The blaze is in a section of east London several miles from the center of the city, in an area where extensive redevelopment is under way in advance of the 2012 London Olympics. Since he declared emergency rule, thousands of his critics have been arrested, rallies have been banned and independent TV networks have been blacked out. As many as ten vessels sank or ran aground during the storm, including an oil tanker that broke in half, spilling more than a-half million gallons of oil into...

Two outbreaks on British farms this summer, both linked to a government lab and a private vaccine manufacturer, have done little to bolster their confidence. Texas and five other states are competing to win a mammoth biodefense facility a new $500 million federal research center that would house foot-and-mouth and other highly infectious animal diseases. Foot-and-mouth often referred to as "hoof-and-mouth" disease doesn't affect humans, just cloven-hoofed animals like cows, pigs, sheep and...

EEPC chairman Rakesh Shah said business transactions through the expositions are expected to increase further with the council receiving additional 320 business enquiries for products of some more Indian companies which did not participate in the exhibition but had sent their catalogues and product profiles for display at EEPCs theme pavilion in the exhibition. Engineering exporters look to S Africa to beef up revenues- Engineering-Ind'l Goods / Svs-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times...

Finally, surging prices for corn, milk and other commodities have raised farmers incomes and undercut arguments about the need for this expensive income transfer. Major business lobbies, including numerous Fortune 500 companies, attacked the program because it is blocking a multibillion-dollar global trade deal. Longtime critics have made public the subsidy payments, showing that most of the money goes to 150,000 big corporate farmers, further hastening the death of small family farms. A...

Melbourne-based firm Moose Enterprise on Wednesday has advised parents to immediately remove the product from children s access. Named as Australia s 2007 Toy of the Year, the Bindeez range of craft toys has been voluntarily recalled across the nation by its distributor after three children were hospitalised in the past fortnight after eating Bindeez beads. Headlines : Intelligence Australian toy of the year gets you high. It is currently regulated in the US and sold by Jazz...

Since its inception in 2001, PHL has grown to four times its original building area size and two years ago moved into a large space near the NBC Universal executive offices. We are opening our doors to directors, producers, the big household names, through our relations with the studios they want to learn about Blu-ray, said Eisuke Tsuyuzaki, VP of corporate development and general manager, Blu-ray Group for Panasonic R&D Company of America. We are opening our doors to directors,...