IBTimes.com RSS FeedInternational Business NewsDominican wrestler killed in shooting at store- August 15, 2008 Former Pan American Games wrestling medalist Wilson Santiago Rojas was shot to death when he tried to prevent his cousin from being robbed inside a Santo Domingo electronics store.http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/dominican-wrestler-killed-in-shooting-at-store.ht... Search find 17 people missing in Gila forest in NM- August 15, 2008 Searchers have found three adults and 14 children some 19 hours after they were reported missing during a school outing in southwestern New Mexico. A handful of four-wheel-drive vehicles traveled muddy, mountainous roads to pick up the group in the Gila National Forest and bring them back to base camp.http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/search-on-for-15-people-in-gila-forest-in-nm.htm President-elect says chaos possible for Paraguay- August 15, 2008 The odds are against Paraguay's president-elect even before he takes office on Friday. Fernando Lugo says his impoverished nation "could go up in flames" within months.http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/president-elect-says-chaos-possible-for-paraguay.... Former USVI officials face prison for kickbacks- August 15, 2008 Two former government officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands face prison after being found guilty of running a million-dollar bribery and kickback scheme.http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/former-usvi-officials-face-prison-for-kickbacks.h... NZ leader tries to save guide on mountain climb- August 15, 2008 New Zealand's prime minister tried in vain to help resuscitate her climbing guide and friend after he suffered an apparent heart attack while on a trip in a remote alpine valley, authorities said Friday.http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/nz-leader-tries-to-save-guide-on-mountain-climb.h... Idaho killer's jury hears voice of abducted girl- August 15, 2008 Jurors deciding whether a convicted sex offender who killed four people should be executed heard Thursday the voice of a little girl who endured weeks of torture and despair but survived the 2005 attack that decimated her family.http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/idaho-jury-hears-horrid-detail-of-family-murders.... Protest campaign continues at Olympics; 5 detained- August 15, 2008 Foreign activists scaled a landmark building in Beijing on Friday to unfurl a "Free Tibet" banner over the top of an Olympic Games billboard, in the latest unauthorized protest during the games.http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/ioc-china-should-not-prevent-media-from-reporting... Pregnant NY traffic agent is hit, dies; baby lives- August 15, 2008 A pregnant New York City traffic agent was struck by a van, run over by a bus and killed on Thursday, but doctors were able to save her baby. Police said Donnette Sanz, 33, was seven months pregnant when she was struck by a van in the Bronx and pushed in front of a bus, which ran her over.http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/pregnant-ny-traffic-agent-is-hit-dies-baby-saved.... Netflix shipping centers slammed by problems- August 15, 2008 Netflix Inc. said Thursday that major technical problems over the past three days have severely limited the number of DVDs it could send out. The unspecified problems affected all of the Los Gatos-based company's 55 shipping centers and marked the biggest disruption in service since Netflix launched its DVD-by-mail subscription business nine years ago.http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/netflix-shipping-centers-slammed-by-problems.htm Warner Bros. New "Harry Potter Movie Postponed Till Summer &039;09- August 15, 2008 Warner Bros. said that "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", originally planned for November release, will be postponed for the next summer.http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/warner-bros-harry-potter-movie-postponed-summer.h... |