT Somali insurgents killed at least two people in an overnight attack on an army base 15 miles northeast of the government headquarters in Baidoa, a village chairman said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/somali-insurgents-attack-government-base.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:42:46 EDT About 200 gunmen on horseback and in SUVs launched a brazen attack on international peacekeepers in Darfur, killing seven in the deadliest strike against the under-equipped and understaffed mission since it deployed, the U.N. said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88789-sudan-darfur.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/report-5-darfur-peacekeepers-killed-17-missing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/report-5-darfur-peacekeepers-killed-17-missing.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:59:22 EDT As of Monday, July 7, 2008, at least 468 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures June 28 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-468.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:02:45 EDT An aid group founded by U2 frontman Bono calculates that the Group of Eight top industrialized nations has delivered only $3 billion of the additional $25 billion promised for Africa for everything from AIDS drugs to training peacekeepers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/g-8-discusses-system-to-follow-up-on-aid-pledges.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:59:02 EDT As of Friday, July 4, 2008, at least 468 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures June 28 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-468.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:08:47 EDT The European Union will ignore critics who accuse it of helping to boost food prices by embracing a binding target for the use of biofuels, officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/eu-shrugs-off-biofuels-complaints.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:10:10 EDT As of Thursday, July 3, 2008, at least 468 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-468.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:04 EDT Europe and the U.S. must reconsider their biofuel policies because of rising food prices around the world, aid officials and food policy experts said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/84997-belgium-eu-agriculture.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/experts-eu-us-must-reconsider-biofuel-policy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/experts-eu-us-must-reconsider-biofuel-policy.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:24:04 EDT