US calls again for flexible yuan

US calls again for flexible yuan


US calls again for flexible yuan

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 01:16 PM PDT

The US again stresses its desire to persuade China to allow the yuan to trade more freely on foreign exchange markets.


Scientists Discover Heavy New Element

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 12:44 PM PDT

A Russian-U.S. team produced six atoms of a massive element in a particle accelerator north of Moscow.


Baghdad blasts kill 35, destroy seven buildings

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 12:52 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Coordinated bombings across Baghdad destroyed seven buildings and killed at least 35 people on Tuesday, authorities said, fuelling fears of a surge in violence after an inconclusive parliamentary election.


Australia Leader Angry Over Chinese Freighter

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd criticized the captain of a freighter that beached on the Great Barrier Reef calling the vessel "an environmental time bomb."


Mumbai gunmen 'secretly buried'

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 11:56 AM PDT

The unclaimed bodies of nine gunmen killed in the 2008 attacks on Mumbai were secretly buried in January, Indian officials say.


Racial divide

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:57 AM PDT

The South African town where race hate lives on


Thousands in New York May Lose Section 8 Help

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 12:04 PM PDT

The New York City Housing Authority, facing a deficit, is weighing an unprecedented move that could cause 10,500 families to lose their apartments.


U.N. chief will press for abolition of nuclear arms

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 11:32 AM PDT

SEMIPALATINSK NUCLEAR TEST SITE, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Standing at the former Soviet nuclear test site, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he would press nuclear powers at a Washington summit next week to scrap all their atomic weapons.


Dutch Free Ship From Pirates

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:59 AM PDT

Military officials said a Dutch frigate sidestepped the European Union's anti-piracy task force to free a German cargo ship from Somali pirates.


China Rescuers Struggle to Save Miners

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:53 AM PDT

Six bodies were recovered from a flooded mine in north China as the government cordoned survivors from family members, damping the celebratory mood one day after 115 people were rescued from the shaft in China's biggest-ever mining rescue.


Bosnia Courts Foreign Investment

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:48 AM PDT

Hoping to revive an economy that never recovered from the war, Bosnian business leaders on began presenting some 157 investment projects worth over $7.41 billion to foreign investors.


Nato investigates Afghan deaths

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 11:09 AM PDT

Nato investigates whether its forces killed four civilians in an air strike in the southern Afghan province of Helmand.


Brown set to face UK voters

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 08:34 AM PDT

British PM Gordon Brown says he's seeking "a clear and straightforward mandate" to carry on the job of rebuilding the economy," as he confirms a May 6 election. | ANALYSIS | CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED |


Bangkok protesters defy calls to disperse

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 07:26 AM PDT

Thousands of anti-government protesters defied calls to disperse and flocked to Bangkok Tuesday, jamming the commercial hub of the city for the fourth straight day as officials predicted a blow to the economy.


Reports: 2nd subway bomber ID'd

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 08:48 AM PDT

Russian authorities have identified the second suicide bomber in last week's fatal Moscow subway attacks as a 28-year-old honors graduate from a Dagestan university, Russian news agencies reported Tuesday.


Duke Can Smile About the Present, and Future

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 12:00 PM PDT

With Coach Mike Krzyzewski saying he will remain as coach, Duke will most likely enter next season as the top-ranked team.


IAEA inspects Syria reactor in uranium traces probe

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:08 AM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors have been able to revisit a Damascus nuclear research reactor as part of a probe into possible covert atomic activity in Syria, diplomats said on Tuesday.


US unveils new nuclear policy

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:01 AM PDT

Use of nuclear weapons to be limited to deter or respond to nuclear attacks on US soil.


Digital bill faces extra scrutiny

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 11:20 AM PDT

The Digital Economy Bill has its second reading in the Commons amid calls for the government to rethink rushing it into law.


Comedians Henry and French split

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 11:29 AM PDT

Comedians Lenny Henry and Dawn French are splitting up after 25 years of marriage, a spokesman for the couple says.


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