Standard Chartered raises $537m
The UK’s Standard Chartered Bank raises $537m in India, in the first initiative of its type there by an overseas firm.
Monthly Archive for May, 2010
Gunmen attack Pakistani hospital
About eight people are killed after gunmen attack a hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
Asteroid probe ‘on home straight’
A Japanese space probe designed to return samples from an asteroid completes an important step on its journey home.
‘Gunman’ in Essex police standoff
A man who is reportedly brandishing a firearm is currently inside an Essex house with armed police at the scene.
Unite warns of further BA strikes
The Unite union says it may ballot British Airways cabin crew members for further walkouts across the summer.
German president resigns amid criticism over Afghanistan
German President Horst Koehler resigned suddenly Monday over what he said was heavy criticism about comments he made on Germany’s military involvement in Afghanistan, which he said had been misinterpreted.
Women search remains ‘not human’
Police investigating the deaths of three women in Bradford say remains found in a river are not human.
Concern for Scots on aid flotilla
At least three Scots are understood to have been on an aid convoy stormed by Israeli commandos as it sailed to Gaza.
Tropical storm kills more than 100
The death toll continues to climb as more than 100 people have died after a tropical storm battered Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over the weekend, officials in those countries reported.
Eight arrests as coast rave ends
Eight arrests are made and £100,00 worth of sound equipment seized after a weekend rave drew up to 2,500 people to a clifftop.