A rare print of New York - The United Nations headquarters prepares to lock down one more time this year when the kings of Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and US President George W Bush and Israeli President Shimon Peres attend a two-day conference on religion and peace, it was announced Monday.
Close to 70 government delegations will meet Wednesday and Thursday in the UN General Assembly for the "promotion of inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation of peace."
Barcelona - Spain's Rafael Nadal, world number one, stepped down from the Davis Cup final against Argentina later this month, due to a knee injury.
Nadal himself explained his decision Monday in Barcelona, after undergoing several medical tests.
"I did everything I could to try to get to that final. I am used to playing on court with pain and I have stood it quite well. But this is a different kind of pain, a new pain. I cannot manage to control it," the tennis player said.
A rare print of Satyajit Ray’s controversial film, ‘Sikkim’, has been restored by the Oscars Academy, and will be shown during the 14th Kolkata Film Festival to be held from November 10 to 17.
The documentary film, made in 1971, was banned by Indian censors for glorifying monarchy in a Himalayan kingdom that acceded to India. Commissioned by the then Chogyal King of Sikkim and his wife, the film earned censorship both from them and from the Indian government after the state’s accession to India in 1975.
New York - As Washington openly debated help for the beleaguered automobile industry, shares of General Motors plunged as much as 31 per cent Monday as a Deutsche Bank AG analyst speculated the shares may be worthless in a year.
"Even if GM succeeds in averting a bankruptcy, we believe that the company's future path is likely to be bankruptcy-like," Deutsche Bank's Rod Lache was quoted by Bloomberg financial news service as saying.
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Monday for a NATO summit next year to give a sign to Russia that NATO valued it as an important partner.
Addressing an annual conference hosted by the German Atlantic Society, she said she had high expectations of the cross-border NATO summit to be held next April in Kehl, Germany and Strasbourg, France.
It is to mark the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
A rare print of New York - The United Nations headquarters prepares to lock down one more time this year when the kings of Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and US President George W Bush and Israeli President Shimon Peres attend a two-day conference on religion and peace, it was announced Monday.
Frankfurt - Italian author Claudio Magris, 69, on Monday received a top German award for ideas.
Barcelona - Spain's Rafael Nadal, world number one, stepped down from the Davis Cup final against Argentina later this month, due to a knee injury.
A rare print of Satyajit Ray’s controversial film, ‘Sikkim’, has been restored by the Oscars Academy, and will be shown during the 14th Kolkata Film Festival to be held from November 10 to 17.
New York - As Washington openly debated help for the beleaguered automobile industry, shares of General Motors plunged as much as 31 per cent Monday as a Deutsche Bank AG analyst speculated the shares may be worthless in a year.
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Monday for a NATO summit next year to give a sign to Russia that NATO valued it as an important partner.
