UK police seek information on newspaper eavesdropping

UK police seek information on newspaper eavesdropping


UK police seek information on newspaper eavesdropping

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 01:06 AM PDT

LONDON(Reuters) - British police said on Sunday they had sought more information about claims that reporters at the News of the World newspaper illegally hacked into voicemail accounts to eavesdrop on people's phone messages.


China surges to 5th largest global investor

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:19 AM PDT

Foreign direct investment in China this year is set to surpass US$100 billion

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The nonsense has to stop

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:51 PM PDT

The current wars of words over race issues started with the expression of nonsense that have hurt the feelings of other races made in inappropriate places and occasions by a group of politicians, who proclaim themselves as nationalists and act on the behalf of justice.

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A black-and-white warning to severely punish racist principals and teachers

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:48 PM PDT

The Education Ministry has issued a notice to remind all primary and secondary school principals and teaching staff to be cautious in speaking and not to express sensitive racial remarks or severe actions will be taken against them.

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North Korea to free fishermen after month in captivity

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:12 AM PDT

SEOUL(Reuters) - North Korea said on Monday it was releasing the seven-man crew of a South Korean fishing boat, including three Chinese, after they illegally entered its waters last month.


Charter referendum new test for Turkey's PM Erdogan

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:12 AM PDT

KONYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Shortly before sweeping to power, Tayyip Erdogan pledged at the tomb of state founder Ataturk to revive a secular democracy he said was losing the nation's trust. Turkey would now get the leadership it deserved.


Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:12 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Up to six suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over.


Seventeen killed in Pakistan suicide attack

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:39 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD, Sept 6 — A suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan today killing at least 17 people, police said, in the third in a string of attacks by al Qaeda- and Taliban-linked militants over the last week. An official said the death toll could rise as the police station had collapsed after the blast and workers ...


Pirates rob tanker as attacks rise in South China Sea

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:33 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 — Pirates robbed a Japanese chemical tanker in the South China Sea yesterday amid a "serious escalation" of attacks, a maritime watchdog said today. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said pirates armed with knives and steel rods boarded the ship off Mangkai Island in Indonesia last week, stole cash and belongings and ...


Obama to launch political offensive on economy

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:06 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Monday 6 September 2010 (AFP) - US President Barack Obama will travel to the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin Monday as part of a broad effort to stem ebbing political support over the slowing economic recovery.

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Probe launched after China pilots falsified records: govt

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:04 PM PDT

BEIJING, Monday 6 September 2010 (AFP) - China said Monday it is investigating the qualifications of the nation's commercial pilots after revelations that more than 200 of them had falsified their resumes.

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Philippines police 'have no negotiating team', inquiry told

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:03 PM PDT

MANILA, September 6, 201 (AFP) - The Philippine police do not have an official hostage negotiation team, the officer in charge of talking to the hijacker in a bus siege that ended with eight Hong Kong tourists dead said Monday.

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Guatemala landslides kill dozens, toll seen rising

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:37 PM PDT

CUMBRE DE ALASKA, Guatemala(Reuters) - A massive landslide buried a crowd trying to dig out a bus from deep mud on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, with dozens more feared dead, as torrential rains battered Guatemala.


Japan public backs PM Kan vs Ozawa by wide margin - poll

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:37 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of Japanese voters prefer Prime Minister Naoto Kan to powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa as premier, media polls showed on Monday ahead of a Sept. 14 ruling party leadership race that appears too close to call.


In wake of Earl, U.S. eyes other potential storms

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:37 PM PDT

MIAMI (Reuters) - The remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston look very likely to strengthen again as a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and could threaten the Caribbean's Leeward Islands in coming days on a westward track, U.S. forecasters said on Sunday.


Bomb blast wounds five in Tajikistan nightclub

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:37 PM PDT

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a nightclub in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe overnight, wounding at least five people, security sources said on Monday.


Life for Roma expelled from France

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:28 PM PDT

Nick Thorpe has been visiting some of the families in western Romania, who were sent back from France.


Immigration on the French agenda

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:24 PM PDT

Informal talks are set to begin between France's immigration minister, Eric Besson, and a gathering of international ministers.


French minister moves wedding over Facebook protest

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:37 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France's immigration minister has changed the date of his wedding after Facebook users pledged to disrupt the ceremony, as the government faces criticism at home and abroad for security policies related to immigration.


Explosion in Tajik nightclub injures four

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:37 PM PDT

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistan officials said on Monday they were investigating whether an explosion that injured four people in a nightclub in the capital Dushanbe overnight was caused by bomb.


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