Indian airport workers strike, flights delayed (AP via Yahoo! News)
International and domestic flights were disrupted across India on Wednesday as thousands of airport employees went on strike to protest plans to privatize airports, officials said.
| Gary Glitter refuses to leave Bangkok airport (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Shamed glam rocker Gary Glitter was stuck at Bangkok airport on Wednesday after refusing to board a flight to Britain following his deportation from Vietnam, where he had spent nearly three years in prison for child sex abuse.
| Glitter fit to travel, still at Bangkok airport: Thai clinic (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter fell ill during the night, missing his flight to London, but is still in Bangkok airport after he left Vietnam on his release from prison, a medical official told AFP Wednesday.
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Bolivians strike for share of natural gas profits (CNN.com)
Five of Bolivia's nine states staged a civic strike Tuesday, protesting against President Evo Morales and demanding a larger share of the country's natural gas revenues.
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Gasol powers Spain past Croatia in quarters (Sports Illustrated)
BEIJING (AP) -- Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 20 points to lead world champions Spain to a 72-59 win over Croatia in an Olympic basketball quarterfinal Wednesday.
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U.K. Stocks Update: FTSE 100 Rises 35.90 to 5,356.30 (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.'s benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, rose 0.67 percent at 8:05 a.m. The index of 102 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange rose 35.90 to 5,356.30. Among the stocks in the index, 77 rose, 20 fell and 5 were unchanged.
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Forget HD DVD: Toshiba Focuses On Plain Old DVD (CBS News)
After losing out in the battle to define the high-definition successor of the DVD, Toshiba Corp. has turned its attention to the next best thing: the DVD.
| Sony and Toshiba Outsource LCD-TV Production (Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Sony and Toshiba are planning to outsource large segments of their liquid-crystal display television production to in order to cut costs.
| Toshiba-Matsushita jv develops advanced OLED panels (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
TOKYO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A joint venture between Japan's Toshiba Corp <6502.T> and Matsushita <6752.T> said it has developed organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays with the world's longest product life span and lowest power consumption.
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