Turkey to cut ties unless Israel apologises over raid |
- Turkey to cut ties unless Israel apologises over raid
- US geologist jailed for eight years in China
- Six killed in accident at Russian firing range
- Rise in N.Korean defections by sea alerts Seoul
- Security tight on China ethnic unrest anniversary
- Parliament observes a minute of silence for Omar Ong
- No plan to dissolve General Operations Force: Parliament
- Japan PM's support plunges in polls ahead of election
- Seoul wants "clear and firm" UN message to N.Korea
- BP says 3.12 billion dollars spent on oil disaster
- Penguin parade
- Economy woes for the people of Cadiz
- Komorowski wins Polish election, reforms in focus
- Russia sees WTO membership progress within weeks
- TIMELINE - Ethnic Chinese punished for stealing secrets, spying
- SPECIAL REPORT - China's new migrant workers pushing the line
- China convicts U.S. geologist of stealing state secrets
- FACTBOX - Ties binding China and Pakistan
- Secrets of Mummies unraveled in California
- Lenovo says Apple missing huge opportunities in China
| Turkey to cut ties unless Israel apologises over raid Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:32 PM PDT ANKARA -Turkey will sever diplomatic ties with Israel unless it apologises over the commando raid on an aid convoy to Gaza in which nine Turks died, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was quoted as saying Monday.
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| US geologist jailed for eight years in China Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:16 PM PDT BEIJING -A US geologist was sentenced to eight years in jail in China on Monday on state secrets charges related to a database about China's oil industry, a US official and a rights group said.
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| Six killed in accident at Russian firing range Posted: 04 Jul 2010 10:20 PM PDT MOSCOW -Six people were killed in an accidental explosion at a Russian military firing range in Siberia, reports said Monday.
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| Rise in N.Korean defections by sea alerts Seoul Posted: 04 Jul 2010 08:08 PM PDT SEOUL -A recent rise in the number of seaborne defections by North Koreans to South Korea has raised suspicions that some may really be agents for the communist state, a report said Monday.
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| Security tight on China ethnic unrest anniversary Posted: 04 Jul 2010 02:14 PM PDT URUMQI, China - Security forces fanned out in China's Urumqi city on Monday, the first anniversary of deadly unrest that laid bare deep-seated ethnic tensions in the country's far-western Xinjiang region.
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| Parliament observes a minute of silence for Omar Ong Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:57 PM PDT Members of Parliament today observed a minute of silence and prayers for the late Tun Omar Ong Yoke Lin, the last member of the first Cabinet who passed away last Thursday at the age of 92.
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| No plan to dissolve General Operations Force: Parliament Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:56 PM PDT The government has no plan to dissolve the General Operations Force (GOF), the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
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| Japan PM's support plunges in polls ahead of election Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:51 PM PDT TOKYO, Monday 5 July 2010 (AFP) -- Public support for Japan's new Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his cabinet plunged ahead of a key election as talks about a possible tax hike turned off voters, polls said Monday.
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| Seoul wants "clear and firm" UN message to N.Korea Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:49 PM PDT SEOUL, Monday 5 July 2010 (AFP) -- South Korea Monday urged the UN Security Council to send a firm message to North Korea over the sinking of a warship, but declined comment on media reports that China was blocking such a move.
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| BP says 3.12 billion dollars spent on oil disaster Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:48 PM PDT LONDON, Monday 5 July 2010 (AFP) -- BP said Monday that it has now spent 3.12 billion dollars on the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, up from 2.65 billion dollars last week.
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| Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:46 PM PDT African penguins (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Black-footed Penguin, are pictured at Table Mountain National Park between Simon's Town and Cape Point, near Cape Town, in South Africa. The park is frequently visited by tourists wanting to see the thriving colonies of African penguins.
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| Economy woes for the people of Cadiz Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:44 PM PDT With high unemployment, the property market bust and unpopular new austerity measures, it is not surprising that the people of Cadiz in Spain are worried about their future.
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| Komorowski wins Polish election, reforms in focus Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:14 AM PDT WARSAW (Reuters) - Moderate conservative Bronislaw Komorowski has narrowly won Poland's presidential election, raising pressure on the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk to deliver on economic reforms.
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| Russia sees WTO membership progress within weeks Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:14 AM PDT ASTANA (Reuters) - Russia has a good chance to remove all remaining obstacles to its membership in the World Trade Organisation within weeks, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Monday.
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| TIMELINE - Ethnic Chinese punished for stealing secrets, spying Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:14 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court on Monday sentenced an American geologist to eight years in jail for attempting to obtain and traffic in state secrets, one year after his trial ended and two-and-a-half years after he was detained.
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| SPECIAL REPORT - China's new migrant workers pushing the line Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:11 AM PDT ZHONGSHAN/LONGHUA, China (Reuters) - After a morning of confrontation with his bosses at an auto parts factory in southern China, Wei took a different route home to avoid the plain-clothes police tailing him.
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| China convicts U.S. geologist of stealing state secrets Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:11 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A geologist accused of stealing state secrets after he brokered the sale of an oil database has been sentenced to eight years in jail, the U.S. embassy said on Monday, over two-and-one-half years after he was detained.
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| FACTBOX - Ties binding China and Pakistan Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:11 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari visits China from Tuesday for high-level talks that may cover economic and security ties, as well as nuclear cooperation that has prompted qualms from other powers.
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| Secrets of Mummies unraveled in California Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:23 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, Monday 5 July 2010 (AFP) - From an ornate Egyptian sarcophagus to the striking preserved remains of a howler monkey wearing a feathered skirt, a new exhibition in Los Angeles is unraveling the mysteries of mummies.
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| Lenovo says Apple missing huge opportunities in China Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:15 PM PDT BEIJING, Monday 5 July 2010 (AFP) -- The founder of Chinese IT giant Lenovo said in an interview published Monday that Apple is missing huge opportunities in the world's most populous nation because it does not understand mainland consumers.
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