India on Monday rejected BlackBerry maker Research In Motions (RIM) offer to allow the country to partially access its data services only as the company failed to fulfill demands to monitor encrypted corporate mail by a January 31 deadline. View Full Image Reuters Indian Prime Minister Singh and Home Minister Chidambaram chat at the bicentennial celebration of India's largest commercial bank, State Bank of India, in Bombay in this file photo. Related Articles Gold Cuts Friday Surge, Physical Gold-Buying "Not Influenced" by Futures & ETF Sell-Off World Cup Cricket 2011 to spur travel to India: A travel guide for fans India approves bid by Koreas Posco to build $12-bln steel plant in Orissa Related Topics ...

NASA is remembering space shuttle Columbia that got broke apart during re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003 over northeastern Texas, taking the lives of all the seven crew members. This year marks the 8th anniversary of the loss of Columbia spacecraft that almost complete the mission. Related Articles Remembering Challenger Disaster on its 25th Anniversary 25 Years After: NASA Remembers Disaster of Space Shuttle Challenger Remembering 25th Year of Fallen Explorer Challenger Related Topics NASA Subscribe to The Economic Monitor Subscr...

Nobel Peace laureate, Mohamed ElBaradei took a stand in Tahrir, or Liberation Square on Sunday calling for the ruling Mubarak regime to resign. View Full Image Reuters. Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei speaks to protesters at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Related Articles Chaos and vandalism spread in Egypt as Mubarak pledges reform Related Topics Twitter Egypt Subscribe to The Economic Monitor ...

The National Weather Service has issued an urgent blizzard warning on Sunday for portions of Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana.The major snowstorm, which is predicted to bring around 18 inches of snow, is expected to impact the region by Tuesday and Wednesday. View Full Image REUTERS The National Weather Service has issued an urgent blizzard warning on Sunday for portions of Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana. Related Articles Tunis shopkeepers turn against protesters Mubarak says Egypt in 'defining moment,' will appoint new cabinet Mubarak to address Egyptian nation on TV to discuss unrest Related Topics Storm ...

January 31, 2011 Workers locally known as dhobiwallahs wash clothes at Dhobi Ghat in Hyderabad. AFP picMUMBAI, Jan 31 At Mumbais open-air Dhobi Ghat, Prem Shankar Kanojia picks up items from a pile of laundry stacked at the side of a concrete washing tank and submerges them in water murky with soap suds and grime.Once the shirts and sheets have been soaked thoroughly, he raises each piece high above his head and smashes it down repeatedly on a large flat stone made smooth by years of pounding.Hard-working dhobiwallahs, or washermen, like Prem have cleaned Mumbais clothes and bedding like this for generations, confident that the dirt and sweat of the city will provide them with a constant livelihood.But like many in Dhobi Ghat, Prem, who followed his father into the business, a life of dunking, thrashing and drying up to 1,000 items of clothing each day for just US$7 (RM21.70), is now not so sure.The problem is that we are not getting enough proper clothes because so many homes have w...

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg played a surprise host to actor Jesse Eisenberg on "Saturday Night Live." View Full Image Reuters Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg played a surprise host to actor Jesse Eisenberg yesterday on "Saturday Night Live." Related Articles Mark Zuckerberg on SNL with his reel counterpart Jesse Eisenberg Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook fan page hacked, defaced, shut Sean Parker Says "The Social Network" is "a complete work of fiction" Related Topics Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Subscrib...

National Geographic, the magazine from Washington-based National Geographic Society (NGS), in partnership with adventure travel company Mountain Travel Sobek is offering adventure trips to more than 60 destinations in the world. View Full Image REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar Trekkers walk past Mt.Kwangde (6187 mts) in the Mt. Everest region in Nepal. National Geographic offers adventure trips to more than 60 destinations in the world. Related Articles 'The World' islands in Dubai sinking, does it signal earths future? Top 10 Romantic Destinations of 2011 Now, a social network for travelers? Related Topics Argentina ...

Haiti's electoral authorities will release results next week from the country's disputed presidential election and set a date for a runoff vote in signs a protracted electoral impasse may be easing. View Full Image REUTERS Haitians stand near posters of presidential candidate Jude Celestin along a street in Port-au-Prince January 20, 2011. Related Articles Hariri bloc will not join new Lebanon government Egyptians defy ban on protests, demand Mubarak go Will US support call for reform in Egypt? Related Topics Hillary Clinton Elections Earthquake ...

The government of Canada is preparing to arrest and deport Belhassen Trabelsi, a billionaire and also the brother-in-law of the recently deposed Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. View Full Image Reuters Canada Related Articles Saudi king expresses support for Mubarak Focus will be on Egypt, earnings, jobs data Column: Mubarak like Don Corleone Related Topics Tunisia Subscribe to The Economic Monitor ...

An emergency condition has been issued by the government in Japan after the Shinmoedake peak on the southern island of Kyushu erupted, spewing columns of ash and smoke in the sky. View Full Image Reuters. Volcanic lightning is seen above Shinmoedake peak, as it erupts, between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, in this photo taken from Kirishima city. Related Articles Former executives of Japanese airlines charged with price fixing conspiracy EU drops cargo cartel charges against Air NZ United, Continental merger a big blow for American Airlines, US Airways Related Topics Japan Airlines Japan ...

Symbolizing the beauty and majesty of Chinese imperial power, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is showcasing an exhibition of objects that once adorned an exclusive compound in the Forbidden City. View Full Image Metmuseum/handout. Portrait of the Qianlong Emperor (17111799). Related Articles Global Risks: Experts Focus on Two Key Challenges HK forecast 11% rise in Lunar New Year traffic Lunar New Year highlights China labour issues Related Topics China New York Subscribe to The Economic Monitor ...

NASA remembers disaster of space shuttle Challenger and the crew members who lost their lives supporting NASA's mission of exploration. The space shuttle disaster is being remembered this year on its 25th anniversary. The service of Challenger, which was the first orbiter to launch and land at night on mission STS-8, ended in a tragedy on Jan. 28, 1986. View Full Image NASA NASA officials gathers at Florida's Kennedy Space Center to mark the gloomy anniversary. Related Articles 25 Years After: NASA Remembers Disaster of Space Shuttle Challenger Related Topics NASA Twitter Facebook ...

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has released new update of iTunes ( iTunes 10.1.2) that allows syncing the new Verizon iPhone 4 with iTunes. View Full Image IBTimes Apple has released new update of iTunes (iTunes 10.1.2). Apple said iTunes 10.1.2 provides a number of important stability and performance improvements. Related Articles Tablets won't steamroll Microsoft, top exec says Verizon to buy IaaS provider Terremark for $1.4 billion to take on Amazon EC2 and AT&T Synaptic Compute Apple, RIM, ZTE won in booming cellphone market Related Topics iPhone California iPad ...

Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala, aged 67, faces new charges of killing two New York women in 1970s.Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., announced the indictment of Alcala on murder charges in the deaths of Cornelia Crilley and Ellen Hover. Decades after these crimes occurred, the Manhattan District Attorney's Cold Case Unit presented these cases to the Grand Jury, which indicted Alcala on murder charges in the deaths of two young women. View Full Image Reuters Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala, aged 67, faces new charges of killing two New York women in 1970s. Related Articles Pie in the Sky Economic concerns causing high stress among American college students PS3 Hacker Gets Slapped With Restraining Order Related Topics ...

January 28, 2011 TV sportscaster Gili Shem Tov (centre) and professional dancer Dorit Milman, first same-sex couple in Israel's Dancing, Jerusalem November 2, 2010. Reuters pic NEW YORK, Jan 28 Half of men would forgive their female partners infidelity, as long as it was with another woman, according to a new study on cheating.Women, however, were less likely to forgive and forget if their boyfriend had been with another man, the University of Texas at Austin study showed.Researchers asked 718 college students to imagine being in a long-term relationship and what their reactions would be to several different cheating scenarios.They found that overall, 50 per cent of men would likely continue a relationship with a woman who had a dalliance with another woman, while 22 per cent said they could forgive betrayal with another man.For women, the results were reversed. If their boyfriend cheated with another woman, 28 per cent said theyd keep him around, but only 21 per cent said they w...

German automaker Volkswagen unveiled XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle, also the world's most economical car that can travel 313 miles on a gallon of diesel. View Full Image company handout Volkswagen unveils ultra efficient car XL1 Related Articles Volkswagen unveils ultra efficient car XL1 Related Topics Volkswagen Subscribe to The Economic Monitor Subscribe to The Economic Monitor to get the day's most rel...

The government should stick to its course despite worrying economic figures Britain's stuttering economy Jan 27th 2011 | from PRINT EDITION Tweet CRISIS may be too strong a word for it, but Britains economic predicament is more than a little uncomfortable. Only a year after climbing out of recession, the economy shrank again in the final quarter of last year. The surprising weakness was caused in part by unusually cold weather but it is not fully explained by it. A frail economy ought at least to be free of price pressures but Britons have had no such luck. Inflation rose to 3.7% in December. Further increases in the cost of imported commodities and this months rise in value-added tax (VAT) are likely to push the rate above 4% by spring. The VAT hike was needed to help shrink a budget deficit that is on track to reach 10% of GDP this financial year. This toxic mix of falling GDP, high inflation and a bi...