Nepal on brink of political crisis |
- Nepal on brink of political crisis
- US base to stay on Okinawa
- Thai troops step up watch on Red Shirts in north (AP)
- Israel's Gaza blockade baffles residents (AP)
- Hon Hai to raise China wages after spate of suicides
- It Pays To Speak English
- Japan slaps new sanctions on North Korea (AP)
- Nuclear treaty talks on brink of failure: diplomats
- Air NZ plans to let u text, email n fly - but quietly (Reuters)
- U.S., Japan Seal Base Deal
- US House votes to overturn military gay ban
- US House votes to overturn military gay ban
- Czechs go to polls to end year-long interim rule
- 30 killed as train derails in India
- UN nuclear conference gets last-minute draft statement
- AP tally: 1,000th US military death in Afghanistan (AP)
- Volcanic ash shuts down Guatemala City airport (AP)
- Suspected Indian Maoists sabotage train, 65 killed (AFP)
- China PM visits South Korea amid storm over warship sinking
- India rail blast crash kills 40
| Nepal on brink of political crisis Posted: 27 May 2010 10:33 PM PDT Dispute among parties over terms for extending parliament threatens new constitution.
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| Posted: 27 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT Japan and US reach agreement to retain contentious military base on island.
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| Thai troops step up watch on Red Shirts in north (AP) Posted: 27 May 2010 10:12 PM PDT
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| Israel's Gaza blockade baffles residents (AP) Posted: 27 May 2010 10:36 PM PDT AP - Military bureaucrats enforcing Israel's blockade of Gaza allow frozen salmon filet, facial scrub and low-fat yogurt into the Hamas-ruled territory. Cilantro and instant coffee are another matter — they are banned as luxury items.
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| Hon Hai to raise China wages after spate of suicides Posted: 27 May 2010 10:13 PM PDT TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry plans to raise workers' salaries by about 20 percent at its Foxconn unit in China, as it struggles to stop a spate of worker suicides and quell rising public anger.
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| Posted: 27 May 2010 10:00 PM PDT Especially if you are an older and better educated Indian worker.
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| Japan slaps new sanctions on North Korea (AP) Posted: 27 May 2010 10:02 PM PDT
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| Nuclear treaty talks on brink of failure: diplomats Posted: 27 May 2010 10:05 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Talks on shoring up the global anti-nuclear arms treaty were on the edge of failure on Friday as the United States and its allies clashed with Egypt over a push to pressure Israel to scrap any atom bombs it has.
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| Air NZ plans to let u text, email n fly - but quietly (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2010 09:35 PM PDT Reuters - Air New Zealand is planning to let some passengers send text messages and emails mid-flight by the end of the year but fellow travellers need not worry -- phone calls will not be allowed.
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| Posted: 27 May 2010 08:18 PM PDT Washington and Tokyo have issued a joint statement outlining a new agreement on relocating a key U.S. Marine base on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
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| US House votes to overturn military gay ban Posted: 27 May 2010 07:17 PM PDT WASHINGTON – The US House of Representatives voted to overturn the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, bringing the United States one step closer to allowing gay troops to serve openly.
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| US House votes to overturn military gay ban Posted: 27 May 2010 07:17 PM PDT WASHINGTON -The US House of Representatives voted to overturn the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, bringing the United States one step closer to allowing gay troops to serve openly.
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| Czechs go to polls to end year-long interim rule Posted: 27 May 2010 06:25 PM PDT PRAGUE -Czech voters will choose the country's leaders for the next four years in a vote on Friday and Saturday that will also end the rule of a caretaker cabinet after more than a year.
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| 30 killed as train derails in India Posted: 27 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT KOLKATA – An express train packed with sleeping passengers derailed in India Friday and slammed into a goods train, killing at least 30 people in an apparent attack by Maoist rebels, officials said.  More fatalities were feared in the mangled wreckage after 13 carriages
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| UN nuclear conference gets last-minute draft statement Posted: 27 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS -A month-long UN nuclear conference took up a new draft final document in its final 24 hours in a last-ditch bid to resolve a stalemate that has blocked moves on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) for a decade.
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| AP tally: 1,000th US military death in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 27 May 2010 09:40 PM PDT
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| Volcanic ash shuts down Guatemala City airport (AP) Posted: 27 May 2010 08:51 PM PDT
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| Suspected Indian Maoists sabotage train, 65 killed (AFP) Posted: 27 May 2010 10:31 PM PDT
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| China PM visits South Korea amid storm over warship sinking Posted: 27 May 2010 10:40 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao begins a two-day visit to South Korea on Friday for talks with East Asian trading partners, but the issue of how to reign in provocative North Korea is expected to dominate.
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| India rail blast crash kills 40 Posted: 27 May 2010 09:23 PM PDT At least 40 people die in a rail crash in a Maoist area of India which was blamed on an act of sabotage.
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