For rent in China: White people

For rent in China: White people

For rent in China: White people

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:58 PM PDT

In China, white people can be rented.

Palestinians seek new partner: American Jews (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 11:01 PM PDT

AP - The Palestinians have long feared the Jewish lobby in Washington. Now, they are embracing it.


US drone strike kills 6 militants in Pak: officials (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 11:25 PM PDT

File photo of a a US 'Predator' drone. A US drone fired two missiles into a compound used by Islamist fighters in Pakistan's tribal belt Tuesday, killing at least six militants, security officials said.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - A US drone fired two missiles into a compound used by Islamist fighters in Pakistan's tribal belt Tuesday, killing at least six militants, security officials said.

Britain, France, Germany use torture intel: HRW (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:52 PM PDT

Leg irons and hand cuffs. Britain, France and Germany use foreign intelligence obtained through torture in the fight against terrorism, a new report from Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.(AFP/Pool/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - Britain, France and Germany use foreign intelligence obtained through torture in the fight against terrorism, a new report from Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

Intel: Suspected US missiles kill 6 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:52 PM PDT

A security official guards a check point close to the Pakistan-Afghan border. Tribal police, paramilitary forces and officials man the border, but travellers cross with rudimentary vehicle searches and no visas.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AP - Suspected U.S. missiles hit a house Tuesday in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border where the army has been battling Taliban fighters, intelligence officials said. At least six suspected militants were killed, including a possible al-Qaida operative.

Echoes of Cold War as 'spies' charged

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:23 PM PDT

The Department of Justice in the US has announced the arrests of 10 people it accuses of spying for Russia for many years, with the aim of penetrating policymaking circles in Washington.


Estonia to join Euro despite painful cuts

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:26 PM PDT

Estonia is expected to adopt the European single currency in January 2011.


Pressure mounts on strike-hit Greece

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:48 PM PDT

The pressure on Greece's government is intensifying as another 24-hour general strike gets under way.


Echoes of Cold War as 'spies' charged

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:23 PM PDT

The Department of Justice in the US has announced the arrests of 10 people it accuses of spying for Russia for many years, with the aim of penetrating policymaking circles in Washington.


Estonia to join Euro despite painful cuts

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:26 PM PDT

Estonia is expected to adopt the European single currency in January 2011.


Pressure mounts on strike-hit Greece

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:48 PM PDT

The pressure on Greece's government is intensifying as another 24-hour general strike gets under way.


Reports: Kim's youngest son is NKorea legislator (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:50 PM PDT

AP - The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il became a parliament member last year, another sign he is being groomed to succeed his father, South Korean news reports said Tuesday.


Pope to create new office to fight secularization (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI leaves St. Paul's Outside the Walls Basilica at the end of a Vespers Mass, in Rome, Monday, June 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI is creating a new Vatican office to fight secularization and "re-evangelize" the West — a tacit acknowledgment that his attempts to reinvigorate Christianity in Europe haven't succeeded and need a new boost.

Foreign troop toll in Afghan war hits 100 for June (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:15 PM PDT

A Black Hawk helicopter lifts off from Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar city. Deaths of foreign soldiers in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban insurgency have hit the unprecedented toll of 100 for the month of June alone, according to an AFP tally Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Deaths of foreign soldiers in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban insurgency have hit the unprecedented toll of 100 for the month of June alone, according to an AFP tally Tuesday.

Australia leadership coup 'not done lightly': MP (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:57 PM PDT

Kevin Rudd sheds a tear while announcing his departure from office as Australia's prime minister. A factional leader behind Australia's dramatic leadership coup insisted the sudden takeover was AFP - A factional leader behind Australia's dramatic leadership coup insisted the sudden takeover was "not done lightly" and denied ex-prime minister Kevin Rudd was dumped over his poor approval ratings.

China and Taiwan to sign trade pact

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:06 PM PDT

Lifting of tariffs on 800 products seen as step towards closer political ties.


"Dr. Death" Jack Kevorkian admits to fear of death (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Jack Kevorkian earned the moniker "Dr. Death" by helping more than 130 terminally ill patients commit suicide, but even the right-to-die activist admits that he is afraid of the inevitable -- death.


China to stage live-fire military exercises (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:42 PM PDT

Chinese sailors are seen during an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the communist takeover of the country. China will kick off six days of live-fire military exercises off its eastern coast later this week, state press has reported, amid plans for US-South Korean war games in the nearby Yellow Sea.(AFP/Pool/File/Guang Niu)AFP - China will kick off six days of live-fire military exercises off its eastern coast later this week, state press reported Tuesday, amid plans for US-South Korean war games in the nearby Yellow Sea.

China, Taiwan to sign trade pact tying 2 economies (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:04 PM PDT

Chen Yunlin, chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), left, shakes hands with his counterpart, Chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), Chiang Pin-kung, at a welcoming ceremony in Chongqing city, China, Monday, June 28, 2010. Trade officials from China and Taiwan were finalizing details Monday on a landmark trade pact that will bind the economies of the political rivals closer than ever. (AP Photo/Peng Peng)AP - China and Taiwan prepared Tuesday to sign a trade deal that binds their economies closer and that Beijing hopes could lead to political accommodation six decades after the rivals split amid civil war.

China rescuers struggle to save landslide victims (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 08:43 PM PDT

Survivors from a landslide rest in a makeshift tent following their evacuation from Guanling, southwest China's Guizhou province. Rescuers in the region are struggling in treacherous conditions to pull out 107 people buried in the disaster, but they said there were only AFP - Rescuers in southwest China struggled in treacherous conditions Tuesday to pull out 107 people buried the day before in a landslide, but they said there were only "slim" chances of finding survivors.
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