International Business News - US 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 The Army three-star general who for a year led efforts to train Iraq's army and police units says progress is mixed and U.S. help is needed for the foreseeable future. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/general-says-iraqi-security-forces-still-need-help.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:21:52 EDT As of Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at least 4,115 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/us-military-deaths-in-iraq-war-at-4-115.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:26:15 EDT U.S. aid for Iraq's army and police units will be needed for the foreseeable future, although the security forces are becoming increasingly independent, a senior general will tell Congress on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/general-says-iraqi-security-forces-still-need-help.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:46:10 EDT The Bush administration moved Tuesday to impose financial sanctions on Iranian officials and companies accused of helping the country develop nuclear weapons. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/us-moves-against-iranian-officials-companies.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:21:10 EDT A meeting Tuesday of Volkswagen AG's management board yielded no decision on where to build a possible U.S. plant, a facility for which three states are in contention. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/no-decision-yet-on-us-volkswagen-plant.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:20:38 EDT Serbia will cooperate in the case of a Serb basketball player wanted in the United States on assault charges, the foreign minister said Tuesday. Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic did not say if Miladin Kovacevic would be sent to the U.S. to face charges of severely beating a fellow university student. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/serbia-to-cooperate-in-case-of-student-wanted-in-us.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:16:03 EDT Total prize money at the U.S. Open will top $20 million for the first time this year, with the men's and women's singles champions each earning a tournament-record $1.5 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/tennis-us-open-prize-money-to-top-20-million.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:08:46 EDT Worried about increasing insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, the U.S. military says it is sending extra air power there by shifting an aircraft carrier away from the Iraq war. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/pentagon-putting-more-air-power-on-afghanistan.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:32:01 EDT Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel. "I assure you that there won't be any war in the future," Ahmadinejad told a news conference during a visit to Malaysia for a summit of developing Muslim nations. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87967-malaysia-iran-us.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/iranian-president-says-no-war-with-us-israel.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/iranian-president-says-no-war-with-us-israel.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:30:41 EDT South Korea's opposition party will end its boycott of the legislature over resumed U.S. beef imports, an official said Tuesday. The Democratic Party, which had refused to take part in the new National Assembly session that was supposed to start in late May, has agreed to rejoin parliament starting Thursday, said Suh Nam-kwon, an aide to the party's floor leader. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87947-south-korea-us-beef.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/south-korean-opposition-to-end-boycott.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/south-korean-opposition-to-end-boycott.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:34:33 EDT Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's communist allies withdrew their support for his four-year-old coalition government on Tuesday to protest the government's plan to push forward with a controversial nuclear deal with the United States. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87951-japan-g8-summit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/indian-communists-withdraw-government-support.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/indian-communists-withdraw-government-support.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:53:05 EDT Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday that his meeting with President Bush at a summit of the Group of Eight industrial powers resulted in no progress toward bridging deep disagreements between the former Cold War foes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/medvedev-no-progress-with-us-after-bush-meeting.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:34:12 EDT As of Monday, July 7, 2008, at least 4,114 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/us-military-deaths-in-iraq-war-at-4-114.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:00:35 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 Among the smiles and hugs shared by three American hostages freed last week from rebels in Colombia and their families, one of the men on Monday angrily denounced their captors as "terrorists with a capital 'T.'" http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/freed-us-hostage-calls-home-a-pleasure.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:37:44 EDT Poland and the United States said Monday that missile defense talks would continue despite Warsaw's rebuff of the latest U.S. offer. Following talks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski rejected the suggestion that the hastily arranged meeting was aimed at salvaging a deal to allow U.S. interceptors on Polish soil. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/us-poland-talk-on-missile-defense.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:55:39 EDT US Airways Group Inc. said Wednesday its consolidated traffic fell slightly in June, as the airline raised capacity but filled fewer seats. Higher airline fares linked to jet fuel prices have driven more passengers to forego faraway vacations in favor of sticking closer to home. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/us-airways-june-traffic-falls-slightly.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:32:29 EDT Germany's Volkswagen AG says it will likely announce a decision on its plans for a new U.S. plant after a supervisory board meeting next week. Europe's largest carmaker has been considering locating a new production facility in Alabama, Tennessee or Michigan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/vw-says-decision-on-us-plant-due-after-july-15.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:37:54 EDT As of Sunday, July 6, 2008, at least 4,114 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/us-military-deaths-in-iraq-war-at-4-113.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:07:30 EDT The American colonel, troubled by what he was hearing, tried to stall at first. But the declassified record shows he finally told his South Korean counterpart it "would be permitted" to machine-gun 3,500 political prisoners, to keep them from joining approaching enemy forces. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87031-korea-mass-executions-us.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/ap-impact-us-wavered-over-s-korean-executions.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/ap-impact-us-wavered-over-s-korean-executions.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:42:55 EDT