August, 2009

Hurricane Jimena strengthened Monday to a maximum Category Five storm as it barreled towards Mexico's Baja California peninsula, Mexican officials said.Jimena was packing winds of up to 155 miles per hour (250 kilometers per hour) but would probably weaken before making landfall at some point on Tuesday night, the Mexican ...

The United States on Monday urged Myanmar to cease attacks on ethnic groups as refugees who fled into China after deadly clashes between junta forces and ethnic rebels nervously headed home.Washington stepped in, piling pressure on Myanmar, after thousands of people poured into China fleeing fighting in the country's remote ...

Japan's Democratic Party began talks on Monday on forming a new government, faced with the challenge of reviving the economy and reshaping ties with key allies after its crushing election win.Yukio Hatoyama's centre-left Democratic Party of Japan (DPK) is under heavy pressure to get to work quickly on addressing the ...

[businessportal24] LOS ANGELES, CA, AUGUST 31, 2009: Verblist.net a free online classifieds website has added a chat forum to their website www.verblist.net. The Forum will be rolled out within the first days of September 2009. This will give users an effective way of communicating on various topics from career choices ...

[businessportal24] India Holidays are generally categorized into summer vacations or winter holidays. Like weekend travel in the West, summer in India is the season when you will find people from the plains crowding the best hill resorts and consequently, the best accommodations in the Himalayas or other cooler retreats and ...

Brazil on Monday unveiled plans to boost state control of recently discovered offshore oil fields by giving its oil company Petrobras sole operating rights and a minimum 30 percent stake.The leading role for Petrobras replaces a concession system and is part of an overhaul of rules for the offshore fields, ...

Kim Clijsters posted a triumphant return to the US Open on Monday, four years after being crowned queen of New York.The 26-year-old former world number one, who only returned to competitive tennis at the start of the month after more than two years of retirement, hammered Ukraine's Viktoriya Kutuzova 6-1, ...

World number one Roger Federer began his quest for a sixth consecutive US Open title by defeating US teen Devin Britton 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 in a first-round match on Monday.The Swiss superstar advanced in 88 minutes to a second-round match against Germany's 65th-ranked Simon Greul, who outlasted 182nd-ranked Ecuadoran qualifier ...

[businessportal24] Belden provides effective signal transmission solutions that include network devices designed for safety-critical applications for SCADA and industrial automation. Richmond, IN, August 29, 2009 -- Belden and Byres Security Inc. (BSI) have announced that they have signed a technology cooperation agreement to jointly launch new products later this year ...

The US and NATO commander in Afghanistan on Monday submitted a review into the nearly eight-year war, calling for a revised strategy to defeat the Taliban and reverse the country's "serious" situation.General Stanley McChrystal's review, compiled since he took up command in mid-June, has been widely anticipated under US President ...