Oil 'reaching Florida shoreline'

Oil 'reaching Florida shoreline'


Oil 'reaching Florida shoreline'

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 06:01 PM PDT

BBC correspondent Andy Gallacher watches as oil washes ashore on a Florida beach


China journalists robbed at World Cup (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:43 PM PDT

Press photographers take photos as the sun sets during a Brazil team training session on June 9, 2010 in Johannesburg. An armed gang stole money and a camera from four Chinese journalists in South Africa to cover the World Cup, state media reported Thursday.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - An armed gang stole money and a camera from four Chinese journalists in South Africa to cover the World Cup, state media reported Thursday.



Narrow Liberal win in Dutch election

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:28 PM PDT

Protracted coalition talks look likely after the Liberal party secured a very narrow victory


Oil 'reaching Florida shoreline'

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 06:01 PM PDT

BBC correspondent Andy Gallacher watches as oil washes ashore on a Florida beach


Narrow Liberal win in Dutch election

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:28 PM PDT

Protracted coalition talks look likely after the Liberal party secured a very narrow victory


China Turns Its Focus To Africa

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:24 PM PDT

As their myriad ties strengthen, there are ways for investors and companies to profit.


Inclusive Crises and Exclusive Recoveries?

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:00 PM PDT

As the G20 changes its recommendations from fiscal stimulus towards fiscal austerity, Ronald U. Mend


Suicide attack kills 40 at Afghan wedding party (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:10 PM PDT

An unidentified father comforts his injured son at a hospital following a blast at wedding party in Kandahar city, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 10, 2010. A suicide attack ripped through a wedding party in full swing in the Taliban's heartland in southern Afghanistan late Wednesday, killing 40 people and wounding dozens more, officials said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - A suicide attack ripped through a wedding party in full swing in the Taliban's heartland in southern Afghanistan late Wednesday, killing 40 people and wounding dozens more, officials said.



China wants more dialogue on Iran nuclear issue (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:13 PM PDT

AP - China, which voted for new U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, said Thursday that the punishment does not mean the door to a diplomatic solution is closed and called for renewed efforts at negotiations.


China exports surge but Europe debt crisis looms (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:04 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday June 4, 2010, Chinese port workers walk past containers stacked up at a port in Jinjiang in southeast China's Fujian province. China's government says on Thursday, June 10, 2010, its imports and exports both surged by nearly 50 percent in May 2010 over a year earlier in a positive sign for growth in the third-largest economy. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - China's exports surged by nearly 50 percent in May but analysts warned Europe's debt crisis is likely to hurt the recovery in trade.



Wanted: Female mate for rare rhino in Malaysia (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:14 PM PDT

AP - Malaysian authorities are trying to trap a female mate for Tam, a rare Borneo Sumatran rhino, in a last-ditch effort to produce an offspring in captivity and save his species from extinction, an official said Thursday.


Chicago ends 49 years of Stanley Cup hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Reuters - The Chicago Blackhawks ended 49 years of Stanley Cup frustration with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday that clinched the National Hockey League's best-of-seven championship series.


North Korea seeks to soothe China over border shootings

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:12 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea has told China it will punish those responsible for shooting dead three Chinese nationals near the two countries' border last week, and vowed to prevent any repeat, Chinese state media said on Thursday.


Ahmadinejad due in China after sanctions slap (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:45 PM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pictured, is due in China on Thursday after the UN Security Council slapped Tehran with fresh sanctions over its nuclear programme -- a move backed by Beijing.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was due in China on Thursday after the UN Security Council slapped Tehran with fresh sanctions over its nuclear programme -- a move backed by Beijing.



Clinton to Colombia: We will stand with you (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:13 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe during a press conference at the presidential palace in Bogota, Wednesday June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the Obama administration will continue to support Colombia as it heads for a leadership change amid tensions with neighboring Venezuela.



Attack throws light on London's urban foxes (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:08 PM PDT

File photo of a fox looking through a gate at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London. Slinking through suburban streets with its eyes flashing in the reflection of passing car lights, the urban fox -- blamed this week for mauling twin baby girls -- is a common sight in British cities.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Slinking through suburban streets with its eyes flashing in the reflection of passing car lights, the urban fox -- blamed this week for mauling twin baby girls -- is a common sight in British cities.



World Cup to sell football in cricket-mad India (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:36 PM PDT

A boy wearing a T-shirt bearing English footballer Wayne Rooney's name gets ready to play in a local street football tournament in New Delhi on June 9. Football is slowly taking off in cricket-mad India and the World Cup is set to give the game another lift in the country of a billion-plus people.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Football is slowly taking off in cricket-mad India and the World Cup is set to give the game another lift in the country of a billion-plus people.



In China, Democracy's On The Horizon

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:21 PM PDT

Twenty-one years after Tienanmen Square, a growing Chinese middle class may start to push--albeit de


Sudan media slam the return of censorship

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 07:08 PM PDT

KHARTOUM -Media censorship and repression have made a comeback in Sudan since the re-election in April of President Omar al-Beshir, opposition and independent papers say.

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US military chief 'dismayed' by China on S.Korean warship

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 06:12 PM PDT

WASHINGTON - Top US military commander Admiral Mike Mullen has said he is "dismayed" by China's lack of support for efforts to pressure North Korea over the fatal sinking of a South Korean warship.

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