Modi wins, Joshi quits, BJP downplays conflict
24 May 2012, 10:20 am
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) BJP's star chief minister, Narendra Modi of Gujarat, arrived here Thursday to a grand welcome to attend the national executive meet, with his bete noire Sanjay Joshi quitting the panel.

Rubio downplays growing advantage for Democrats among Latino voters
24 May 2012, 8:42 am
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) looked to downplay the growing Democratic advantage among Latino voters Thursday, attributing the 34 percentage point gap in a Telemundo poll Read more...

Aquino downplays impact of China travel boycott on tourism
24 May 2012, 7:25 am
MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino is not at all worried about the pullout of Chinese tourists from the Philippines. He cited two reasons: China is just a small tourist market for the Philippines and any decline in the number of Chinese visitors can be offset by tapping other markets. " Sabi nila kawawa ...

Olympics-Istanbul downplays soccer worries after 2020 boost
24 May 2012, 6:25 am
Istanbul's efforts to host the 2020 Olympics are a "priority", the bid chief said on Thursday after the city made it into a three-horse race for the Games despite Turkey also wanting to hold the 2020 European soccer Championship.

NRC chief downplays his exit plan
23 May 2012, 11:13 pm
He denied that his departure is related to a potentially scathing inspector general’s report.

Mancini downplays rumors he wants Ibrahimovic
21 May 2012, 2:47 pm
MILAN (AP) -- Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini has downplayed rumors he is interested in signing AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Bono downplays reports of newfound Facebook stock wealth
19 May 2012, 2:05 pm
Bono downplays reports of newfound Facebook stock wealth. Bono says he's not "richer than any Beatle" even though his share of Facebook was valued at $1.5 billion after the company went public Friday.

Bono downplays Facebook earnings
18 May 2012, 11:28 pm
NEW YORK, May 18 (UPI) -- Irish rocker Bono says he's not "richer than any Beatle" even though his share of Facebook was valued at $1.5 billion after the company went public Friday.

Euclid downplays privacy concerns about Wi-Fi tracking
16 May 2012, 9:14 pm
Startup called Euclid Elements shows up at privacy conference to say there are no problems with recording locations of millions of smartphones (unless their owners go to the company's Web site and opt out).

Germany downplays impact of Greece euro exit
11 May 2012, 6:11 am
Germany's finance minister suggested in comments published Friday that the eurozone could deal with an abrupt exit by Greece, even though he says he doesn't want that to happen.Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted ...