China warns EU off yuan pressure

China warns EU off yuan pressure


China warns EU off yuan pressure

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:11 PM PDT

The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has warned the European Union against pressurising China into raising the value of the yuan.


Israel arrests two Muslim clerics

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:13 PM PDT

Israeli police arrest two Muslim clerics in the northern town of Nazareth on suspicion of "supporting terrorism".


China warns EU off yuan pressure

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:11 PM PDT

The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has warned the European Union against pressurising China into raising the value of the yuan.


Moon impact 'formed Saturn rings'

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:07 PM PDT

Saturn's rings may have formed when a large moon with an icy mantle and rocky core spiralled into the nascent planet.


US says sorry for Pakistan deaths

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:03 PM PDT

US ambassador in Islamabad says helicopter pilots mistook Pakistani soldiers for Taliban fighters they were pursuing.


Karzai in Afghanistan 'peace talks'

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:23 PM PDT

Delegates at an unofficial conference to discuss reconciliation meet the president in Kabul.


F.B.I. Arrests 129 in Police Corruption Sweep in Puerto Rico

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:52 PM PDT

Officials described the drug trafficking arrests as part of the largest investigation into police corruption in the F.B.I.'s history.


West Virginia Sues U.S. Over Mining Restrictions

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:40 PM PDT

The state is seeking to reverse stricter controls on mountaintop coal mining adopted in 2009.


Solar surprise for climate issue

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:47 PM PDT

The Sun's influence on modern-day global warming may have been over-estimated, a study suggests.


Two held in global fraud raids

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:46 PM PDT

Two Britons are arrested following raids by fraud investigators into alleged corrupt activities at banknote print firm Securency.


Clinton-Biden Swap: Denial, Speculation

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:19 PM PDT

The White House dismissed the idea, floated by Bob Woodward, that the vice president and secretary of state might trade jobs.


Hungarians Raced to Escape Caustic Sludge

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:52 PM PDT

Wave of red sludge turned picturesque villages into red-tinged towns out of science-fiction horror films.


Medal of Honor awarded to Green Beret for sacrifice in Afghan fight

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:03 PM PDT

Wounded and running out of ammunition, Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller battled a force of more than 100 insurgents in Afghanistan, allowing his fellow soldiers to seek cover from a blistering attack in 2008.


Ruling in '98 Tanzania embassy bombing case a setback for U.S.

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:30 PM PDT

A federal judge in New York has barred a key prosecution witness from testifying in the trial of a suspect in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa after ruling that the government learned of the man through coercive CIA interrogations at a secret prison overseas.


Rabbis replace Korans at burned mosque in West Bank

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:10 PM PDT

BEIT FAJAR, WEST BANK - In a rare act of conciliation Tuesday, a group of rabbis from Jewish settlements near the Palestinian town of Beit Fajar visited a mosque there that had been torched by arsonists and brought Korans to replace those burned in the blaze.


Seamus Heaney wins top poet prize

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:01 PM PDT

Poet Seamus Heaney is named the winner of the prestigious Forward Prize, which comes with a cheque for £10,000.


FBI stings net Puerto Rico police

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:25 PM PDT

Dozens of police officers are arrested on drugs charges in Puerto Rico following the biggest police corruption investigation in the history of the FBI.


German Muslims must obey law, not sharia: Merkel

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:11 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday Muslims must obey the constitution and not sharia law if they want to live in Germany, which is debating the integration of its 4 million-strong Muslim population.


Robinson outlines recovery plan

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:03 PM PDT

The First Minister has outlined his vision for economic recovery as he addresses the Institute of Bankers in Belfast on Wednesday night.


Doctor, gang-raped in Sudan's Darfur, wins rights award

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:07 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Halima Bashir, a doctor who says she was gang-raped by Sudanese soldiers after speaking out about atrocities in Darfur, won the Anna Politkovskaya award for women human rights defenders on Wednesday.


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