Baghdad - At least 30 people were killed on Monday and another 68 were wounded when three suicide bombers blew themselves up one after another in a Baghdad market, media report said.
According to the Aswat al-Iraq news agency, the first attacker detonated a car bomb in the mostly Sunni neighborhood of Adhamiyah, and then, as people rushed to help the injured, two other attackers blew themselves up in the crowds.
Baghdad - Iraqis will go to the polls in January, in long- awaited provincial elections which are expected to help a process of national reconciliation, local media said on Monday.
The elections will take place on January 31 in 14 of Iraq's 18 provinces, with the disputed multi-ethnic Kirkuk province and the three autonomous provinces of Kurdistan excluded.
Campaigning for elections will start at the beginning of December and will last for two months, al-Arabiya television reported.
New York City: Struggling US insurer American International Group (AIG) on Monday in New York reported a record third quarter net loss of 24.47 billion dollars compared to a net profit of 3.09 billion dollars in the same period last year.
Commenting on the results, AIG Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Edward M Liddy said, "third quarter results reflect extreme dislocations and volatility in the capital markets and significant charges related to restructuring activities."
Riga - There was mixed news on the Latvian economy Monday with official statistics recording a month-on-month rise in the consumer price index (CPI) inflation figures but a continuing downward trend year-on-year.
The Latvian Central Statistical Bureau said that compared to September 2008 inflation for October 2008 rose by 1.2 per cent to stand at 13.8 per cent year-on-year.
In September, Latvian annual inflation was 14.9 percent.
Riga - With sales of new cars in Latvia shrinking by more than a third in the first ten months of 2008 according to figures released Monday, it was left to carmakers at opposite ends of the price spectrum to report the strongest results.
Total sales of new cars in the Baltic country for January to October dropped to 10,434 from 17,239 in the same period last year, according to the Latvian Authorized Car Dealers Association.
With an economic downturn well underway, Latvians appear to be weaning themselves off their hitherto insatiable appetite for the latest automotive metal and are making do with older models and cheaper new cars.
In October, just 1,183 new cars were registered, the lowest monthly figure of the year.
Baghdad - At least 30 people were killed on Monday and another 68 were wounded when three suicide bombers blew themselves up one after another in a Baghdad market, media report said.
Baghdad - Iraqis will go to the polls in January, in long- awaited provincial elections which are expected to help a process of national reconciliation, local media said on Monday.
Rome - Italy's foreign ministry confirmed Monday that two Italian Roman Catholic nuns have been abducted in Kenya.
New York City: Struggling US insurer American International Group (AIG) on Monday in New York reported a record third quarter net loss of 24.47 billion dollars compared to a net profit of 3.09 billion dollars in the same period last year.
Riga - There was mixed news on the Latvian economy Monday with official statistics recording a month-on-month rise in the consumer price index (CPI) inflation figures but a continuing downward trend year-on-year.
