China secures senior post at IMF

China secures senior post at IMF


China secures senior post at IMF

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:58 PM PDT

China secures its first top-level post at the IMF in recognition of its growing global power, as Zhu Min is named a deputy managing director.


Afghan veteran gets top US honour

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT

A US soldier becomes just the second active serviceman to receive the Medal of Honor, the US's highest military award, for bravery in Afghanistan.


Not Yet Satisfied, Protesters Return to Tahrir Square

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:13 AM PDT

The spirit of revolution is alive in Egypt, but debates rage over who should rule, how they should rule and who should make those decisions.


Petrol bombs thrown in Ardoyne

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Petrol bombs and other missiles have been thrown at police during rioting in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.


Shamed peer's allowance withdrawn

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Essex County Council withdraws disgraced ex-leader Lord Hanningfield's allowance, as the cost of its chauffeur service is revealed.


U.K. Pushes Low-Carbon Electricity Plan

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT

U.K. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne proposed legislation aimed at securing £110 billion ($175 billion) in investment in low-carbon electricity, in the biggest shakeup of the sector in decades.


Financial Crisis Slowed Migration to Industrialized Nations

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT

Migration to industrialized countries slowed after the 2008 financial crisis, as demand for labor shrank along with many economies, a study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed on Tuesday.


Gunmen Abduct Two Americans in Philippines

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:41 AM PDT

More than a dozen armed men abducted a naturalized American, her teenage son and her Filipino nephew before dawn Tuesday from a southern Philippine island near a stronghold of al-Qaeda-linked militants, officials said.


Canada Trade Deficit Narrows in May

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 10:12 AM PDT

Canada's trade deficit shrank in May, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, as increased sales to Europe and Japan were offset by lower energy prices and a broad-based gain in imports.


Belgium's Deficit to Be Narrower Than Forecast

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:05 AM PDT

Belgium's budget deficit will be narrower than previously forecast this year, pushing the country further along the path to a balanced budget by 2015, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said Tuesday.


GP is suspended over examination

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 10:34 AM PDT

A GP from Londonderry found to have carried out a "sexually motivated examination" on a female patient is suspended for nine months.


Military Memo: With Blunt, Salty Talk, Panetta Era Begins

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:16 PM PDT

Leon Panetta's inaugural trip to Iraq and Afghanistan shows that in substance and style he is another species from his predecessor, Robert Gates.


Sherwood Schwartz, Creator of Gilligan and the Bradys, Dies at 94

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:54 AM PDT

Mr. Schwartz created two of the most affectionately ridiculed and enduring television sitcoms of the 1960s and '70s.


Newspapers reject Brown attacks

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT

News International hits back at criticisms by Gordon Brown, saying stories it wrote about him were legitimately sourced and in the "public interest".


U.N. torture sleuth raps U.S. on access to leaks suspect

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. torture investigator said Tuesday that the United States had violated U.N. rules by refusing to let him speak privately to Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking secret documents to WikiLeaks.


McIlroy ready for Open challenge

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:13 AM PDT

US Open champion Rory McIlroy believes he can cope with the weight of expectation on him at this week's Open Championship.


Egypt sit-in despite concessions

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Thousands of Egyptians are protesting in Cairo to demand faster political reform, despite warnings and fresh concessions from Egyptian officials.


VIDEO: Embattled Libyans flee to Italian island

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:28 AM PDT

More than six months on from the toppling of the first Middle East regime in the Arab Uprising many people are still trying to flee the region.


Ron Paul Won’t Seek House Re-election

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:42 AM PDT

Republican Ron Paul said on Tuesday he will not seek re-election to the House of Representatives in order to focus on his uphill presidential bid.


VIDEO: Hong Kong's urban beekeepers

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:06 AM PDT

In Hong Kong an organisation of beekeepers is trying to get urban beekeeping trending.


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