Australia's Resource Tax: Size Matters

Australia's Resource Tax: Size Matters


Australia's Resource Tax: Size Matters

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 11:00 PM PDT

The prime minister's new levy appears to favor the global players.


Pakistan and India seek to revive peace talks

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 10:40 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers will meet on Thursday in an effort to revive peace talks broken off after the Mumbai assault, although no one is expecting any breakthrough given lingering distrust between the old rivals.


Germany, Russia to ink multibillion deals (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 10:21 PM PDT

AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are expected to oversee the signing of an array of deals between German and Russian companies worth billions of dollars.


Pakistan and India seek to revive peace talks (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers will meet on Thursday in an effort to revive peace talks broken off after the Mumbai assault, although no one is expecting any breakthrough given lingering distrust between the old rivals.


N Korea healthcare 'in crisis'

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 10:47 PM PDT

Right group paints bleak picture of health system lacking even basic necessities.


Malaysia makes first deployment to Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 10:03 PM PDT

Malaysian soldiers are seen during a parade in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia will make its first military deployment to Afghanistan Thursday, sending a unit of medical personnel as ties with the United States deepen.(AFP/File/Kamarul Akhir)AFP - Malaysia will make its first military deployment to Afghanistan Thursday, sending a unit of medical personnel as ties with the United States deepen.



Fresh unrest flares in N.Ireland (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:52 PM PDT

Rioters are sillhouetted by a burning car in Belfast. Nationalist rioters in Northern Ireland threw petrol bombs at police, who responded by firing rubber bullets, in a fourth night of unrest during the province's marching season, a report said Thursday.(AFP/Stephen Wilson)AFP - Nationalist rioters in Northern Ireland threw petrol bombs at police, who responded by firing rubber bullets, in a fourth night of unrest during the province's marching season, a report said Thursday.



China's economic growth slows amid credit curbs (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 10:02 PM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday July 7, 2010, a worker labors at a steel plant in Hefei in central China's Anhui province. China's rapid growth is slowing as the impact of its massive stimulus eases and Beijing clamps down on a credit boom. The world's third-largest economy expanded by 10.3 percent in the second quarter over a year earlier, down from the first quarter's explosive 11.9 percent growth, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - China's rapid growth is slowing as the impact of its huge stimulus fades and Beijing clamps down on a credit boom.



Merkel to oversee economic deals on Russia visit (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:32 PM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg. Medvedev and Merkel were set on Thursday to oversee a flurry of economic deals to further cement the Moscow-Berlin relationship.(AFP/Ria Pool/Vladimir Rodionov)AFP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were set on Thursday to oversee a flurry of economic deals to further cement the Moscow-Berlin relationship.



Bomb threat forces China jet into urgent landing

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 05:53 PM PDT

BEIJING -A passenger jet flying from the capital of China's restive Xinjiang region to the south of the country was forced to make an emergency landing after an apparent bomb threat, state media said Thursday.

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Holbrooke paints mixed Afghan war picture

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 01:42 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -A top US diplomat painted a mixed picture of Afghan war efforts, as he faced lawmakers who charged the United States lacks precise benchmarks for progress in the faltering campaign.

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(AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 04:37 PM PDT

AP - Mexican president says his top domestic security official has resigned, names replacement.


US moves on properties of former Taiwan leader (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:01 PM PDT

AP - The United States is seeking to take over two properties in New York and Virginia owned by former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian and his wife, who were convicted in Taiwan on corruption charges last year.


N.Korea, US-led UN Command talks begin: spokesman

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 06:16 PM PDT

SEOUL -North Korea's military on Thursday held its first talks with the US-led UN Command since the sinking of a South Korean warship, as Washington announced naval exercises to deter the communist state.

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'Abducted' Iranian Amiri denies being nuclear scientist

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 06:05 PM PDT

TEHRAN -An Iranian who claimed he was "abducted" by US spies last year denied on Thursday that he was a nuclear scientist, but claimed he was interrogated by Israelis during his captivity.

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Bomb threat forces China jet into urgent landing

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 05:53 PM PDT

BEIJING -A passenger jet flying from the capital of China's restive Xinjiang region to the south of the country was forced to make an emergency landing after an apparent bomb threat, state media said Thursday.

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Holbrooke paints mixed Afghan war picture

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 01:42 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -A top US diplomat painted a mixed picture of Afghan war efforts, as he faced lawmakers who charged the United States lacks precise benchmarks for progress in the faltering campaign.

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Argentina's Senate to vote on gay marriage bill

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:10 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES -Lawmakers in Buenos Aires were to vote on a bill which would make Argentina the first country in Latin America to recognize gay marriage.

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Afghan President Karzai approves plan for local defense forces

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT

In a welcome step forward for the Obama administration's beleaguered war strategy, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has approved a U.S.-backed plan to create local defense forces across the country in an attempt to build grass-roots opposition to the Taliban, U.S. and Afghan officials said Wednesday.


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Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT