Indonesian Islamists protest Obama visit |
- Indonesian Islamists protest Obama visit
- Euro crisis shows need for Asia reform
- Villagers in China riot over land dispute
- Australia to release water from dam on flood fears
- Don't be trapped by slander: religious adviser
- Amend UUCA to allow off campus politics: student rep
- Guessing game on Tsu Koon's sacrifice to end soon?
- VIDEO: Mexico crash 'was accident'
- Some US cities act against anti-Wall St protests
- Italy races to form post-Berlusconi government
- Obama raises economic rebalancing with Hu
- Najib: APEC leaders see 2012 trans-Pacific deal by July
- China unlikely to budge on thorny South China Sea dispute
- Occupy Wall Street energized by 'pedal power'
- Italy races to form new government after Berlusconi
- NEWSMAKER - Showman Berlusconi leaves amid jeers and boos
- Arab League suspends Syria, global pressure rises
- Greeks strongly back unity govt and new PM - poll
- Huge blast kills 17 at Iran military base
- Intensive diabetes care cuts kidney complications
| Indonesian Islamists protest Obama visit Posted: 13 Nov 2011 12:27 AM PST Hundreds of Indonesian Islamists rallied in central Jakarta on Sunday to protest against this week's visit by President Barack Obama.
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| Euro crisis shows need for Asia reform Posted: 13 Nov 2011 12:26 AM PST Asian economies needed to "redouble their efforts" to boost domestic demand and restructure their economies following the European debt crisis, Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan said Sunday.
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| Villagers in China riot over land dispute Posted: 13 Nov 2011 12:25 AM PST Villagers carrying clubs and rocks rioted in south China over a land dispute, police said Sunday, and a newspaper reported thousands of armed police had been dispatched to quell the protest.
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| Australia to release water from dam on flood fears Posted: 13 Nov 2011 12:24 AM PST A massive dam in northern Australia was to begin draining this week following predictions that Brisbane, the nation's third-largest city, could be flooded again if heavy rains return.
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| Don't be trapped by slander: religious adviser Posted: 13 Nov 2011 12:20 AM PST The people are reminded not to be duped by slander hurled by various parties seeking to reap sympathy in an effort to win the 13th general election and rule the country.
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| Amend UUCA to allow off campus politics: student rep Posted: 13 Nov 2011 12:20 AM PST The Universities and University Colleges Act (UUCA) needs to be amended to allow university students to be involved in political activities outside the campus.
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| Guessing game on Tsu Koon's sacrifice to end soon? Posted: 13 Nov 2011 12:19 AM PST The guessing game on what sort of sacrifice Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon will make to move his party forward may end later this week.
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| VIDEO: Mexico crash 'was accident' Posted: 12 Nov 2011 11:19 PM PST Mexican officials say initial results from an investigation into the helicopter crash in which the country's interior minister was killed, indicate it was an accident.
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| Some US cities act against anti-Wall St protests Posted: 12 Nov 2011 08:10 PM PST WASHINGTON, Nov 13 — Anti-Wall Street protesters in several US cities yesterday faced orders by officials to leave their camps, as police made arrests in St Louis, Salt Lake City and Denver. Police arrested 27 St Louis demonstrators at a downtown plaza early yesterday for curfew violations, authorities said. Authorities in Salt Lake City moved to ... 
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| Italy races to form post-Berlusconi government Posted: 12 Nov 2011 07:33 PM PST ROME, Nov 13 — Italy's head of state begins talks today to appoint an emergency government to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and handle a crisis that has brought the euro zone's third largest economy to the brink of financial disaster. President Giorgio Napolitano is expected to ask former European Commissioner Mario Monti to ... 
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| Obama raises economic rebalancing with Hu Posted: 12 Nov 2011 07:16 PM PST HONOLULU, Nov 13 — US President Barack Obama said he planned to discuss the need for a rebalancing of the global economy in a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao yesterday. Obama, who spoke to reporters at the beginning of the meeting, said cooperation between the world's two largest economies was vital. Hu also talked of the need for China ... 
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| Najib: APEC leaders see 2012 trans-Pacific deal by July Posted: 12 Nov 2011 06:27 PM PST HONOLULU, Nov 13 — US President Barack Obama and eight other leaders said today they have made good progress on a groundbreaking pan-Pacific trade deal and expected to finish in 2012. "Our nine nations have reached the broad outlines of an agreement," Obama said after leaders of countries in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, or TPP, met ... 
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| China unlikely to budge on thorny South China Sea dispute Posted: 12 Nov 2011 06:05 PM PST BEIJING, Nov 13 — Pressured at home and increasingly sensing a concerted regional effort to contain its territorial claims, China will be in no mood to make concessions on vast areas of the disputed South China Sea at two key east Asian summits in Indonesia this week. China has the most extensive historic sovereignty claims in the potentially oil ... 
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| Occupy Wall Street energized by 'pedal power' Posted: 12 Nov 2011 08:56 PM PST As the Occupy Wall Street movement enters its eighth week, occupiers are devising creative solutions to keep Zuccotti Park powered up off the grid. The latest invention: hooking up old bikes to generators - the main source of energy for the camp during the nearly two weeks that New York police confiscated generators. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Italy races to form new government after Berlusconi Posted: 12 Nov 2011 08:27 PM PST ROME (Reuters) - Italy's head of state begins talks on Sunday to appoint an emergency government to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and handle a crisis that has brought the euro zone's third largest economy to the brink of financial disaster.
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| NEWSMAKER - Showman Berlusconi leaves amid jeers and boos Posted: 12 Nov 2011 08:17 PM PST ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi dominated Italy for 17 years with a unique mix of political talent and brazen behaviour but left office brought low by the power of bond markets with the jeers of the Roman crowd ringing in his ears.
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| Arab League suspends Syria, global pressure rises Posted: 12 Nov 2011 08:17 PM PST CAIRO(Reuters) - The Arab League suspended Syria and called on its army to stop killing civilians in a surprise move on Saturday that some Western leaders said should prompt tougher international action against President Bashar al-Assad.
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| Greeks strongly back unity govt and new PM - poll Posted: 12 Nov 2011 08:17 PM PST ATHENS (Reuters) - An overwhelming majority of Greeks believe a coalition government, like the one formed on Friday, gives them the best chance of fighting an economic crisis, a poll published on Saturday showed.
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| Huge blast kills 17 at Iran military base Posted: 12 Nov 2011 08:17 PM PST TEHRAN (Reuters) - A massive explosion at a military arms depot near the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday killed 17 Revolutionary Guards and wounded 15, a spokesman for the elite fighting force told the semi-official Fars news agency.
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| Intensive diabetes care cuts kidney complications Posted: 12 Nov 2011 08:17 PM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - Early, aggressive treatment of type 1 diabetes cut the risk of kidney disease in half in a study that followed a group of diabetics since the 1980s, U.S. researchers said on Saturday.
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