Indian Lawmakers Fail to Pass Anticorruption Bill

Indian Lawmakers Fail to Pass Anticorruption Bill


Indian Lawmakers Fail to Pass Anticorruption Bill

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:51 PM PST

India failed to get crucial anticorruption legislation through Parliament in an emotive late-night session, adding to the policy paralysis of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government that has scared off foreign investors this year and slowed economic growth.


Anticorruption Bill Stalls in Adjourning India Parliament

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:07 PM PST

The measure to create the Lokpal agency may be in limbo until the next session, in February.


Samoa to Skip Friday and Switch Time Zones

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:14 PM PST

The shift across the international dateline is intended to align Samoa with its Asian trading partners, making it easier to do business with Australia and New Zealand.


VIDEO: Pakistan testimony doctor shot dead

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:14 PM PST

Dr Baqir Shah was gunned down in the city of Quetta after he contradicted police reports from earlier this year.


Worst year in decades for endangered elephant

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:20 PM PST

Tusk seizures double in last year as syndicates continue to undermine 1989 ban on sale of ivory.


VIDEO: Pakistan testimony doctor shot dead

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:14 PM PST

Dr Baqir Shah was gunned down in the city of Quetta after he contradicted police reports from earlier this year.


At War Blog: Lens: From a Marine's Side of the Camera

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:25 PM PST

Wars forge strong bonds--even between soldiers and the photographers covering them.


Poland announces amnesty for illegal immigrants

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:32 PM PST

WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands of illegal immigrants will be allowed to stay and work in Poland under an amnesty unveiled on Thursday that highlights the country's transformation into a regional economic powerhouse from communist-era basket case.


Russian nuclear submarine catches fire

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:03 PM PST

Officials say no threat of radiation or munitions explosions from vessel that burned at Murmansk dock.


ArtsBeat: In Cheetah Mystery, Florida Sanctuary Stands by Its Chimp

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 08:15 AM PST

Some experts were skeptical that a chimp believed to be Cheetah, who starred in the classic Tarzan movies of the 1930s, could live to be more than 80 years old.


Pakistan murder case doctor dead

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 09:34 AM PST

A doctor who testified that Pakistani security forces had killed a group of unarmed foreigners is himself shot dead.


AUDIO: 'Thousands of elephants are being killed'

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

More elephant tusks were seized in 2011 than in any year since 1989, when the ivory trade was banned, international wildlife trade group Traffic says.


India Ink: India's Novel Solar Auctions Fuel Boom

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:42 AM PST

Reverse auctions have helped bring down prices.


Saudi buys nearly $30bn in US warplanes

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:32 AM PST

Riyadh signs deal with US for 84 new fighter jets in move meant to counter Iran's regional influence.


Two bodies discovered in house

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:41 PM PST

Police say they are treating the deaths of a man of 71 and a 58-year-old woman who were found at a Cynon Valley house as unexplained.


US Army unveils helicopter drone

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:11 AM PST

New helicopter-style drones with 1.8 gigapixel colour cameras, capable of following 65 separate targets, are being developed by the US Army.


China 'to withdraw' car support

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:12 AM PST

China says it will withdraw support for foreign investment in the country's car industry to help domestic carmakers, according to state media.


Tight race expected as Jamaica opens polls

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:30 PM PST

Country's youngest prime minister competes with its first female leader for control of government for next five years.


3 U.S. rights groups raided in Egypt

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:37 AM PST

Several rights groups, including three U.S.-based entities, were raided in Cairo and other locations on Thursday in what one source called a push by police to "show some muscle."


U.S. to sell $30B worth of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:34 AM PST

The U.S. government has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to sell nearly $30 billion worth of F-15 combat jets, according to a statement released Thursday by the Obama administration.


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