China Seeks Bigger Role in Australia Economy

China Seeks Bigger Role in Australia Economy


China Seeks Bigger Role in Australia Economy

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:08 AM PDT

China aspires to play a greater role in Australia's economy, one of the country's top leaders said, signaling Beijing's aspirations for its companies to make inroads beyond simply extracting resources.


Lee Kuan Yew: World Needs Strong U.S.

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:26 AM PDT

Singapore's former prime minister said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that the U.S. needs to put its fiscal house in order and that it is in the world's interests for the U.S. to remain a pre-eminent power.


Monaco Looks for Own Wedding Boost

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:08 AM PDT

The July marriage of Monaco's ruler, Prince Albert, could help the city-state carve out a new niche as a venue for lavish weddings.


In Japan’s Nuclear Nexus, Safety Is Left Out

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:59 AM PDT

The ties binding power companies, utilities, regulators and politicians underlie the establishment's push to increase nuclear power at all cost.


Media Decoder: Couric Confirms Departure From CBS

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:45 AM PDT

ABC has emerged as the dark-horse candidate to land Katie Couric's planned syndicated show.


New tax campaign targets plumbers

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:07 PM PDT

The taxman is targeting plumbers and others who work for cash in a fresh campaign against those not paying tax.


Restaurant Review: The Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:15 AM PDT

César Ramirez's restaurant in downtown Brooklyn is a kind of sui generis exercise in personal expression, and one of the more extraordinary restaurants in New York City.


Indian bank blamed as termites eat cash

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:14 AM PDT

An Indian bank is reported to have found staff of a local branch guilty of laxity after thousands of dollars worth of notes were damaged by termites.


Dramatic particle find 'premature'

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:23 AM PDT

Speculation about a dramatic finding in the search for the elusive Higgs boson particle is premature, according to experts.


VIDEO: Syria sanction threat as violence escalates

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:04 AM PDT

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague warns Syria of sanctions if the violent crackdown continues.


Balloon-Borne Messages to North Korea Have Detractors on Both Sides of Border

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:51 AM PDT

Political agitators, Christian proselytizers and North Korean defectors plan to send millions of leaflets aloft in coming weeks.


'Inside help' in Afghan jailbreak

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:54 AM PDT

Afghanistan's justice minister says the 488 inmates who escaped from Kandahar's main prison through a Taliban-dug tunnel must have had inside help.


Weather good for shuttle farewell

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:55 AM PDT

Forecasters say there is currently just a 20% chance of poor weather conditions keeping shuttle Endeavour from launching on its final mission on Friday.


Libya rebels try to impose order, boost credibility

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:12 PM PDT

AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's rebel army has replaced ragtag volunteers with polished officers to guard the flash-point eastern town of Ajdabiyah, as it seeks to bolster its image as a credible adversary of Muammar Gaddafi.


Syria extends military crackdown

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:29 AM PDT

Rights groups report more deaths and arrests as Assad sends troops to put down protests in Deraa, Doumaa and Baniyas.


Crowds gather for guru's funeral

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:24 AM PDT

Indian PM Manmohan Singh and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi join mourners saying farewell to the guru Sri Satya Sai Baba.


American Finds a Home in Chinese Record Books

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:32 AM PDT

Quincy Douby, a Brooklyn native who scored 53 points in Game 1, has the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers fighting for the Chinese Basketball Association title.


Live - Tuesday football

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:14 AM PDT

Man Utd play Schalke 04 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final in Gelsenkirchen, while Stoke host relegation-threatened Wolves in Tuesday's Premier League match.


51 hostages rescued in Mexican border city

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 08:14 AM PDT

Mexican federal police rescued 51 migrant hostages who were being held in northeastern Mexico, the country's public security ministry said Tuesday.


Two in court after 'hate raids'

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:02 AM PDT

Two men arrested in a crackdown on alleged sectarian internet campaigns appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court.


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