International Business News - IND 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 new round of talks between the Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese officials is expected to be held in mid-June, Tibet's prime minister in exile said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/tibetan-leader-in-exile-new-talks-soon-with-china.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 15:32:33 EDT Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight _ and die _ with legendary valor for another man's country far away. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/imperial-holdover-gurkhas-flock-to-british-army.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 12:10:40 EDT Somali pirates hijacked a Jordanian ship carrying humanitarian aid to Mogadishu on Saturday in the latest in a string of attacks off the lawless Somali coast, the head of a seafarer's association said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/pirates-hijack-jordanian-ship-off-somali-coast.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 12:42:00 EDT Jennifer Marsh was sick of paying high gas prices and bothered by the abandoned gas station that was an eyesore on the drive to her studio each day. So the aspiring artist and inspired activist came up with an idea _ to cover the gas station with a colossal handmade blanket in a way that would bring greater attention to the world's dependency on oil. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/artist-covers-old-gas-station-with-huge-blanket.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 06:47:24 EDT The army says six rebels have been killed in a gunbattle between security forces and suspected Islamic militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Indian army spokesman Lt. Col. Anil Kumar Mathur said the rebels were killed Saturday after army and police jointly cordoned off the forest area of Lurgam village following a tip off that militants were hiding there. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48038-india-kashmir-security.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/6-rebels-killed-in-gunbattle-in-indian-kashmir.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/6-rebels-killed-in-gunbattle-in-indian-kashmir.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 05:43:59 EDT The United Steelworkers is fighting steelmaker and distributor Esmark Inc.'s plans to accept a $670 million buyout offer from India's Essar Steel Holdings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/union-says-it-will-fight-esmark-essar-deal.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 16:27:17 EDT American Depositary Shares of China Finance Online rose on Friday, after the online financial information company hiked its first-quarter sales outlook on growth in a business segment. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/adrs-in-focus-china-finance-online-up-on-outlook.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 15:47:24 EDT Myanmar's military rulers have thrown a tightening ring of security around Yangon, blocking aid workers, foreign diplomats and journalists from reaching cyclone-battered regions where millions need food and medicine. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47352-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/myanmars-junta-confines-foreigners-to-yangon.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/myanmars-junta-confines-foreigners-to-yangon.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 12:31:20 EDT Saudi Arabia's leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase oil production until customers demand it, apparently rebuffing President Bush amid soaring U.S. gasoline prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47499-bush-us-mideast.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/bush-saudis-discuss-soaring-gas-prices.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/bush-saudis-discuss-soaring-gas-prices.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 16:31:01 EDT The official death toll nearly doubled to 78,000 from Myanmar's killer cyclone as heavy rains on Friday lashed much of the area stricken two weeks ago, further hampering relief efforts. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47866-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/un-in-dark-about-cyclone-disaster-needs.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/un-in-dark-about-cyclone-disaster-needs.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 23:13:17 EDT Police say 12 people have been killed in fighting between rival rebel factions in India's remote northeast. L. Lotha, a police official, said authorities have recovered 12 bodies from a village in Nagaland state, which lies on India's eastern border with Myanmar. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/12-killed-in-rival-indian-rebel-clash.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 05:56:55 EDT Police released sketches of three men they believe were involved in bombings that ripped through this historic Indian city, killing 61 people. All three are suspected of buying either the bicycles investigators think may have been used in the bombings on Jaipur's crowded streets, or the satchels in which the explosives were hidden, said police official Raghvendra Suhasa in an ed-mail to reporters late Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46774-india-explosions.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/india-issues-sketches-of-3-bomb-suspects.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/india-issues-sketches-of-3-bomb-suspects.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 01:29:36 EDT French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46988-iphone-sold-out.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/frances-orange-signs-new-iphone-deal-with-apple.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/frances-orange-signs-new-iphone-deal-with-apple.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 07:23:02 EDT Long after the waves had ripped through her life with the force of a jet, long after the rubble had been cleared away, the woman sat in her half-built house and talked about what had become of her family, her village, her idea of community. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46688-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/after-disasters-and-death-tolls-world-moves-on.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/after-disasters-and-death-tolls-world-moves-on.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:47:03 EDT U.S.-traded shares of European companies mostly moved higher Thursday, with the gainers including Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson Telephone Co. and British candy maker Cadbury PLC. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/adrs-in-focus-europe.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 15:40:39 EDT The way Sohale Siddiqi remembers it, he and his old roommate were walking his pug Charlie on Broadway when a large, scary bum approached them, stomping on the ground near the dog's head. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46545-young-obama.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/old-friends-recall-obamas-years-in-la-ny.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/old-friends-recall-obamas-years-in-la-ny.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 14:53:46 EDT Long after the waves had ripped through her life with the force of a jet, long after the rubble had been cleared away, the woman sat in her half-built house and talked about what had become of her family, her village, her idea of community. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/after-disasters-and-death-tolls-world-moves-on.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 13:49:12 EDT HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown) http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/publishers-weekly-best-sellers.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 13:44:24 EDT Bulgaria's government has approved a deal to sell a 70 percent stake of a state-run merchant marine operator to a German-led consortium for 225 million euros ($349 million), Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/germanys-martrade-leads-bulgaria-deal.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 13:35:20 EDT A previously unknown Islamic militant group claimed Thursday to have used explosive-laden bicycles to plant bombs that tore through this historic Indian city, warning in an e-mail of more attacks on popular tourists sites.(AP) _ http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46502-india-explosions.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/militant-group-claims-it-was-behind-india-bombing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/militant-group-claims-it-was-behind-india-bombing.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 10:56:06 EDT