2010 Games End With Wink, Smile |
- 2010 Games End With Wink, Smile
- Turkey's rift deepens with latest military arrests
- Veterans revisit nuclear test site
- Prickly plant boosts Morocco's profits
- Militants destroy NATO oil tanker in Pakistan (AP)
- Veterans revisit nuclear test site
- Prickly plant boosts Morocco's profits
- U.S. State Dept's Steinberg heads to China, Japan
- Russia, Georgia reopen vital border crossing
- Clinton adds Buenos Aires to Latin American tour
- Radio station for divorcees battles stigma in Egypt (AFP)
- Toyota chief visits China amid recall woes (AP)
- Millennials On The Move
- 2010 Games End With Wink, Smile
- Japan agency 'sorry' after tsunami less than feared
- HSBC chief set to donate bonus to charity: reports (AFP)
- Chile minister says navy made mistake on tsunami (AP)
- Apple admits some plants using child labour
- EXCLUSIVE - China PLA officer urges challenging U.S. dominance
- A Crisis Waiting To Happen
| 2010 Games End With Wink, Smile Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:29 PM PST Vancouver ended its time hosting the 2010 Olympic games on a light-hearted note, with a closing ceremony that featured floating moose, dancing Mounties and gigantic cut-out hockey players wearing the gold medals Team Canada had won hours before.
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| Turkey's rift deepens with latest military arrests Posted: 28 Feb 2010 10:34 PM PST ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's crackdown on military officers accused of conspiring to topple a government they see fostering Islamist ambitions brings the country to a historic juncture and raises the prospect of deep social division.
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| Veterans revisit nuclear test site Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:01 PM PST Veterans of French nuclear tests in Algeria are demanding action to decontaminate the site and compensate victims.
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| Prickly plant boosts Morocco's profits Posted: 28 Feb 2010 02:59 PM PST Sylvia Smith looks at how the cactus is giving a depressed region of Morocco the chance to develop a profitable new industry in skin care products.
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| Militants destroy NATO oil tanker in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 10:06 PM PST
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| Veterans revisit nuclear test site Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:01 PM PST Veterans of French nuclear tests in Algeria are demanding action to decontaminate the site and compensate victims.
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| Prickly plant boosts Morocco's profits Posted: 28 Feb 2010 02:59 PM PST Sylvia Smith looks at how the cactus is giving a depressed region of Morocco the chance to develop a profitable new industry in skin care products.
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| U.S. State Dept's Steinberg heads to China, Japan Posted: 28 Feb 2010 10:06 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - James Steinberg, deputy secretary of State and one of the Obama administration's leading voices on China, will leave for China and Japan on Monday, the State Department announced late Sunday.
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| Russia, Georgia reopen vital border crossing Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:14 PM PST DARIAL GORGE, Georgia -The only usable land border crossing between Georgia and Russia reopened Monday after more than three years of closure, restoring a vital route between Russia and the strategic South Caucasus.
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| Clinton adds Buenos Aires to Latin American tour Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:59 PM PST SAN JUAN -US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added Buenos Aires to what is now a six-country Latin American tour highlighted by a solidarity, albeit shortened visit to quake-stricken Chile.
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| Radio station for divorcees battles stigma in Egypt (AFP) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:22 PM PST
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| Toyota chief visits China amid recall woes (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:31 PM PST AP - Toyota President Akio Toyoda's visit to China to talk about his company's quality problems reflects the fast-growing Chinese market's importance to automakers as they struggle with weak global sales.
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| Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:01 PM PST Two new polls give us a glimpse into America's future.
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| 2010 Games End With Wink, Smile Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:29 PM PST Vancouver ended its time hosting the 2010 Olympic games on a light-hearted note, with a closing ceremony that featured floating moose, dancing Mounties and gigantic cut-out hockey players wearing the gold medals Team Canada had won hours before.
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| Japan agency 'sorry' after tsunami less than feared Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:34 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's weather agency apologised on Monday for "crying wolf" when it urged some 1.5 million people to evacuate ahead of a possible major tsunami, only to find the waves that finally hit were far smaller than feared.
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| HSBC chief set to donate bonus to charity: reports (AFP) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:22 PM PST
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| Chile minister says navy made mistake on tsunami (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:46 PM PST
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| Apple admits some plants using child labour Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:44 PM PST SHANGHAI – The iPod you have just bought may well have been made using child labour. Apple has admitted that some of its factories, many of them in China, have hired at least eleven 15-year-old children to work in three factories in the last year. The discovery was
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| EXCLUSIVE - China PLA officer urges challenging U.S. dominance Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:05 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China should build the world's strongest military and move swiftly to topple the United States as the global "champion", a senior Chinese PLA officer says in a new book reflecting swelling nationalist ambitions.
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| Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST The problem with the Volcker banking plan.
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