One killed, 11 hurt in French factory explosion (Reuters)

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• One killed, 11 hurt in French factory explosion (Reuters)
• ANC orders youth leader to stop singing hate song (AP)
• Kyrgyz opposition vows to go ahead with rallies (AP)
• One killed, 11 hurt in French factory explosion
• Nigeria inaugurates new cabinet
• Nigeria inaugurates new cabinet
• Obama seeks momentum from Russia arms pact signing
• Obama may face election-year Supreme Court battle
• North Korea jails American for illegal entry
• India gropes for response to Maoist menace
• Bernanke's Dilemma: It's His Low Rates Funding Washington's Enormous Deficit
• Sorry Natural Gas Bulls, Now We KNOW That EIA Revision Was A Big Fat Nothing
• NYSE's Making Some Money Sense
• 'Democratic independence' for ETA
• 'Democratic independence' for ETA
• Thai 'red shirts' to step up Bangkok protest
• Thai protesters break into Parliament (AP)
• China battles to save 31 missing in mine (AFP)
• Thai protests to hit 'next level'
• Obama and Hu to meet after public disputes

One killed, 11 hurt in French factory explosion (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT Reuters - One person was killed and 11 others injured following an explosion at a factory on the outskirts of Paris early on Wednesday, police said.

ANC orders youth leader to stop singing hate song (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT AP - South Africa's ruling party says it has ordered its youth leader to stop singing the song "Kill the Farmers" that some blame for the slaying of the country's top white supremacist.

Kyrgyz opposition vows to go ahead with rallies (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:57 PM PDT AP - The Kyrgyz government arrested another opposition leader and deployed busloads of riot police in the capital Wednesday as unrest threatened to spread across the Central Asian nation.

One killed, 11 hurt in French factory explosion Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - One person was killed and 11 others injured following an explosion at a factory on the outskirts of Paris early on Wednesday, police said.

Nigeria inaugurates new cabinet Posted: 06 Apr 2010 06:05 PM PDT The acting president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has swept away the last vestiges of the previous administration and sworn in a new cabinet loyal to him.

Nigeria inaugurates new cabinet Posted: 06 Apr 2010 06:05 PM PDT The acting president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has swept away the last vestiges of the previous administration and sworn in a new cabinet loyal to him.

Obama seeks momentum from Russia arms pact signing Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama leaves on Wednesday for Prague where he will sign a landmark nuclear treaty with Russia, marking a much-needed diplomatic achievement and a step toward better ties with Moscow.

Obama may face election-year Supreme Court battle Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, fresh off a bruising battle over healthcare, could face another tough fight in Congress to fill a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy if 89-year-old Justice John Paul Stevens retires as expected.

North Korea jails American for illegal entry Posted: 06 Apr 2010 06:59 PM PDT SEOUL -North Korea announced Wednesday it has sentenced an American man to eight years of hard labour for an illegal border crossing and an unspecified hostile act. Read more...

India gropes for response to Maoist menace Posted: 06 Apr 2010 06:45 PM PDT NEW DELHI -With the massacre of 75 policemen in a jungle ambush, India's Maoists have shown they remain a potent national security threat despite a major four-month offensive to curb their operations. Read more...

Bernanke's Dilemma: It's His Low Rates Funding Washington's Enormous Deficit Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:57 PM PDT Banks are making a mint by borrowing cheap from the Fed and lending to the government at higher rate

Sorry Natural Gas Bulls, Now We KNOW That EIA Revision Was A Big Fat Nothing Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:47 PM PDT Earlier this week there was some chatter about how the Energy Information Agency had discovered a fl

NYSE's Making Some Money Sense Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:45 PM PDT NYSE Euronext has launched Money Sense, an online financial education resource. The site, www.nysemo

'Democratic independence' for ETA Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:15 PM PDT The political wing of the Basque separatist group ETA, has called for independence through democratic means.

'Democratic independence' for ETA Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:15 PM PDT The political wing of the Basque separatist group ETA, has called for independence through democratic means.

Thai 'red shirts' to step up Bangkok protest Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:18 PM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters say they will take their mass rally in Bangkok to another level on Wednesday as pressure mounts on Thailand's prime minister to end a five-day standoff in the city's commercial district.

Thai protesters break into Parliament (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:52 PM PDT AP - Thai TV has reported that anti-government protesters have broken into the Parliament building after lawmakers aborted their session, with some of the legislators scaling a wall to escape.

China battles to save 31 missing in mine (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 09:59 PM PDT AFP - Problems mounted for rescuers searching for survivors in a flooded China mine Wednesday, with officials warning of a toxic gas build-up, as the death toll rose to seven.

Thai protests to hit 'next level' Posted: 06 Apr 2010 09:42 PM PDT Red shirts vow to push harder for prime minister to quit and force elections.

Obama and Hu to meet after public disputes Posted: 06 Apr 2010 11:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama will meet President Hu Jintao of China next week on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit, as both sides take steps to move on after weeks of irascible exchanges. Since Obama visited Hu in Beijing in November, Read more...

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US calls again for flexible yuan

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• US calls again for flexible yuan
• Scientists Discover Heavy New Element
• Baghdad blasts kill 35, destroy seven buildings
• Australia Leader Angry Over Chinese Freighter
• Mumbai gunmen 'secretly buried'
• Racial divide
• Thousands in New York May Lose Section 8 Help
• U.N. chief will press for abolition of nuclear arms
• Dutch Free Ship From Pirates
• China Rescuers Struggle to Save Miners
• Bosnia Courts Foreign Investment
• Nato investigates Afghan deaths
• Brown set to face UK voters
• Bangkok protesters defy calls to disperse
• Reports: 2nd subway bomber ID'd
• Duke Can Smile About the Present, and Future
• IAEA inspects Syria reactor in uranium traces probe
• US unveils new nuclear policy
• Digital bill faces extra scrutiny
• Comedians Henry and French split

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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