A Chinese general said that if the United States were to attack China in a conflict over Taiwan, he believed Beijing might respond with nuclear weapons, a newspaper reported Friday.Maj. Gen. Zhu......
Vikram Sood,formerchief of the Research & Analysis Wing, asks if Osama bin Laden miscalculated when he initiated the 9/11 attacks. Exclusive to rediff.comBy the middle of 2001, the Taliban, along......
Time magazine(August 31, 2003) has carried a commentary onGeraldPosner's book Why America Slept.The commentary says: 'Most of his new book is a lean, lucid retelling of how the CIA, FBI and......
Unocal Corp would have agreed to be acquired by Chinese oil firm CNOOC Ltd, despite fierce US political opposition - if the Chinese side had raised its bid in August, Unocal's former CEO has said.......
State-owned CNOOC Ltd., China's third-biggest oil producer, launched an $18.5 billion bid for US oil company Unocal Corp., setting up a possible contest with rival bidder Chevron Corp.The CNOOC bid......
Reliance Industries has offered $13.5 billion to buy LyondellBasell Industries, 12.5 per cent more than its previous offer, and may sweeten it further to get control of the bankrupt petrochemicals......
Reliance Industries may make a firm bid to acquire bankrupt chemicals and fuel maker LyondellBasell Industries AF in February 2010 after $20 billion of debt owned by the troubled firm is......
Burren Energy of UK has acquired US energy major Unocal Corp's entire 26.01 per cent stake in Hindustan Oil Exploration Co Ltd for $26.01 million and has made an open offer to acquire further 20......