Special Report: Southern Sudan: oil boom to bust-up?

Special Report: Southern Sudan: oil boom to bust-up?
Special Report: Southern Sudan: oil boom to bust-up? (Reuters)
India's billion-dollar 3G auction opens (AFP)
Crews begin moving oil from ship stuck on reef (AP)
Egypt hosts antiquities meeting
Fresh Rio mudslide 'buries 200'
Thai "red shirts" start trek to TV satellite station
Sri Lanka ruling alliance takes early lead in polls
Egypt hosts antiquities meeting
Fresh Rio mudslide 'buries 200'
Kyrgyz leader refuses to step down
Red shirts plan biggest protest yet
Australia freezes asylum claims
Three Japanese drug smugglers executed
Australia blocks Afghan, Sri Lankan asylum seekers
China executes three Japanese drug smugglers
US downplays Netanyahu no-show at nuclear summit
Germany Comes to Terms With Its New War (Time.com)
Is Obama's diplomacy with China paying off?
Is Obama's diplomacy with China paying off?

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:55 PM PDT

TEREKEKA, Sudan (Reuters) - With southern Sudan stumbling toward independence next year, the Chinese oil workers in Africa's biggest country are bracing for trouble. For southern villagers like Maria Jande, trouble is already here.

Special Report: Southern Sudan: oil boom to bust-up? (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:55 PM PDT

Reuters - With southern Sudan stumbling toward independence next year, the Chinese oil workers in Africa's biggest country are bracing for trouble. For southern villagers like Maria Jande, trouble is already here.

India's billion-dollar 3G auction opens (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:54 PM PDT

AFP - India's mobile phone firms began bidding Friday to provide superfast third-generation (3G) services in the booming cellular market -- a sale expected to reap the government billions of dollars.

Crews begin moving oil from ship stuck on reef (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:50 PM PDT

AP - Salvage crews at a damaged coal carrier stuck on Australia's Great Barrier Reef began pumping fuel oil Friday from the stricken vessel onto another barge to carry it away and prevent it from leaking onto the delicate reef.

Egypt hosts antiquities meeting

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 08:56 PM PDT

Officials from more than 20 countries are meeting in Egypt to discuss how to recover ancient treasures which they say have been stolen or looted.

Fresh Rio mudslide 'buries 200'

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 07:37 PM PDT

At least 200 people are feared to have been buried by a landslide in Rio de Janeiro, following the heaviest rains in decades, Brazilian officials say.

Thai "red shirts" start trek to TV satellite station

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:53 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai protesters started a trek out of the capital to a satellite earth station on Friday after the government blocked their TV channel, in defiance of an emergency decree imposed to quell nearly a month of protests.

Sri Lanka ruling alliance takes early lead in polls

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:58 PM PDT

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's ruling alliance was confident of a sweeping victory as it took an early and expected lead in parliamentary elections on Friday, but it said it may miss the two-thirds majority needed to amend the constitution.

Egypt hosts antiquities meeting

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 08:56 PM PDT

Officials from more than 20 countries are meeting in Egypt to discuss how to recover ancient treasures which they say have been stolen or looted.

Fresh Rio mudslide 'buries 200'

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 07:37 PM PDT

At least 200 people are feared to have been buried by a landslide in Rio de Janeiro, following the heaviest rains in decades, Brazilian officials say.

Kyrgyz leader refuses to step down

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Ousted president says he has not "abdicated responsibility" to run the country.

Red shirts plan biggest protest yet

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:36 PM PDT

Thai protesters promise "unforgettable" day of marches in bid to topple government.

Australia freezes asylum claims

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:18 PM PDT

Bar on claims by Afghans and Sri Lankans aims to halt people smuggling, officials say.

Three Japanese drug smugglers executed

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:03 PM PDT

BEIJING – Three Japanese were executed today after being convicted of drug trafficking, the Supreme People's Court announced.

Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai, 48, and Katsuo Mori, 67, were put to death in north-eastern Liaoning Province, reports Xinhua news agency.

Takeda was convicted of buying about 5kg of

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 07:47 PM PDT

SYDNEY -Australia on Friday stopped accepting new Afghan and Sri Lankan asylum seekers as it cracks down on people smuggling to thwart an influx of boat people.

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 07:40 PM PDT

BEIJING -China executed three convicted Japanese drug smugglers on Friday, state media said, just days after another Japanese citizen was put to death for the same offence.

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:25 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -The White House downplayed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's canceled trip to Washington for a nuclear summit next week amid growing tensions between the two close allies.

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Germany's Defense Minister used the word 'war' to describe the country'sAfghan mission for the first time. Is Germany finally coming to terms withthe reality on the ground?