Ecuador in talks to buy South African warplanes

October 5th, 2009 Ecuador government seeks end to Indian protestQUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador says it will consider changes to draft mining and water laws that provoked a clash with Indians last week that claimed a protester's life. Vice President Lenin Moreno says an accord signed with Indian leaders will bring down Amazon roadblocks that have been up for a week.

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's telecom major Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN Wednesday terminated their talks for a proposed $24-billion equity swap-cum-strategic alliance that could have potentially created the world's third largest mobile phone enterprise. According to Bharti, the proposed deal was called off after the South African authorities declined to accept certain regulatory constraints on the part of both sides.

September 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Talks over a proposed partnership between Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN have been called off, with Bharti Airtel saying that the South African government is not ready to "accept the deal in its current form." In a statement issued on Wednesday, Bharti Airtel said that it says it hopes government will "review its position in future". MTN says: "Information has been released in India by Bharti Airtel Limited relating to the potential transaction between MTN and Bharti.

September 22nd, 2009 MUMBAI - The scrip of telecom major Bharti Airtel fell about 3 percent on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on reports that the company may have to further sweeten its offer for South African telcom company MTN. According to reports, Bharti has offered MTN a 27 percent of its stake for the same money instead of the 25 percent proposed earlier.

September 14th, 2009 Ecuador, Colombia talk again 1½ yrs after raidQUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador and Colombia will hold direct talks to mend diplomatic relations that ruptured a year-and-a-half ago after a cross-border military raid that killed Colombian rebels inside Ecuador, officials said Monday. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Fander Falconi said he will meet with his Colombian counterpart, Jaime Bermudez, early next week on the sidelines of a U.N.

September 14th, 2009 Ecuador, Colombia talk again 1½ yrs after invasionQUITO, Ecuador — Ecuadorean officials said Monday they are ready to resume diplomatic talks a year-and-a-half after Colombia conducted an unauthorized cross-border raid that killed Colombian rebels. Foreign Minister Fander Falconi told reporters he will meet with his Colombian counterpart, Jaime Bermudez, early next week on the sidelines of a U.N.

September 8th, 2009 Ecuador police bust half-ton of processed cocaineQUITO, Ecuador — Police in Ecuador say they have seized a half-ton of processed cocaine disguised as a shipment of fertilizer. The nation's anti-drug chief, Col.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN Monday said they were extending their talks for a proposed $23-billion financial alliance till Aug 31, having failed to reach a pact within the earlier deadline that had expired Friday. "No decision or agreement to acquire any shares or implement the potential transaction outlined above has yet been made by the boards of either MTN or Bharti," the South African telecom company said in a statement.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel and South African telecom giant MTN are yet to finalise their much-awaited merger deal, a senior official said here Friday. There is nothing as of now, a Bharti spokesperson said adding the company would update markets only Monday.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel is still in talks with South African telecom giant MTN for a possible merger, a top official said Thursday. "Talks are going on between Bharti Enterprises, the parent of Bharti Airtel, and South Africa's MTN Group to form a global business combination," Akhil Gupta, managing director of Bharti Enterprises, told reporters.

July 18th, 2009 US anti-drug force flies last flight from EcuadorQUITO, Ecuador — A U.S. anti-narcotics force flew its last surveillance mission from Ecuador's Pacific Coast on Friday.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's Bharti Airtel and South African telecom giant MTN have resumed talks to hold stakes in each other's companies, restarting the negotiations that had collapsed last year. Thr two groups are discussing options under which Bharti will acquire 49-percent stake in MTN and the South African company will buy 36-percent stake in the Indian company, the two firms announced Monday.

May 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - South African Airways (SAA) will operate six additional flights between India and South Africa on account of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season, the company said Monday. 'These additional flights will be deployed on this route between May 18 and 26 to meet the rush for the semi finals and final IPL matches,' the company said.

May 9th, 2009 Angry mob lynches 2 robbery suspects in EcuadorQUITO, Ecuador — Police say an angry mob dragged two suspected robbers from a police station in Ecuador and burned them to death. A police statement says the crowd of about 800 people also set fire to the station.

April 30th, 2009 Turkish warplanes hit Kurd rebel targets in IraqANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's military says its warplanes struck Kurdish rebel targets overnight in northern Iraq. A military statement says Air Force jets bombed targets in the Iraqi border regions of Zap and Avasin-Basyan on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.