Digest: Flight diverted to Maine after alleged bomb threat by passenger |
- Digest: Flight diverted to Maine after alleged bomb threat by passenger
- Will China Subsidize Electric Vehicles?
- Japan PM keeps party kingpin, plans base trip
- Goldman chief Blankfein grilled by US Senate
- Kyrgyz ex-leader 'facing charges'
- Bid to ban Tintin book in Belgium
- After the EXPO: Spain's experience
- Mayor pledges more Jewish homes in east Jerusalem
- Americans losing confidence in healthcare - survey
- China's Barbie Doll Economics
- Is Netanyahu Quietly Freezing Jerusalem Settlements? (Time.com)
- China seizes millions of toxic food containers (AFP)
- World's 50 best restaurants list released
- China ends entry ban for foreigners with HIV/AIDS
- China's Coffee Culture
- Sarkozy seeks to bury the hatchet with China (AFP)
- Pakistan: Attack kills four police officers
- Diverted flight suspect ID'd as war vet
- China ends entry ban for foreigners with HIV/AIDS
- Venezuela's Hugo Chavez takes to Twitter (AP)
| Digest: Flight diverted to Maine after alleged bomb threat by passenger Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:00 PM PDT A Delta Air Lines flight from Paris to Atlanta was diverted and landed in Maine on Tuesday after an agitated passenger told a flight attendant that he had a bomb in his luggage, U.S. law enforcement officials said, citing preliminary reports.
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| Will China Subsidize Electric Vehicles? Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:33 PM PDT Only if it would benefit domestic automakers.
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| Japan PM keeps party kingpin, plans base trip Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:52 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Wednesday he wanted to keep ruling Democratic Party Secretary-General Ichiro Ozawa in his job after a judicial review panel said he should be indicted over a funding scandal.
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| Goldman chief Blankfein grilled by US Senate Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:45 PM PDT Goldman Sachs' chief executive has denied his bank contributed to the US financial crisis by betting some of its own investment products would fail.
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| Kyrgyz ex-leader 'facing charges' Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:51 PM PDT Ousted Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev has been charged in absentia with organising mass killings, a leader of the interim government says.
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| Bid to ban Tintin book in Belgium Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:48 PM PDT A Congolese man is trying to get a controversial Tintin book banned in the cartoon star's home country of Belgium.
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| After the EXPO: Spain's experience Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:55 PM PDT Sarah Rainsford looks at the long term impact when a city hosts an international expo.
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| Mayor pledges more Jewish homes in east Jerusalem Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON -Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat pledged that more Jewish homes will be built in east Jerusalem, despite US calls for a freeze there in a bid to boost prospects for Middle East peace.
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| Americans losing confidence in healthcare - survey Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are steadily losing confidence in their ability to get healthcare and pay for it, despite the passage of healthcare reform legislation, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
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| Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:15 PM PDT An economist once said: "A Barbie doll costs $20, but China only gets about 35 cents of that." But C
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| Is Netanyahu Quietly Freezing Jerusalem Settlements? (Time.com) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:50 PM PDT Time.com - Publicly, the Israeli government remains defiant of U.S. demands to halt building on occupied land, but the bureaucratic mechanism for authorizing new construction appears to have ground to a halt
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| China seizes millions of toxic food containers (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:37 PM PDT
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| World's 50 best restaurants list released Posted: 27 Apr 2010 07:15 AM PDT Danish cuisine reigns supreme, according to the some of the planet's most prominent eaters.
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| China ends entry ban for foreigners with HIV/AIDS Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:14 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China has revoked a ban on people with HIV/AIDS entering the country, softening a decades-old policy that drew sharp criticism this year when an Australian writer was blocked after declaring himself HIV-positive.
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| Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:45 PM PDT It's not as pervasive as Starbucks would have you believe.
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| Sarkozy seeks to bury the hatchet with China (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:25 PM PDT
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| Pakistan: Attack kills four police officers Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:18 PM PDT An early morning suicide attack killed four police officers in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, according to authorities.
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| Diverted flight suspect ID'd as war vet Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:02 PM PDT A trans-Atlantic Delta Air Lines flight was diverted to Bangor, Maine, because of a disruptive passenger, a Delta spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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| China ends entry ban for foreigners with HIV/AIDS Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:35 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China has revoked a ban on people with HIV/AIDS entering the country, softening a decades-old policy that drew sharp criticism this year when an Australian writer was blocked after declaring himself HIV-positive.
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| Venezuela's Hugo Chavez takes to Twitter (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:32 PM PDT AP - Hugo Chavez is starting to use Twitter to counter his opponents online, forcing a president who often talks for hours to sum up each thought in 140 characters.
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