
Moscow: Russia's Sukhoi aircraft maker will remain among the top three exporters of fighter jets until at least 2015, the Moscow-based Centre for Analysis of World Arms Trade (CAWAT) said on Friday. "Sukhoi will export 109 fighters in the next three years, while US Lockheed Martin will export 110 aircraft, and China's Chengdu 112 aircraft," CAWAT head Igor Korotchenko said. The total amount of Sukhoi fighter contracts with foreign customers...

02:07 AM, Feb 25, 2012

Geneva/Moscow: Russia won admission to the World Trade Organisation on Friday after 18 years of negotiations, finally gaining full integration into the global economy two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed. Russia's $ 1.9 trillion economy was the largest outside the WTO, and accession will help reduce the dependence on energy exports that left it badly exposed to the oil price collapse of 2008. Accession by Russia, with the second-largest...

09:49 AM, Dec 17, 2011

New York: The nominations for the IMF chief post closes on Friday, with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde leading the race even as consensus remains elusive amongst emerging nations on support for a particular candidate. Apart from Lagarde, Mexican central bank governor Agustin Carstens and Kazakhstan's central bank governor Grigory Marchenkois are in the fray for the IMF Managing Director's post which fell vacant after the ignominious exit of Dominique...

06:51 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Los Angeles: More problems surfaced on Saturday for actor Mel Gibson, whose agent cancelled his contract and whose alleged voice was published in a tape of harsh rant against his girlfriend. The talent agency that represented Gibson, William Morris Endeavor, cancelled its contract with the star, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Meanwhile, the director and star of
Braveheart is heard on a tape published on RadarOnline.com using sexist and racist...

08:15 AM, Jul 11, 2010

Are Mel Gibson and his Russian girlfriend Oksana headed for splistville? We got all the low down on that. And we also have veteran actor Al Pacino revealing one of his deepest fears..All this in our entertainment wrap of the day!
Al Pacino: Actor- When you play a character that really exists, it is kind of eerie. That's what oscar-winning actor Al Pacino had to say about playing a ...

05:55 PM, Apr 16, 2010

The pair has reportedly separated five months after the birth of their daughter ...

12:53 PM, Apr 15, 2010

Cilic beat Indian Somdev Devvarman in last year's final. ...

12:13 AM, Jan 05, 2010

The Indian qualifier lost in straight set to world No. 37 Igor Kuntisyn. ...

08:46 PM, Jul 29, 2009

Nadal was pushed hard by 17-year-old junior champion Grigor Dimitrov. ...

03:27 PM, Feb 13, 2009

The 2 policemen charged with the boy's killing have been jailed pending trial. ...

01:11 AM, Dec 15, 2008

The submarine was to be leased to India. ...

02:42 AM, Nov 10, 2008

Bolelli entered the draw after Marat Safin withdrew with a shoulder injury. ...

05:08 PM, Oct 14, 2008

Igor Kunitsyn upset former world No.1 Marat Safin in an all- Russian final. ...

12:48 PM, Oct 13, 2008

The Swiss protected his four-year New York reign with a compelling win. ...

12:16 PM, Sep 03, 2008