MUMBAI (Reuters) - A brewing economic crisis in the developed world will weigh on palm oil prices that have lost 21 percent this year on high output, although the market could rally again on Asian demand and erratic weather, industry analysts said. Investor concerns that euro zone and U.S. debt ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian meteorologists on Wednesday declared La Nina, the disruptive weather pattern behind floods and cyclones that brought death and destruction this year, to have ended. The weather phenomenon, which began in earnest in December, was blamed for torrential rain and ferocious ...

SINGAPORE (AFP) Spains La Liga said Thursday it will launch a pre-season exhibition tournament in Asia next year to boost its profile in the region, where the English Premier League dominates. Some matches will also have an earlier kick-off time in the upcoming season to encourage more football ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times critic may have panned the film, but that didnt stop Disney from paying top dollar to turn the newspapers front page into a special advertisement on Friday for the new movie, Alice in Wonderland. The ad, believed to be the first of its kind among ...

Mike Tyson allegedly hit a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport and was booked and released on suspicion of battery on Wednesday, police said. The paparazzo told police that the former heavyweight boxing champion struck him once, airport police spokesman Sgt. Jim Holcomb said. The ...

THE luxurious LA home where Jordan and Peter Andre spent their final weeks together is up for sale. The couple rented the mansion during the filming of Katie and Peter: Stateside, but spent most of their stay rowing in front of the cameras. They split up soon after arriving back - while the series ...

POP diva Britney Spears has lifted some weight off her pocket by shelling 8.9 million dollars on her new home. The pop princess spent the staggering amount on her Calabasas property, just outside LA, and is said to be in the middle of putting up her previous six-bedroom, six-bathroom home for 7.195 ...

MANILA (AFP) - From the presidential palace to the rough-and-tumble slums, millions of Filipinos cheered Sunday after boxing hero Manny Pacquiao hammered legend Oscar De La Hoya in Las Vegas. "Pacman" solidified his reputation as the world's best pound-for-pound fighter with a dominant performance ...

KARACHI - Former Olympian Islahuddin Saddique has left for Los Angeles to attend the FIH Hockey Rules Board meeting. Before leaving for the meeting, Islah, the 1978 World Cup winning captain and a former manager of the national team, the longest serving Pakistani on FIH Hockey Rules Board, slammed ...

At least 25 people were killed in the head-on crash of a commuter train and a freight train near Los Angeles that officials on Saturday attributed to the failure of the passenger train engineer to stop at a red light. The crash, which occurred in the Los Angeles suburb of Chatsworth, was the worst ...

Rescue workers combed their way through the mangled wreckage of a commuter train late Friday looking for survivors after a commuter train collided with a freight train in suburban Los Angeles. At least 10 people were confirmed dead, with another 107 injured, 40 critically, officials said. ...

Los Angeles  - Los Angeles officials on Tuesday approved a one-year ban on fast-food chains opening in a poor neighbourhood of the city battling higher-than-average obesity, officials said. The moratorium covers the 500,000 people living in the 32-square mile area of South Los Angeles, ...

ACTORS Nicolas Cage and Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Nathan Lane and Eugene Levy with Freddie Highmore have joined forces and lended their voices to one of the most beloved animated characters ever, Astro Boy. Imagi Studios and Summit Entertainment will be at Anime Expo(r) 2008 (Booth #913 ...