Somali pirates release UK-flagged chemical tanker |
- Somali pirates release UK-flagged chemical tanker
- Ex-Singapore DPM Goh dies
- Gunshots heard near protest site in Thai capital
- 21 dead in China coal mine gas blast: media
- Turkish PM flies to crisis-hit Greece on landmark visit
- Pope heads to northern Portugal for final mass
- Afghan protesters say NATO killed 11 civilians
- Thai army moves against red shirts
- Kyrgyz government supporters retake Osh administration
- China's Xinjiang restores Internet services (AFP)
- EADS Q1 net down 39 percent (AP)
- 1,100 arrested in Beijing crackdown on prostitution (AFP)
- Yemen: Never mind Anwar al-Awlaki, the economy is a bigger threat (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Tension over the Aegean Sea
- Tension over the Aegean Sea
- 'Mahindra to sell first Indian-made vehicle in US' (AFP)
- Leaked Russian document: Could Medvedev era tilt more pro-West? (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Okinawans angry as Japan PM flipflops on U.S. base
- 21 dead in China coal mine gas blast
- New British foreign secretary slams Iran
| Somali pirates release UK-flagged chemical tanker Posted: 13 May 2010 11:11 PM PDT NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released a British-flagged chemical tanker after a ransom was paid, the European Union's naval force EUNAVFOR said on Friday.
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| Posted: 13 May 2010 11:02 PM PDT SINGAPO  RE – Former Singapore deputy prime minister Dr Goh Keng Swee died early today after a long illness, local media reported.He was 91. Goh, a Peranakan who was born in Malacca on Oct 6, 1918, retired as the
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| Gunshots heard near protest site in Thai capital Posted: 13 May 2010 10:24 PM PDT BANGKOK -A burst of gunfire was heard in the Thai capital Friday near to an anti-government protest site, according to an AFP reporter, after the army announced it would clear an area of demonstrators.
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| 21 dead in China coal mine gas blast: media Posted: 13 May 2010 07:25 PM PDT BEIJING -Twenty-one miners have been killed in a gas blast at a colliery in southwest China, the official Xinhua news agency reported Friday, citing rescuers.
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| Turkish PM flies to crisis-hit Greece on landmark visit Posted: 13 May 2010 06:26 PM PDT ATHENS -Historic rivals Greece and Turkey are hoping to use the Greek debt crisis as a chance to improve ties during Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's landmark visit to Athens due to start Friday.
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| Pope heads to northern Portugal for final mass Posted: 13 May 2010 06:21 PM PDT FATIMA, Portugal -Pope Benedict XVI heads Friday to Portugal's second-largest city Oporto for the last outdoor mass of his four-day visit which has been marked by a massive crowds showing support for the pope.
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| Afghan protesters say NATO killed 11 civilians Posted: 13 May 2010 10:55 PM PDT SURKHROD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Thousands of villagers in eastern Afghanistan protested on Friday against NATO-led forces, accusing them of killing 11 civilians in overnight raids, a Reuters witness said.
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| Thai army moves against red shirts Posted: 13 May 2010 10:47 PM PDT Troops attempt to clear protesters from checkpoint near main camp in Bangkok.
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| Kyrgyz government supporters retake Osh administration Posted: 13 May 2010 11:07 PM PDT OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Backers of Kyrgyzstan's interim government regained control of a key government building in the southern city of Osh on Friday, a day after it was seized by opponents in what the authorities said was a coup attempt.
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| China's Xinjiang restores Internet services (AFP) Posted: 13 May 2010 10:44 PM PDT
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| EADS Q1 net down 39 percent (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 10:47 PM PDT AP - Airbus parent company EADS NV has reported that first quarter net profit fell 39 percent as its planemaker unit struggled with the "challenges" of its A380 superjumbo program.
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| 1,100 arrested in Beijing crackdown on prostitution (AFP) Posted: 13 May 2010 10:51 PM PDT
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| Yemen: Never mind Anwar al-Awlaki, the economy is a bigger threat (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 May 2010 02:55 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Times Square bombing was a reminder of the potential cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and others in Yemen have to inspire terrorist attacks. But academics and financial analysts who have spent time in the country lately say that a faltering economy, not militants, poses a greater threat to Yemen's stability.
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| Posted: 13 May 2010 10:26 PM PDT The Turkish prime minister arrives in Athens on Friday for two days of talks aimed at improving relations with its long-time adversary.
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| Posted: 13 May 2010 10:26 PM PDT The Turkish prime minister arrives in Athens on Friday for two days of talks aimed at improving relations with its long-time adversary.
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| 'Mahindra to sell first Indian-made vehicle in US' (AFP) Posted: 13 May 2010 10:19 PM PDT
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| Leaked Russian document: Could Medvedev era tilt more pro-West? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 May 2010 11:08 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Someone in Moscow is tearing a page out of the American playbook, and leaking secret documents to the press.
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| Okinawans angry as Japan PM flipflops on U.S. base Posted: 13 May 2010 09:53 PM PDT OKINAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Kazufumi Ota admits he was skeptical when Japan's then-opposition Democratic Party leader promised last year to try to move a U.S. airbase off his home island of Okinawa, host to half the U.S. forces in the country.
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| 21 dead in China coal mine gas blast Posted: 13 May 2010 07:25 PM PDT BEIJING -Twenty-one miners have been killed in a gas blast at a colliery in southwest China, state Xinhua news agency reported Friday, citing rescuers.
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| New British foreign secretary slams Iran Posted: 13 May 2010 07:16 PM PDT LONDON -Britain's new Foreign Secretary William Hague has criticised Iran's nuclear programme ahead of his first visit to Washington on Friday, in comments to a newspaper.
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