A look at Microsoft’s new internet browser

A look at Microsoft’s new internet browser

A look at Microsoft’s new internet browser

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Microsoft's Leila Martine shows Rory Cellan-Jones the 'high graphic power' of its new web browser.


What does future hold for British film?

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 02:57 PM PDT

Ministers and key film industry figures have met to discuss the future of the British film industry.


War of words with France may overshadow EU summit (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 10:05 PM PDT

AP - A summit of European Union leaders Thursday is supposed to help the continent build a more unified foreign policy. Instead it is being overshadowed by a bitter rift over Gypsy expulsions from France to poorer parts of Europe.


S.Korea says N.Korea proposing military talks (AFP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 10:30 PM PDT

North Korean (R) and South Korean soldiers face off at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - North Korea has proposed holding military talks with South Korea to discuss disputes, the South's defence ministry said Thursday, in another apparent peace overture from Pyongyang.

World leaders to stick to U.N. poverty goals

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 10:13 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World leaders will stick to promises to slash global poverty by 2015 at a United Nations summit in New York next week, but budget cutbacks in rich nations will keep them from setting ambitious new goals.

Tropical Storm Karl heads to Gulf of Mexico (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Fishermen try to secure their boats as tropical storm Karl arrives in the town of Mahahual, southern Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Karl is expected to quickly weaken into a tropical depression as it slogs across the flat peninsula before heading back out over the Gulf of Mexico, where it could turn into a hurricane by the end of the week and threaten the central Mexican coast. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)AP - Tropical Storm Karl dumped heavy rains on the Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday as it moved toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it is expected to pick up steam and become a hurricane threatening Mexico's central coast by the weekend.

Pope to begin four-day UK visit with Scotland stop (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 10:05 PM PDT

Member's of the public are seen walking past a newsagent's displaying a message about the pope in Edinburgh, Scotland, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010.Pope Benedict XVI arrives on Thursday for a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)AP - After months of preparation and controversy, Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United Kingdom on Thursday for a four-day visit overshadowed by sex abuse scandals that have shaken confidence in the church.

Report: Chinese company weighing Potash bid (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 10:05 PM PDT

In this May 6, 2004 photo, workers shovel potash fertilizer into bags at a potash fertilizer plant in Golmud, in northwest China's Qinghai Province. China is closely watching global miner BHP's $38.5 billion bid to acquire Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, one of the world's biggest producers of potash and fertilizer, the government said Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, in its first official comment on the proposed takeover. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - A state-owned Chinese chemical company is seeking Cabinet approval to make a competing bid to mining giant BHP's $38.5 billion offer for Canada's Potash but says such a deal might be too big and impractical, a business magazine reported.

Mexican Independence Day: Across Latin America, bicentennial parties abound (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 12:22 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Latin America is showcasing the remains of revolutionary war heroes. It is lighting up central plazas with displays that could illuminate entire villages. Conferences, dance, poetry? Take your pick, almost any day of this year.


Comparing Chinese And U.S. Capitalism

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:51 PM PDT

The role of central planning and state support plays a crucial role--but for which country?


What China's Millionaires Are Buying

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:27 PM PDT

Luxury cars, art, wine and more are seen as stable investments.


U.S. begins diplomatic effort to rescue peace plan in Sudan

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 05:50 PM PDT

The Obama administration, worried that an upcoming referendum in Sudan could lead to renewed bloodshed, has begun an urgent diplomatic effort to rescue the American-backed peace plan there.


Sudan - United States - Africa - Government - Embassies and Consulates


Israelis, Palestinians already broaching tough topics in talks, envoy says

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 06:19 PM PDT

Israeli and Palestinian leaders are delving very quickly into some of the most difficult issues dividing them, the U.S. special envoy to the region said in an unusually upbeat report Wednesday, even as Israeli fighters bombed a smuggling tunnel and Palestinian militants launched mortar rounds into s


Palestinian people - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict - Israel-Palestine - Peace


Foreign digest

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 08:44 PM PDT

A demonstration in Kabul over nixed plans by a Florida pastor to burn copies of the Koran erupted into violence Wednesday morning as police officers and protesters exchanged gunfire, Afghan officials said.


United States - Government - Asia - Economic - Magazine


Senate Foreign Relations committee is expected to approve START resolution

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:17 PM PDT

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to approve a resolution of ratification for the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty on Thursday, according to congressional and administration sources.


United States - Diplomacy - Government - Cuba - Barack Obama


Genocide Tribunal Indicts Khmer Rouge Leaders

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 10:43 PM PDT

Four former senior members of the Cambodian regime are set to stand trial next year on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.


Hyundai, Kia, CT&T Ramp Up

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:00 PM PDT

Korean automakers likely to make inroads in all parts of the auto market, from super-green battery cars to high-end luxury.


Khmer Rouge tribunal indicts 4 senior leaders (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:27 PM PDT

This picture, released by the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), shows the courtroom during the verdict reading in the trial of Khmer Rouge prison chief S-21, Kaing Guek Eavin July 2010. Cambodia and the UN appealed to international donors for more money to fund the country's cash-strapped war crimes court as it prepares for its second trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders.(AFP/ECCC/File/Mark Peters)AP - Cambodia's genocide tribunal Thursday indicted the four top surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths in the 1970s, paving the way for the panel's long-awaited second trial next year.

Yen Action Sparks Gains

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:39 PM PDT

A wave of foreign-exchange intervention by Japan estimated at more than $20 billion sent the dollar sharply higher against the yen, a successful beginning to what appears to be a campaign by Tokyo to stop a soaring yen.


'Progress' in Middle East talks

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 08:24 PM PDT

Israeli and Palestinian leaders are "making progress" on the issue of Jewish settlement building in the West Bank, US envoy George Mitchell has said.


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