Malaysian media shapes battleground in Anwar trial

Malaysian media shapes battleground in Anwar trial


Malaysian media shapes battleground in Anwar trial

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:23 PM PST

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian media photos showing "in camera" proceedings in the sodomy trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim prompted complaints of bias in the politically charged trial on Friday.


Afghan security better, says US

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:44 PM PST

The top United States commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has said the security situation there is no longer deteriorating.


Artificial pancreas diabetes hope

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:07 PM PST

Trials of an "artificial pancreas" show it can improve the control of Type 1 diabetes in children.


Afghan security better, says US

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:44 PM PST

The top United States commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has said the security situation there is no longer deteriorating.


Artificial pancreas diabetes hope

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:07 PM PST

Trials of an "artificial pancreas" show it can improve the control of Type 1 diabetes in children.


Financial turmoil strikes as G-7 officials gather (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:52 PM PST

Canadian Inuit dogs pull a sled using traditional harnesses Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 in Iqaluit, Canada. Iqaluit, population 7,000, may seem an unlikely venue for a G-7 bull session about the global economy, but the host nation chose it in part to underscore a message about sovereignty over its part of the Arctic. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)AP - A bout of turmoil in global markets has provided sobering reminder to global financial leaders that the aftershocks from the worst recession in seven decades are far from over.



China boss kills two workers in 44-cent pay row (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:55 PM PST

Chinese one yuan coins. A labour contractor in central China stabbed to death two workers in a dispute over three yuan (44 cents) he withheld from their salaries, state media reported on Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - A labour contractor in central China stabbed to death two workers in a dispute over three yuan (44 cents) he withheld from their salaries, state media reported on Friday.



Men At Work slam 'greed' in plagiarism case (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:36 PM PST

File photo of a Kookaburra sitting on a railing in the Hunter Valley, Australia. Australian band Men at Work were found guilty Thursday of plagiarising children's ditty AFP - Men At Work singer Colin Hay on Friday hit out at a court case which found his iconic "Down Under" anthem plagiarised a well-known Girl Guides ditty, describing it as "opportunistic greed".



Taiwan to buy military helicopters from Europe

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:53 PM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Friday it would buy up to 20 military helicopters from a European manufacturer in a move likely to irritate China less than a week after Washington proposed a $6.4 billion arms deal with the island.


Report: Chinese envoy to visit NKorea next week (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:13 PM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, Byun Chan-woo, right, a public prosecutor, briefs their investigation about memory chips at district prosecutors' office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The world's top producers of computer memory chips are embroiled in an apparent case of industrial espionage after South Korean prosecutors indicted 18 people over alleged technology theft. Prosecutors said those involved, including employees of U.S. company Allied Materials and its South Korean unit, are suspected of leaking semiconductor technology belonging to South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. to its domestic rival Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (AP Photo/Shin Jun-hee, Yonhap)AP - A senior Chinese official plans to visit North Korea next week, a news report said Friday, in what is seen as a mission to jump-start stalled international talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs.



Riot-hit Xinjiang capital at risk for years (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:18 PM PST

Reuters - The capital of China's restless far western region of Xinjiang, hit by ethnic riots last year in which about 200 died, faces a long struggle to maintain stability, its mayor said in comments reported on Friday.


Riot-hit Xinjiang capital at risk for years

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:18 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - The capital of China's restless far western region of Xinjiang, hit by ethnic riots last year in which about 200 died, faces a long struggle to maintain stability, its mayor said in comments reported on Friday.


China could block sanctions against Iran

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

China on Thursday threw a roadblock in the path of a U.S.-led push for sanctions against Iran, saying that it is important to continue negotiations as long as Iran appears willing to consider a deal to give up some of its enriched uranium.


American Baptist group charged with child kidnapping in Haiti

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Ten American Baptists who said they wanted to save orphans after Haiti's earthquake were charged with child kidnapping Thursday in a case that has raised fears about the trafficking of minors.


U.S. officials hopeful China will make concessions on currency

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Thursday that he believed China would allow its currency to appreciate vis-à-vis the dollar -- a move President Obama contends is essential to the U.S. economy by making U.S. exports more competitive and lowering China's massive trade surplus.


U.S. commanders in Afghanistan face tougher discipline for battlefield failures

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

The U.S. military has reprimanded an unusually large number of commanders for battlefield failures in Afghanistan in recent weeks, reflecting a new push by the top brass to hold commanders responsible for major incidents in which troops are killed or wounded, said senior military officials.


How the Army informed family members of completed Kamdesh investigation

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

Family members of soldiers killed in an October attack on the U.S. combat outpost in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, received this notification from the Army on Wednesday. The message was delivered in a telephone call from a casualty assistance officer, who read from the script below, and via e-mail. Army...


Televangelist denies 'quid pro quo' with ex-Liberian president

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:49 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS -- Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, testifying in his war crimes trial in The Hague on Thursday, said that his government had awarded American televangelist Pat Robertson a gold mining concession in 1999 and that Robertson later offered to lobby the Bush administration on ...



Who Cares About The President's Budget?

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:01 PM PST

How federal financial planning has changed.


When Suicide Bombers Attack

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:01 PM PST

Examining the tension in Iraq and Afghanistan.