China Stealth Jet Makes First Flight

China Stealth Jet Makes First Flight


China Stealth Jet Makes First Flight

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 11:25 PM PST

Images appeared to show that China's stealth fighter prototype had made its first test flight as Gates met Chinese civilian leaders in Beijing.


How to save the world's corals

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:50 PM PST

The Zoological Society of London launches a campaign to highlight the most endangered species of coral in the world's seas.


Qantas to resume A380 flights to LA

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 11:05 PM PST

Company is 'confiden't of safety of its A380 engines following extensive tests, two months after mid-air engine blast.


Finnish finmin says Portugal needs to calm markets (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:50 PM PST

Reuters - Portugal needs to take decisive political steps to calm international markets, Finnish Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen said on Tuesday.


Long queues in south on 3rd day of Sudan vote (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:59 PM PST

Residents of the western South Sudanese town of Wau gather underneath the shade of a tree where a polling station was set up. Southern Sudanese flocked to the polls once again on Tuesday, the third day of voting in the referendum on independence for the south, bringing the region a step closer to nationhood.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)AFP - Southern Sudanese flocked to the polls once again on Tuesday, the third day of voting in the referendum on independence for the south, bringing the region a step closer to nationhood.



Apple: The Biggest Bull On The Street

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:59 PM PST

You?d be hard pressed to find a person more bullish on Apple (AAPL) right now than Jefferies &


Plight of Haiti's elderly after quake

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:38 PM PST

One year on from the earthquake that devastated Haiti, 70-year-old Sabetile Alson talks about the plight of the country's elderly people.


Australia floods threaten Brisbane

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:23 PM PST

Police urge the evacuation of parts of Australia's third largest city in the face of flash flooding.


How to save the world's corals

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:50 PM PST

The Zoological Society of London launches a campaign to highlight the most endangered species of coral in the world's seas.


China online media say stealth fighter makes first flight

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:55 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China staged a first test-flight of a new stealth fighter jet that could narrow the nation's military gap with the United States on Tuesday while the U.S. defense chief was in Beijing, Chinese Internet accounts said.


Retrial begins in Hong Kong 'milkshake murder' (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:34 PM PST

AP - An American housewife accused of drugging then clubbing her banker husband to death in Hong Kong seven years ago stood trial for murder for a second time Tuesday after the territory's highest court tossed out an earlier conviction.


'Arizona gunman' appears in court

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:40 PM PST

A man appears in court over charges of trying to assassinate a US congresswoman in a shooting that left six people dead.


Brisbane under flood threat

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:23 PM PST

Police urge the evacuation of parts of Australia's third largest city in the face of flash flooding.


US vice president to meet Karzai on Afghan trip (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:29 PM PST

US Vice President Joe Biden (L) speaks with US ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry during a meeting in Kabul. Biden was due to meet President Hamid Karzai Tuesday on day two of a surprise visit to Afghanistan six months ahead of the planned start of limited troop withdrawals.(AFP/Shah Marai)AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden was due to meet President Hamid Karzai Tuesday on day two of a surprise visit to Afghanistan six months ahead of the planned start of limited troop withdrawals.



UN warns of Ivorian 'hate media'

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:39 PM PST

Security Council says broadcasting "false information" must stop, because it incites ethnic violence in Cote d'Ivoire.


Israel's Rightward Lurch Scares Even Some Conservatives (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:55 PM PST

Time.com - A coalition system in which minority parties hold the balance of power enables a series of moves that some see as endangering Israeli democracy


US, China seek to play down rivalries (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:59 PM PST

A Taiwanese F-16 jet fighter is seen at Hualien airbase. A visit to China by Pentagon chief Robert Gates has so far produced no breakthroughs on sensitive defence issues and no sign from Beijing that it was ready to overlook Washington's sale of billions of dollars in arms and weaponry to Taiwan.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates was set to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday as their two countries attempt to defuse military tensions before Hu's visit to Washington next week.



German Egg Scare: Are Lax Food-Safety Laws to Blame? (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:55 PM PST

Time.com - Even as Germany reopens thousands of farms, the detection of high dioxin levels in animal feed has raised serious questions about the country's food-safety standards


Australian Flood Threatens Brisbane

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:36 PM PST

Worries over flooding in Australia worsened as the death toll mounted and waters threatened the major city of Brisbane, leading to fears that the cost would hinder the nation's fiscal goals and driving its currency lower.


Ancient winemaking operation unearthed in Armenian cave

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:19 PM PST

From bacchanalian rites to somber ceremonies and family dinners, wine has long been connected with human sociability. But just how long?