U.S. yuan bill would be against WTO rules: China (Reuters) |
- U.S. yuan bill would be against WTO rules: China (Reuters)
- Man convicted for selling son online
- Shanghai group set to deny membership to Iran
- Slovakia coalition fighting for survival (AP)
- Messi on stage after spectacular opening (Reuters)
- N Korea blasts South's loudspeakers
- Myanmar denies nuclear arms pursuit
- Kyrgyz violence rages for second day, 49 dead
- Cuba to move six political prisoners, release one
- North Korea warns South again over loudspeakers (Reuters)
- North Korea warns South again over loudspeakers
- N. Korea vows to blow up South propaganda facilities (AP)
- 19 slain at Mexico rehab clinic, 16 in second city (AP)
- N.Korea threatens military strike on S.Korea's loudspeakers (AFP)
- Myanmar denies nuclear cooperation with N.Korea
- Killers of US diplomat in Sudan escape
- Sea of criticism for adrift young sailor's parents (AP)
- Is NATO to Blame for Russia's Afghan Heroin Problem? (Time.com)
- Church: Cuba agrees to free political prisoner (AP)
- One Year Later, Has Ahmadinejad Weathered the Storm? (Time.com)
| U.S. yuan bill would be against WTO rules: China (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 10:13 PM PDT Reuters - Proposed U.S. legislation aimed at punishing China unless it lets the yuan rise would not be in line with World Trade Organization rules, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday.
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| Man convicted for selling son online Posted: 10 Jun 2010 09:09 PM PDT BEIJING – A court in China has given a 22-year-old man a suspended jail sentence for selling his toddler son on the Internet for 18,000 yuan ($2,650), state press reported Friday.
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| Shanghai group set to deny membership to Iran Posted: 10 Jun 2010 08:59 PM PDT TASHKENT – The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), where Russia and China play a major role, is set to deny membership to Iran at a meeting Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.  The SCO is expected to vote Friday on a blueprint for expanding
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| Slovakia coalition fighting for survival (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 10:26 PM PDT AP - Slovakia's three party governing coalition is fighting for survival in a parliamentary election on Saturday, challenged in a tight race by the center-right opposition.
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| Messi on stage after spectacular opening (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:54 PM PDT
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| N Korea blasts South's loudspeakers Posted: 11 Jun 2010 10:36 PM PDT Pyongyang flays anti-North propaganda and threatens military strike on loudspeakers.
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| Myanmar denies nuclear arms pursuit Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:27 PM PDT Military government says accusations baseless and politically motivated.
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| Kyrgyz violence rages for second day, 49 dead Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:41 PM PDT OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's worst outbreak of violence since the president was overthrown in April raged for a second day on Saturday and officials said the death toll in the ethnic conflict had risen to at least 49.
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| Cuba to move six political prisoners, release one Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:38 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - The Cuban government will release an ailing political prisoner on parole and move six others to jails closer to their homes this weekend in a humanitarian gesture promised to Cuba's Catholic leader, the church said on Friday.
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| North Korea warns South again over loudspeakers (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:34 PM PDT Reuters - North Korea repeated its threat on Saturday to shoot down loudspeakers the South has set up at the border to broadcast anti-Pyongyang propaganda messages, keeping tensions on the peninsula bubbling at their highest in years.
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| North Korea warns South again over loudspeakers Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:34 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea repeated its threat on Saturday to shoot down loudspeakers the South has set up at the border to broadcast anti-Pyongyang propaganda messages, keeping tensions on the peninsula bubbling at their highest in years.
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| N. Korea vows to blow up South propaganda facilities (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:03 PM PDT
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| 19 slain at Mexico rehab clinic, 16 in second city (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 08:57 PM PDT
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| N.Korea threatens military strike on S.Korea's loudspeakers (AFP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:59 PM PDT
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| Myanmar denies nuclear cooperation with N.Korea Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:58 AM PDT YANGON – Myanmar's ruling junta said Friday it had no intention of building an atomic bomb, brushing aside Western concerns about possible nuclear cooperation with North Korea.
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| Killers of US diplomat in Sudan escape Posted: 11 Jun 2010 01:28 AM PDT KHARTOUM – US officials made it clear they expected Sudan to capture and punish four prisoners who escaped after being sentenced to death for the 2008 murders of a US diplomat and his driver.
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| Sea of criticism for adrift young sailor's parents (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 08:44 PM PDT
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| Is NATO to Blame for Russia's Afghan Heroin Problem? (Time.com) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 08:30 PM PDT Time.com - As heroin floods over the border into Russia, Moscow points the finger of blame at NATO and its refusal to destroy Afghan opium poppy fields
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| Church: Cuba agrees to free political prisoner (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:28 PM PDT AP - Roman Catholic leaders announced Friday that Cuban authorities have agreed to free an ill political prisoner and transfer six others to jails nearer home, the latest in a rare series of concessions from a government not known for its tolerance of dissent.
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| One Year Later, Has Ahmadinejad Weathered the Storm? (Time.com) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 08:30 PM PDT Time.com - The protests that followed his disputed reelection threw Iran's Islamic regime into unprecedented turmoil. But the immediate threat appears to have receded
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