Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s president, made an urgent appeal to India not to punish his country for the terror unleashed on Mumbai, warning that militants had the power to precipitate a war in the region
Japan’s economy is unlikely to respond to a planned fiscal stimulus but will have to endure higher unemployment and possibly a return to deflation and shrinking output, according to Kaoru?Yosano,?economy minister
India’s home minister Shivraj Patil became the first high-profile political casualty of the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, offering his resignation on Sunday to take responsibility for the violence, which claimed at least 192 lives.
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson outlines plans to draw up a list of industries that could be saved from collapse.
A last-ditch attempt to block the planned Lloyds TSB takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland is launched.
