Group, Israel Primed for Flotilla Clash

Group, Israel Primed for Flotilla Clash

Group, Israel Primed for Flotilla Clash

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:37 PM PDT

Israel and Turkish-based aid group IHH appeared primed for battle ahead of Israel's May 31 interception of the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara, according to reports.


Corruption Fighters Band Together

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:35 PM PDT

The Corruption Hunter Network sounds like a band of comic-book superheroes. But there's nothing comic about the international fraternity of investigators and prosecutors who gather regularly to compare notes and bolster morale.


Sri Lankan protesters besiege UN compound (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:52 PM PDT

A protester blocking the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters argues with police as they try to forcibly remove him in Colombo, July 6, 2010. Police on Tuesday clashed with protesters led by a Sri Lanka cabinet minister Wimal Weerawansa who vowed to besiege the U.N. office until Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon dissolves a panel advising him on possible war crimes. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Protesters still are demonstrating outside the U.N. offices in Sri Lanka to force the world body to cancel its probe into alleged rights violations during the civil war.

New wave of charity in Taiwan (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:46 PM PDT

Hu Shou-hung (pictured) sits in his rented room in Hsinpu, a town in northern Taiwan. After a life lived in frugality, the 88-year-old former Taiwanese soldier donated everything he had -- the equivalent of 30,000 US dollars -- to charity. Hu is a representative of a new wave of charity in Taiwan where people who are not extraordinarily rich give away their money for those less fortunate.(AFP/Benjamin Yeh)AFP - After a life lived in frugality, former Taiwanese soldier Hu Shou-hung donated everything he had, the equivalent of 30,000 US dollars, to charity.

Russian Media Skimps on Spy Story

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 07:43 PM PDT

The case of 11 people accused of spying for Russia made a news splash in America and Britain. But in Russia's largely state-controlled media, the story is mostly relegated to the back pages—when it appears at all.


Japan Sets Group For Nuclear Deals

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 07:26 PM PDT

Japan moved to secure its role in the global, civil nuclear sector by setting up a government-backed organization to promote Japanese technology and fight off competition for multibillion-dollar contracts from rivals such as South Korea.


Britain to hand over violent Afghan area to US (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:34 PM PDT

File photo shows British soldiers on patrol in Sangin district of Helmand province. British troops are to withdraw from one of the deadliest areas of southern Afghanistan where its forces have suffered heavy casualties, and hand control to the United States, reports said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Abdul Malik)AFP - British troops are to withdraw from one of the deadliest areas of southern Afghanistan where its forces have suffered heavy casualties, and hand control to the United States, reports said Wednesday.

Long stalemate after Maoist victory disrupts life in Nepal

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT

KATHMANDU, NEPAL -- For a decade, he carried a 9mm pistol and battled government forces in almost every corner of Nepal as part of a Maoist insurgency that ravaged this majestic Himalayan nation.


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Cameron launches inquiry on alleged torture by British intelligence agents

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT

LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday announced an inquiry into allegations that British intelligence officers colluded with other security services, including the CIA, in the torture of terrorism suspects. Cameron said the government may compensate detainees who were rendere...


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Letter from Shanghai: Class and capitalism mix with comedy

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT

Amid throbbing music and wild applause, Zhou Libo waddled onto the stage mimicking the gait and gestures of Mao Zedong, Communist China's founding father. Spotlights played across big, gold Chinese characters trumpeting the theme of the night's performance: "I'm Crazy for Money."



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Posted: 05 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT

NZ anti-whaling activist faces verdict in Japan

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 07:16 PM PDT

TOKYO -A New Zealand anti-whaling activist on trial for charges relating to clashes with Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters was due Wednesday to hear the verdict, with prosecutors demanding two years' jail.

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French court to deliver verdict in Noriega trial

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 06:49 PM PDT

PARIS -Panama's ex-dictator Manuel Noriega risks being sent to jail for 10 years after spending two decades in a US prison, when a French court on Wednesday hands down a verdict in his money-laundering trial.

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US urges China to free geologist 'immediately'

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 06:11 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -The United States is stepping up pressure on China to free a US geologist given an eight-year sentence on state secrets charges, dismissing Beijing's insistence that the case was an internal affair.

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EU to ban illegal timber trade

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:29 PM PDT

A ban on illegal timber is set to be voted through by members of the European Parliament.


Spain calls for stronger Cuba ties

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:30 PM PDT

The Spanish Foreign Minister has travelled to Cuba and has called for the EU to improve relations with Havana.


EU to ban illegal timber trade

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:29 PM PDT

A ban on illegal timber is set to be voted through by members of the European Parliament.


Spain calls for stronger Cuba ties

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:30 PM PDT

The Spanish Foreign Minister has travelled to Cuba and has called for the EU to improve relations with Havana.


BP agrees to inform US ahead of transactions (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 07:54 PM PDT

A protester shouts during a rally outside a British Petroleum service station in Manhattan, New York. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the worst environmental disaster in US history and was triggered by the sinking of the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig in late April 22.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - BP has agreed to inform the United States government of major transactions that may affect the future shape of the company in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, a British paper reported Wednesday.

Deadly traffic accident at North Korea complex: report (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Ten North Korean workers were killed in a rare traffic accident at a South Korean industrial complex in the North, Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a police source in the South.


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