Vienna- A 39-year-old Austrian who says he hacked five family members to death out of shame at losing money on the stock market was convicted of murder Friday and sentenced to life in prison.
A jury court in Vienna found the man guilty of killing his wife, seven-year-old daughter, parents and stepfather in May.
The defendant, a public relations manager, had run up 350,000 euros (450,000 dollars) in debt after playing the stock market for years, the court heard.
Beirut - Lebanese military court investigator Judge Rachid Mezher issued on Friday eight arrest warrants for suspects involved in an explosion that killed five people in the Lebanese city of Tripoli in September.
The explosion on September 29 targeted a military bus carrying at least 20 soldiers, leaving at least five dead and 21 injured.
The explosion was part of a chain of sporadic bombings, mainly targeting the army.
Washington - Ford Motor Co on Friday reported a third- quarter operating loss of 2.98 billion dollars and said it would cut jobs and spending to preserve its perilous cash reserves.
One of the US' "Big Three" automakers, Ford said it used up 7.7 billion dollars in cash as revenues plunged.
The losses reported by Ford, the second-largest US automaker, are likely to be reflected by General Motors Corp, which also reports its third-quarter results Friday.
Beirut - A Syrian state television broadcast showing people tied to Lebanese organizations confessing to a September Damascus bomb attack is an attempt to smear Lebanese institutions, Lebanese politicians said Friday.
Tehran - Iran said European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana asked for continuation of talks with Tehran over its controversial nuclear programme, official news agency IRNA reported on Friday
"Solana, in a letter sent to Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili on Thursday, has emphasized the six countries (the five UN veto powers and Germany) are still committed to find a diplomatic solution for the disputed issue," the report said citing a statement released by Jalili's office.
Riga - The three Baltic stock exchanges registered small losses overall Friday, with a dip in a high-profile Estonian stock dragging the rest of the region down.
The NASDAQ OMX Tallinn exchange in Estonia was down 2.68 per cent, and the Vilnius exchange in Lithuania was almost unchanged, down just 0.63 per cent, while the Riga exchange in Latvia actually rose by 1.30 per cent on thin trading.
Vienna- A 39-year-old Austrian who says he hacked five family members to death out of shame at losing money on the stock market was convicted of murder Friday and sentenced to life in prison.
Beirut - Lebanese military court investigator Judge Rachid Mezher issued on Friday eight arrest warrants for suspects involved in an explosion that killed five people in the Lebanese city of Tripoli in September.
Washington - Ford Motor Co on Friday reported a third- quarter operating loss of 2.98 billion dollars and said it would cut jobs and spending to preserve its perilous cash reserves.
Beirut - A Syrian state television broadcast showing people tied to Lebanese organizations confessing to a September Damascus bomb attack is an attempt to smear Lebanese institutions, Lebanese politicians said Friday.
Tehran - Iran said European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana asked for continuation of talks with Tehran over its controversial nuclear programme, official news agency IRNA reported on Friday
Riga - The three Baltic stock exchanges registered small losses overall Friday, with a dip in a high-profile Estonian stock dragging the rest of the region down.
